RRB NTPC Mains Exam Over all Analysis 18th January 2017

Dear aspirants,

Today, 18th January 2017, was the second day for the RRB NTPC mains exams. The exam which was supposed to take place in three shifts, conducted its three shifts as per the schedule.

We here are providing you a one stop resource for today’s analysis for all the three shifts of the exam, along with the overview and enlisting different questions asked during these shifts. All this was collected from the data that you aspirants provided, and you are thus requested to point out any anomalies that may be present in the article, along with any other justified updates.

Starting off, the overall level for the paper remained easy for all the three shifts, with the only moderately tough section being GK.

Many candidates, discussed about the focus being shifted to 2016’s current affairs instead of the year 2015, as was the case the last day.

Today, another important fact was witnessed. The level of Quantitative Aptitude section was said to be calculative and concept based, even though the level of this section remained easy. Not just this, many were left frustrated owing to the time taken to solve the math based questions. Future aspirants are thus duly requested to focus not only on the concept building portion for this section, but also on the time management strategy.

Many aspirants complained of not getting a fixed pattern for the exam. This was suggested based on the varying number of questions for each section in each shift. Also helping this argument, was the lack of clear demarcation between the different sections. Many reported that all the sections were all mixed.

We now start on the section wise analysis and enlist the questions:

The three sections from which the candidates were posed question from, are as follows:

• General Intelligence and Reasoning
• General Awareness
• Quantitative Aptitude

With a composite time of 90 minutes, a total of 120 questions were supposed to be attempted by the candidate.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

The only section which unanimously gained a positive review today. The level for this section remained easy, owing to direct questions being asked. Candidates were posed questions from nearly all the topics of the syllabus. We here are tabulating only a few of them.

Keep in Mind:

• This section remained very easy to tackle as only basic logical deduction questions were being posed.
• Candidates are asked to thoroughly prepare this section as this remains quite a scoring section. Read through all the instructions and questions properly before attempting the questions in this section.
• We have based this on the previous and today’s questions that were asked.
• No mirror or Water image question was asked in the first shift.

General Awareness

This section remained many candidates’ Achilles heel. The level leaned on the moderate side even for the well prepared. Nearly 40 questions were asked in the first shift but the number was reduced to nearly 35, during the second shift, with the focus being shifted to quantitative and reasoning section.

Questions being asked:

• Full form of RAW. Research and Analysis Wing
• Full form of GPS. Global Positioning System
• Question related to Goa Maharashtra merger
• What do you mean by Unicode?
• Who is the owner of Gujarat Lions? Keshav Bansal
• How many heart chambers does a fish have? Two
• Who was the Australian Grand prix winner for 2016? Nico Rosberg          
• How many Jantar Mantar forts were built by Maharaja Jay Singh?
• Who has the power to solve the dispute of election of president?
• Winner of China open ladies double 2016? Bethanie Mattek-Sands / Lucie Safarova
• Question related to China Open 2015.
• What changes source code into its object code? A compiler
• What is the lowest age for an individual to be a CM? 25 years
• Which tax’s rate increases with money
• (Inexact)Preparing fertiliser from wet things is called?
• Lord William Bentnick tried to suppress the Sati pratha.
• Highest yield of Sugar cane in 2016 was from which state?
• Production of silk(resham) started first in the country of? China
• Railway budget merged with union budget in which year? In 2016, the merger was approved.
• Ancient name of Awadh was?
• Minamata is caused by? Mercury poisoning
• Who is known as the ‘Lady with the lamp’. Florence Nightingale
• What are the three primary colors? Red, Blue and Green
• Rusting of iron is due to which process? Oxidation
• International sand art festival organised in? Orissa
• Kailasa Nath temple was built during the period of?
• When was Civil Disobedience Movement launched? 1930
• Question related to traffic signal patent. Garrett Morgan
• Where is National Geophysical Research Institute situated? Hyderabad
• Which strait divides India and Sri Lanka? Palk Strait
• Which was the largest railway canal?
• Indus water treaty was signed in which year? 1960
• Who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2016. Juan Manuel Santos
• Who won the America Copa? Chile National football team
• In which year was the Rowlatt Acts passed? 1919
• In which year was ISRO set up?
• One of the largest fresh water lakes in Asia is?
• (Choice based) Not a bitmap extension?
• Which Veda includes medical knowledge?
• Hypothalamus is in which part of the body?
• Who is RBI’s new governor? Urjit Patel
• How many presidents has India seen till date? 13
• What is the minimum age of governor(rajyapal)?
• Which particle has the same mass as an electron?
• Indian railways connect how many stations? 7112 stations
• Question related Brihadeeswarar Temple. Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in Thanjavur in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
• Question related to INS Arihant.
• Question related to 2016 Uttarakhand forest fires.
• Full form of WWF? World Wide Fund
• Majuli island is in which state? Assam
• Home rule movement is related to which party?
• What do you mean by Tropism? The turning of all or part of an organism in a particular direction in response to an external stimulus.
• Leader of the Lok Sabha is? Prime Minister
• Question related to RailTel.
• Question related to Railwire.
• Kashmir Deer is called hangul
• (Choice Based) Island not related to Lakshadweep? Neil island
• (Choice Based) State not touching any other countries boundary. Haryana

• President’s minimum age. 35 years
• Right to education is given in the article 21A
• Nobel Prize for In-vitro fertilization. Robert Edwards
• Jalianwala bagh incident happened in which year 1919
• In Yajurveda, ‘yajur’ means prose mantra
• Anandmath was authored by? Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
• Mahindra & Mahindra becomes first Indian company to join EP100
• Question related to railway app eNivaran.  Railway portal for grievances of railway employees
• Who invented World Wide Web? Sir Tim Berners Lee
• Who is India’s 13-year-old youngest chess grand master? Parimarjan Negi
• Who said, ‘Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom!’? Netaji Bose
• Full form of UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• World environment day. June 5th
• SAP full form in data processing? Systems, Applications, Products
• Lion capital of Sarnath by which ruler? Ashoka
• pH of blood? 7.4
• Mahabalipuram monuments built by? Pallavas
• Bharat Ratna 2015? Madan Mohan Malavya & AB Vajapayee
• Commonwealth gold medal winners in Squash (women's doubles)? Dipika Pallikal & Joshna Chinnappa
• Playing it my way is authored by? Sachin Tendulkar
• USA: Dollar :: Turkey: ? Lira
• Cleanest railway station in India?
• Highest peak in southern India. Anamudi
• Asiatic lions found in which state? Gujarat
• Integrated chips - which generation? 3^rd generation
• India's rank in 2015 Greenhouse gas emissions
• Highest apples producing state in India? (option based) J&K, Himachal Pradesh, UttarKhand, Arunachal Pradesh
• Man-to moon 1st mission? Apollo 11
• Outer layer of the skin? Epidermis
• Romanian president prosecuted for crimes against humanity? Ion Iliescu
• Bulb of 60W is connected across 240V supply. How much current it will draw from supply
• There are 4 resistors of 5 ohms each. How much minimum resistance u can get?
• Chemical not soluble in water? (option based) MgI2, LiBr, NaCl, CaCo3
• Which is not a component of gastric juice? (option based) Sulphuric Acid
• Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji - written by? A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
• Which is not an operating system? (option based) android, windows, linux, sarela
• Odisha: Odissi :: Kerala: ? Kathakali
• Which of the following country doesn't has border with India? (option based) (Tajikistan, China, Bhutan, Myanmar)
• 1st non-cricketer to be inducted into Legends Club of Indian Cricket Club? Nandu Natekar
• Sadhana Shivdasani died recently – her profession was? actress
• FDI limit for trading of food products manufactured or produced in India?
• High level language to machine language conversion is done by?
• Members of Loksabha from Union Territories according to the Constitution?
• Question based on convex mirrors
• Question based on space telescope.
• Mahabalipuram temple is in which state? Tamil Nadu

Keep in Mind:

• Current affairs are the main hype for this section. Today 2016’s current affairs were also asked as opposed to that of the previous day session, where 2015 was in main focus.
• Aspirants are duly requested to prepare the current affairs for acing this section.
• Candidates faced difficulty in today’s paper owing to the lack of preparation in GK only. GK would definitely give you that extra edge towards attaining your goal of succeeding in these mains exam.
• Focus on polity and geography, along with awardees should be the main concern while preparing for this section.

Quantitative Aptitude

The level which remained easy for the morning shift changed to moderate in the afternoon session because of the calculation intensive work. While nearly 70+ questions were featured from this and the Reasoning section in the morning shift, the afternoon shift witnessed even more questions from this section.

Questions being asked:

• (1-tan²A)/tan²A = ?
• Cot²A – 1 = ?

Keep in Mind:

• It is suggested that one must gain enough practice so as to not feel overwhelmed with the calculations to be done during the exams there.
• Trigonometry definitely appears in the paper, so it will be beneficial if aspirants would appropriately focus on the basics too.
• Candidates must definitely brush up the basics of Mean, median and mode along with standard deviation for covering the Statistics portion of this section, since in the previous shifts, statistics based questions are also being asked,
• It is suggested for you all to work on your stronger suit first and then cover up the rest of the topics for making yourself better in this section.

NOTE: We will keep on updating this scheme as soon as we receive any further updates from the students. Kindly bookmark this page for reading more about the analysis.

To know more about the yesterday’s shifts, please follow the link below:

RRB NTPC Mains Exam Over all Analysis 17th January 2017

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