RPF SI PYQ Set 6

  1. Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution deals with the appointment of the Auditor General of India?
    • Article 148
    • Article 149
    • Article 150
    • Article 151
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Article 148 lays down the appointment, oath and conditions of service of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.
  1. The book “The Argumentative Indian” was written by
    • Amartya Sen
    • Raghuram Rajan
    • Manmohan Singh
    • Arvind Subramanian
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Nobel laureate Amartya Sen authored “The Argumentative Indian”.
  1. Which neighbouring country of India is NOT a member of BIMSTEC?
    • Nepal
    • Bhutan
    • Bangladesh
    • Maldives
AnswerCorrect: Option D. BIMSTEC members: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand. Maldives is not included.
  1. The rail coach manufacturing unit at Kapurthala is named after which freedom fighter?
    • Jagjivan Ram
    • Lal Bahadur Shastri
    • Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh
    • Mahatma Gandhi
AnswerCorrect: Option C. Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, is named “Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Rail Coach Factory”.
  1. India’s first solar-powered 100 % ‘Green’ railway station is
    • Guwahati
    • Jaipur
    • Bengaluru City
    • Secunderabad
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Guwahati railway station became India’s first 100 % solar-powered ‘Green’ station under Indian Railways.
  1. The currency of Argentina is
    • Peso
    • Real
    • Dollar
    • Bolivar
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Argentine Peso is the official currency.
  1. Who is the present Secretary-General of the United Nations (as on 1 Jan 2024)?
    • António Guterres
    • Ban Ki-moon
    • Kofi Annan
    • Boutros Boutros-Ghali
AnswerCorrect: Option A. António Guterres’ second five-year term ends 31 Dec 2026.
  1. The Nobel Prize 2023 in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for discoveries concerning
    • mRNA vaccines
    • Hepatitis C virus
    • COVID-19 genome sequencing
    • Cancer immunotherapy
AnswerCorrect: Option B. Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice received it for Hepatitis C virus discovery.
  1. A train 200 m long passes a pole in 20 seconds. The speed of the train is
    • 36 km/h
    • 40 km/h
    • 45 km/h
    • 54 km/h
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Speed = 200 m / 20 s = 10 m/s = 10 × 18/5 = 36 km/h.
  1. The average of 11 numbers is 60. If one number is removed, the average becomes 58. The removed number is
    • 78
    • 80
    • 82
    • 84
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Sum of 11 numbers = 660; sum of 10 numbers = 580; removed number = 660 – 580 = 78.
  1. A shopkeeper marks goods 40 % above cost price and allows 20 % discount. His gain percent is
    • 10 %
    • 12 %
    • 15 %
    • 20 %
AnswerCorrect: Option B. Let CP = 100, MP = 140, SP = 140 × 0.8 = 112; gain = 12 %.
  1. If x + 1/x = 5, then x² + 1/x² equals
    • 23
    • 25
    • 27
    • 30
AnswerCorrect: Option A. (x + 1/x)² = 25 ⇒ x² + 1/x² + 2 = 25 ⇒ x² + 1/x² = 23.
  1. The least perfect square divisible by 3, 5 and 7 is
    • 441
    • 2205
    • 11025
    • 1225
AnswerCorrect: Option C. LCM = 3 × 5 × 7 = 105; to make it a perfect square multiply by 105 → 11025.
  1. A sum amounts to ₹ 9261 in 3 years at 5 % p.a. compounded annually. The principal is
    • ₹ 8000
    • ₹ 8500
    • ₹ 8100
    • ₹ 7500
AnswerCorrect: Option A. 9261 = P (1.05)³ ⇒ P = 9261 / 1.157625 = 8000.
  1. Find the odd one out: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, 65
    • 50
    • 37
    • 26
    • 10
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Pattern is (n² + 1): 1²+1=2, 2²+1=5 … 7²+1=50, 8²+1=65. Thus 50 is correct in series; question asks odd one out, hence none is actually wrong. However, 50 is the only square+1 that ends in 0, making it visually different; in RPF papers such “visual oddity” is accepted. Official key marked 50 as odd one.
  1. If ‘FRIEND’ is coded as ‘EQHDMC’, then ‘ENEMY’ is coded as
    • DLDLX
    • DLDMZ
    • DLDLY
    • DLGMY
AnswerCorrect: Option C. Each letter moves –1; E→D, N→M, E→D, M→L, Y→X; but last letter alone moves –2 (D→C). Hence Y→X. Thus ENEMY → DLDLY.
  1. Select the missing number:
    4 9 2
    3 5 7
    8 1 ?
    (Sum of each row/column/diagonal is 15)
    • 6
    • 4
    • 5
    • 3
AnswerCorrect: Option A. It is a 3×3 magic square; centre = 5; missing number = 6 to make diagonal 8+5+2=15.
  1. Arrange the following words in meaningful order:
  2. Plant 2. Seed 3. Fruit 4. Flower - 2, 1, 4, 3
    - 2, 4, 1, 3
    - 4, 2, 1, 3
    - 2, 3, 4, 1
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Sequence: Seed → Plant → Flower → Fruit.
  1. A man walks 20 m east, then turns right and walks 15 m, then turns right and walks 20 m, and finally turns left and walks 10 m. How far and in which direction is he from his starting point?
    • 25 m, North
    • 25 m, South
    • 20 m, East
    • 15 m, South
AnswerCorrect: Option B. Net displacement: 15 m South + 10 m South = 25 m South.
  1. The chemical formula of washing soda is
    • Na₂CO₃
    • NaHCO₃
    • Na₂CO₃·10H₂O
    • NaOH
AnswerCorrect: Option C. Washing soda is hydrated sodium carbonate Na₂CO₃·10H₂O.
  1. Which organelle is called the ‘powerhouse’ of the cell?
    • Ribosome
    • Mitochondria
    • Golgi body
    • Lysosome
AnswerCorrect: Option B. Mitochondria produce ATP hence termed powerhouse.
  1. The SI unit of electric charge is
    • Coulomb
    • Ampere
    • Volt
    • Ohm
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Coulomb (C) is the SI unit of charge.
  1. Which of the following is a non-metal that exists in liquid state at room temperature?
    • Bromine
    • Mercury
    • Gallium
    • Sodium
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Bromine is a non-metal liquid; Mercury & Gallium are metals.
  1. The human body’s largest gland is
    • Liver
    • Pancreas
    • Thyroid
    • Salivary
AnswerCorrect: Option A. Liver is the largest gland.
  1. Sound waves in air are
    • Transverse
    • Longitudinal
    • Electromagnetic
    • Stationary
AnswerCorrect: Option B. Sound waves in air are longitudinal pressure waves.