Railway Recruitment Board Solved 2008 Paper

1. Mettur Dam is built on the river
(a) Krishna
(b) Cauvery
(c) Narmada
(d) Mahanadi
Ans: b

2. Earthquake
(a) Folding
(b) Faulting
(c) All of these
Ans: b

3. At which temperature Fahrenheit and Celsius show same reading?
(a) -400
(b) 00
(c) -574.250
(d) 2730
Ans: a

4. What is Hubble?
(a) Warship
(b) Star
(c) Telescope
(d) Missile
Ans: c

5. Which of the following is a complementary colour?
(a) Blue
(b) Yellow
(c) Magenta
(d) Yellow and Magenta
Ans: d

6. Henry is a unit of
(a) Capacity
(b) Magnetic field
(c) Inductance
(d) Frequency
Ans: c

7. Which one of the following is not included in the UNESCO’s list of world heritage site :
(a) Kaziranga National Park
(b) Qutab Minar
(c) Champaner Pavagarh
(d) None of these
Ans: d

8. Rajeev Gandhi Khel Ratna Award carries a sum of :
(a) Rs. 3 lakns
(b) Rs. 5 lakhs
(c) Rs. 1 lakh
(d) Rs. 7 lakhs
Ans: b

9. Pankaj Advani is associated with :
(a) Snooker
(b) Golf
(c) Shooting
(d) Archery
Ans: a

10. Exchange of gases in plants takes place through :
(a) Stomata
(b) Lenticels
(c) Cuticle
(d) All of these
Ans: d

11. The part of the plant which is responsible for carrying water and solutes from roots to various parts of plants is :
(a) Phloem
(b) Xylem
(c) Duodenum
(d) Sclercids
Ans: b

12. The structural and functional unit of kidneys are :
(a) Neurons
(b) Nephrons
(c) Medula
(d) None of these
Ans: a

13. Cell activities are controlled by :
(a) Chloroplast
(b) Nitochondria
(c) Cytoplasm
(d) Nucleus
Ans: d

14. When pollen of a flower is transferred to the stigma of the same plant, pollination type is referred to as :
(a) Autogamy
(b) Allogamy
(c) Xenogamy
(d) Geitonogamy
Ans: a

15. Powdery mildew of wheat is caused by:
(a) Bacteria
(b) Virus
(c) Fungi
(d) Protozoans
Ans: c