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RRB NTPC · GENERAL AWARENESS

RRB NTPC General Awareness: questions, weightage & strategy

General Awareness is the single largest section in RRB NTPC CBT-1 — 40 of 100 questions. No other section comes close, and none rewards a daily habit as directly. If you own GA, you have a 40-mark head start before Maths and Reasoning begin.

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ExamRRB NTPC
SectionGeneral Awareness
Weightage40 questions · 40 marks in CBT-1
Paper patternCBT-1: 100 questions / 90 minutes · one-third negative marking

What actually scores in RRB NTPC General Awareness

General Science is roughly half the section

Physics, Chemistry and Biology at 10th level typically supply 15–20 of the 40 questions. NCERT science summaries plus daily quizzing cover this more efficiently than any GK compendium.

Current affairs runs on a six-month window

Awards, sports, appointments, schemes and railway-specific developments from the last six months. A daily digest with quizzes converts these into recall rather than vague familiarity.

Railway-specific GK is a repeat scorer

Zones and headquarters, railway history, budget facts and Rail Ministry initiatives appear cycle after cycle. It's a small, finite list — learn it once.

High-yield topics

PRACTICE SET · ANSWERS & EXPLANATIONS INCLUDED

5 General Awareness questions to try now

These are original practice questions written in the RRB NTPC style — not official previous-year papers. For the real papers as published, download the official PDFs.

Q1RRB NTPC PRACTICERailways GK

The headquarters of the Northern Railway zone is located at:

Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Q2RRB NTPC PRACTICEScience

Which gas is most abundant in the Earth's atmosphere?

Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Q3RRB NTPC PRACTICEScience

The deficiency of which vitamin causes scurvy?

Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Q4RRB NTPC PRACTICEPolity

How many fundamental duties are listed in the Indian Constitution at present?

Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Q5RRB NTPC PRACTICEGeography

Which is the longest railway platform in India?

Choose an answer to see the explanation.

Other RRB NTPC sections

RRB NTPC General Awareness — FAQ

40 out of 100 — the largest section by a wide margin, ahead of Mathematics (30) and General Intelligence & Reasoning (30).

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