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RRB NTPC General Awareness and Current Affairs Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering General Awareness and Current Affairs as it is examined in RRB NTPC. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the General Awareness and Current Affairs deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
What is the highest mountain peak located entirely within India?
Kanchenjunga (in Sikkim), the third-highest mountain in the world.
Which line of latitude passes through roughly the middle of India, and through how many Indian states does it pass?
The Tropic of Cancer; it passes through eight Indian states.
What is the southernmost tip of mainland India called?
Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin), in Tamil Nadu.
Which Indian state has the largest area, and which has the smallest?
Largest by area: Rajasthan; smallest by area: Goa.
Who is known as the 'Father of the Nation' in India, and what is his full name?
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi).
Who was the first Prime Minister of independent India?
Jawaharlal Nehru.
Who was the first President of India?
Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
Who is regarded as the 'Missile Man of India' and served as its 11th President?
Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
Which organisation is India's national space agency, and where is it headquartered?
ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation), headquartered in Bengaluru.
What does WHO stand for, and where is it headquartered?
World Health Organization; headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
What is the full form of UNESCO and where is its headquarters?
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; headquartered in Paris, France.
What is the full form of the IMF, and what is its primary purpose?
International Monetary Fund; it promotes global monetary cooperation and financial stability and lends to member countries facing balance-of-payments problems.
Why does the sky appear blue during the day?
Because of Rayleigh scattering — air molecules scatter shorter (blue) wavelengths of sunlight more than longer wavelengths.
State Newton's first law of motion (the law of inertia).
A body remains at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless acted upon by an external unbalanced force.
What is the formula relating force, mass and acceleration (Newton's second law)?
Force = mass × acceleration (F = ma).
Why does a swimming pool appear shallower than it actually is?
Due to refraction — light bends as it passes from water to air, making the bottom appear raised.
What is the SI unit of electric current, and what instrument measures it?
The ampere (A); measured by an ammeter.
Why do we use a pressure cooker to cook food faster at high altitudes?
Increased pressure raises the boiling point of water, allowing food to cook at a higher temperature and therefore faster.
What is the chemical formula of water, and what gases combine to form it?
H2O; formed from hydrogen and oxygen (2H2 + O2 → 2H2O).
What is the pH value of a neutral solution, and what range indicates an acid versus a base?
Neutral pH is 7; below 7 is acidic, above 7 is basic (alkaline).
What is the common chemical name and formula of baking soda?
Sodium bicarbonate (sodium hydrogen carbonate), NaHCO3.
What is the chemical formula of common table salt, and what elements form it?
NaCl (sodium chloride), formed from sodium and chlorine.
Which gas, with formula CO2, do humans exhale and plants absorb during photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide (CO2).
What are the three states of matter, and what is the process of a solid changing directly into a gas called?
Solid, liquid and gas; the direct solid-to-gas change is called sublimation.
What this deck covers
The General Awareness and Current Affairs deck follows the RRB NTPC General Awareness and Current Affairs syllabus — 4 chapters and 19 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 65 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
General Awareness and Current Affairs flashcards FAQ
How many General Awareness and Current Affairs flashcards are in this RRB NTPC deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these RRB NTPC flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the General Awareness and Current Affairs cards cover?
They follow the RRB NTPC General Awareness and Current Affairs syllabus — 4 chapters and 19 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.