# Solved papers for Railways RRB (Assistant Loco Pilot & Technician) Solved Paper-2 (2013)

### done RRB (Assistant Loco Pilot & Technician) Solved Paper-2 (2013)

• question_answer1) A man is 180 cm tall and his eyes are 10 cm below the top of his head. In order to see his entire height, right from toe to head, he uses a plane mirror kept at a distance of 1 m from him. The minimum length of the plane mirror required is

A)  180 cm

B) 90 cm

C) 85 cm

D) 170 cm

• question_answer2) A galvanometer can be converted into a voltmeter by connecting a

A) high resistance in series

B) high resistance in parallel

C) low resistance in series

D) low resistance in parallel

• question_answer3) What is increased in a step-down transformer?

A) Voltage

B) power

C) Current

D) Current density

• question_answer4) Which one of the following is most abundant metallic element?

A) Aluminium

B) Iron

C) GoId

D) Silver

• question_answer5) Which one of the following elements is used as a catalyst in the dehydration of vegetable oils?

A) Pt

B) Na

C) Ru

D) p

• question_answer6) Permanent hardness of water may be removed by the addition of

A) potash alum

B) lime

C) sodium carbonate

D) potassium permanganate

• question_answer7) The field of view is maximum when image is formed by reflection at

A) plane mirror

B) convex mirror

C) concave

D) cylindrical mirror

• question_answer8) The plane surface of a plano-convex lens is silvered. Focal length of lens is f. After silvering, it will behave as

A) plane mirror

B) convex mirror of focal length 2f

C) concave mirror of focal length $\frac{f}{2}$

D) None of the above

• question_answer9) A plano-convex lens is made of glass of refractive index 1.5. The radius of curvature of its convex surface is R. Its focal length is

A) $\frac{R}{2}$

B) R

C) 2R

D) $1.5R$

• question_answer10) A galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by connecting a

A) low resistance in parallel

B) low resistance in series

C) high resistance in parallel

D) high resistance in series

• question_answer11) In transformer, core is made of soft iron to reduce

A) eddy current losses

B) magnetic flux losses

C) copper losses

D) hysteresis losses

• question_answer12) In a transformer, 220 AC voltage is increased to 2200 V. If the number of turns in the secondary are 2000, then the number of turns in the primary will be

A) 20

B) 100

C) 50

D) 200

• question_answer13) First organic compound which was prepared in laboratory is

A) methane

B) urea

C) formaldehyde

D) water

• question_answer14) Purest form of iron is

A) cast iron

B) pig iron

C) steel

D) wrought iron

• question_answer15) Temporary hardness of water can be removed

A) by passing $C{{O}_{2}}$

B) by passing $S{{O}_{2}}$

C) by adding $Ca{{(OH)}_{2}}$

D) by adding $NaCl$

• question_answer16) At a particular height, the velocity of an ascending body is u. The velocity at the same height while the body falls under gravity is

A) u

B) ${{u}^{2}}$

C) 2u

D) u/2

• question_answer17) A force of 100 N acts on a huge mass of 100 kg for$0.1s$. Change in momentum will be

A) $100kgm/s~$

B) $10\text{ }kg\text{ }m/s$

C) $1\text{ }kgm/s$

D) $0.1\text{ }kgm/s$

• question_answer18) Two bodies having masses in the ratio $2:3$fall freely under gravity from heights$9:16$. The ratio of their linear momenta on touching the ground is

A) $2:9$

B) $3:16$

C) $1:2$

D) $3:2$

• question_answer19) Maximum work will be done if the angle between force applied and displacement produced is

A)  zero

B)  ${{45}^{o}}$

C) $90{}^\circ$

D)  ${{180}^{o}}$

• question_answer20) An artificial satellite is revolving around earth. The physical quantity which is conserved is

A) angular momentum

B) torque

C) moment of inertia

D) total energy

• question_answer21) $_{a}{{\mu }_{g}}=\frac{3}{2}$ and $_{a}{{\mu }_{w}}=\frac{4}{3}$. If the speed of light in glass is $2.00\times {{10}^{8}}\text{ }m/s,$ the speed in water will be

A) $2.67\times {{10}^{8}}m/s$

B) $~2.25\times {{10}^{8}}\text{ }m/s$

C) $1.78\times {{10}^{8}}\text{ }m/s$

D) $1.50\times {{10}^{8}}\text{ }m/s$

• question_answer22) The reason for shining of air bubble in water is

A) diffraction of light

B) dispersion of light

C) scattering of light

D) total internal reflection

• question_answer23) The emf of a primary cell is 2 V. When it is short-circuited, it gives a current of 4 A. Its internal resistance is

A) $2.0\,\Omega$

B) $5.0\,\Omega$

C) $0.5\,\Omega$

D) $8.0\,\Omega$

• question_answer24) A choke coil has

A) low inductance and high resistance

B) high inductance and low resistance

C) high inductance and high resistance

D) low inductance and low resistance

• question_answer25) Which one of the following is most stable for cores of transformer?

A) Steel

B) Brass

C) Copper

D) Soft iron

A) Pt

B) K

C) Zn

D) Pm

• question_answer27) The phenomenon utilised in an optical fibre is

A) refraction

B) interference

C) polarisation

D) total internal reflection

• question_answer28) Kirchhoff's second law is based on the law of conservation of

A) charge

B) momentum

C) angular momentum

D) energy

• question_answer29) The effective resistance between points A and B is

A) $60\,\,\Omega$

B) $40\,\,\Omega$

C) $20\,\,\Omega$

D) $10\,\,\Omega$

• question_answer30) A 100% efficient transformer has 100 turns in the primary and 25 turns in its secondary coil. If the current in the secondary coil is 4 A, then the current in the primary coil is

A) 16 A

B) 8 A

C) 4 A

D) 1 A

• question_answer31) Distant objects can be seen with the help of

A) cronometer

B) telescope

C) microscope

D) telephone

• question_answer32) The velocity of light was measured by

A) Romer

B) Galileo

C) Newton

D) Kepler

• question_answer33) Silk worms are feed on

A) insects

B) mulberry leaves

C) grasses

D) None of these

• question_answer34) Silk is produced by

A) egg of silkworm

B) pupa of silkworm

C) larva of silkworm

D) insect itself

A) longitudinal

B) transverse

C) partly longitudinal and partly transverse

D) sometimes longitudinal and sometimes transverse

• question_answer36) Temperature of the body measures

A) hotness of the body

B) amount of heat contained in the body

C) degree of hotness of the body

D) the average energy of molecules of the object

• question_answer37) A substance which alters the rate of reaction is called

A) activator

B) initiator

C) promoter

D) catalyst

• question_answer38) In an isothermal expansion of ideal gas

A) $W=0$

B) $\Delta E=0$

C) $\Delta V=0$

D) $q=0$

• question_answer39) Quantity of light entering the eyes is controlled by

A) retina

B) eye-lids

C) iris

D) eye-lens

• question_answer40) The escape velocity of a projectile from the surface of the earth is approximately

A) $11.3km{{s}^{-1}}$

B) $11.2km{{s}^{-1}}$

C) $11.5km{{s}^{-1}}$

D) $11.4km{{s}^{-1}}$

• question_answer41) Which of the following bond is most polar?

A) $C-S$

B) $C-F$

C) $C-O$

D) $C-Br$

A) amphoteric oxide

B) neutral oxide

C) acidic oxide

D) basic oxide

• question_answer43) Mirror formula is true only when

A) object is placed in front of the mirror

B) aperture of the mirror is small

C) rays of light are always parallel to the principal axis

D) None of the above

• question_answer44) Sodium salt of fatty acid is

A) soap

B) detergent

C) cake

D) vinegar

• question_answer45) Which of the following is a compound?

A) Air

B) Oxygen

C) Ammonia

D) Mercury

• question_answer46) Absolute zero is the temperature equal

A) ${{27}^{o}}C$

B) $-{{273.16}^{o}}C$

C) $273.16{{\,}^{o}}C$

D) room temperature

• question_answer47) The molecular weight of $C{{O}_{2}}$ is maximum at

A) STP

B) $273{{\,}^{o}}C$and 2 atm

C) $127{{\,}^{o}}C$ and 1 atm

D) $0{{\,}^{o}}C$ and 2 atm

• question_answer48) Waves inside a gas are

A) longitudinal

B) transverse

C) partly longitudinal and partly transverse

D) Neither longitudinal nor transverse

• question_answer49) The hybridization of[ ${{[Ni\,{{(CN)}_{4}}]}^{2-}}$ ion is

A) $ds{{p}^{2}}$

B) $s{{p}^{2}}$

C) $s{{p}^{3}}$

D) $s{{p}^{3}}{{d}^{2}}$

A) accelerate the process of setting

B) harden it

C) retard the process of setting

D) improve hydratability of cement

A) Indian Ocean

B) Arabian Sea

C) Bay of Bengal

D) None of these

A) cosmic rays

B) ultraviolet rays

C) infrared rays

D) None of these

• question_answer53) Who considered teaching as tripolar process?

A) Green

B) Dewey

C) Smith

D) Tagore

• question_answer54) The Constitution of India does not mention the post of

A) the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

B) the Deputy Prime Minister

C) the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

D) the Deputy Speaker of the State Legislative Assemblies

• question_answer55) The sweetest sugar is

A) sucrose

B) glucose

C) fructose

D) lactose

• question_answer56) The Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted in 1967, but was first awarded in

A) 1967

B) 1988

C) 1969

D) 1970

• question_answer57) A star which appears blue' is

A) cooler than the moon

B) hotter than the Sun

C) as hot as the Sun

D) cooler than the Sun

• question_answer58) Which of the following statements is correct?

A) Planning Commission is a constitutional body

B) The Prime Minister is the Chairman of the Planning Commission

C) The Minister of Planning is always necessarily the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission

D) The draft plan is prepared by the National Development Council

• question_answer59) Speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids because

A) the atoms in solids are regularly arranged

B) the atoms in liquids are loosely packed

C) the solids have high elasticity

D) None of the above

• question_answer60) The most abundant metal in the earth's crust is

A) zinc

B) copper

C) aluminium

D) iron

• question_answer61) Which of the following is skin disease?

A) Anaemia

B) Pellagra

C) Osteomalacia

D) Rickets

• question_answer62) Which of the following is not associated with the UNO?

A) ILO

B) WHO

C) Security Council

D) ASEAN

• question_answer63) The first woman to climb Mount Everest was

A) Marie Jose Perec

B) Florence Griffith Joyner

C) Junko Tabei

D) Jackie Joyner Kersee

• question_answer64) China has hosted the

A) XXIX Olympic Games

B) XXVIII Olympic Games

C) XXVII Olympic Games

D) XXX Olympic Games

• question_answer65) Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by

A) Edward Stone

B) Le Corbusier

C) Edwin Lutyens

D) Tarun Dutt

• question_answer66) The pledge for Toorna Swaraj' was taken at them Congress Session of

A) Calcutta

B) Lahore

• question_answer67) When was the Panchayati Raj System introduced in India?

• question_answer68) Who is the author of Prithviraj Raso?

A) Chandabardai

C) Amir Khusro

D) Samdeva

• question_answer69) Pandyas were centred in

B) Tanjore

D) Kaveripattan

• question_answer70) The Gandhara school of art depicted

A) Indo-Greek art

B) Indo-Roman art

C) Indo-European art

D) Indo-African art

• question_answer71) The uppermost layer of the Earth is

A) the core

B) the crust

C) the mantle

D) the inner core

• question_answer72) Volcanic material deposited on the surface of the earth is known as

A) lava

B) rock

C) magma

D) fossil

• question_answer73) Lord Mahavira was the last of the Tirthankaras of

A) Hinduism

B) Jainism

C) Buddhism

D) Sikhism

• question_answer74) Shakuntalum was written by

A) Kalidasa

B) Bhasa

C) Ashvagosha

D) Kamban

A) Karl Peters

B) Bebeuf

C) Karl Marx

D) Stalin

A) capture of colonies through war

B) subjugation/domination

C) economic control

D) wars

• question_answer77) How many times have been proclamation of National Emergency?

A) One

B) Two

C) Three

D) Four

• question_answer78) Akbar established 'Mansab System' in the year

• question_answer79) The concept of 'Sulh-i-Kul' was based on

A) Islamic Shariat

B) Hinduism

C) Doctrine of WahdatuI Wujud

D) None of the above

• question_answer80) The Vice President is elected for a term of

A) 5 yr

B) 6yr

C) 4 yr

D) No such limit

• question_answer81) Who has the power to declare the war or peace in India?

A) The President

B) The Vice President

C) The Parliament

D) The Prime Minister

• question_answer82) Akbar opened the Ibadat-Khana at Fatehpur Sikri for non-muslim scholars in the year

• question_answer83) 'Silver Tanka' and 'Copper Jital' were introduced by

A) Qutubuddin Aibak

B) Iltutmish

C) Balban

D) Alauddin Khilji

• question_answer84) Many of the active volcanoes are situated in

A) Atlantic ocean

B) Pacific ocean

C) Indian ocean

D) Arctic ocean

• question_answer85) Where was the first cotton mill established in India?

A) Surat

B) Mumbai

D) Coimbatore

• question_answer86) The Ryotwari Settlement was primarily introduced by the British Government in

B) The Ganga Yamuna Doab

C) United Provinces

D) Bengal and Bihar

• question_answer87) During the Revolt of 1857, the revolution- aries in Jagdishpur were led by

A) Ajimulla Khan

B) Kunwar Singh

D) Tantya Tope

• question_answer88) Raja Ram Mohan Roy brought in a new wave of thinking to India. It was

A) questioning

B) experimenting

C) rationalism and reasoning

D) thinking

A) Arya Samaj

B) Brahmo Samaj

C) Prarthana Samaj

D) Theosophical Society

• question_answer90) The name of the spiritual Guru of Shivaji was

B) Ramdas

C) Tukaram

D) Eknath

 Direction: In each of the following questions, some series are given. You have to find the missing number from the given alternatives.
4,1. 11, 18, 29, 47, ...... 123, 199

A) 76

B) 70

C) 84

D) 102

• question_answer92) 2, 6, 12, 20, ...., 42, 56, 72, 90

A) 20

B) 21

C) 30

D) 12

 Direction: In each of the following questions some words are given a specific code. You have to find a suitable answer for the word or group of letters from the given alternatives
In a certain code, INSTITUTION is written as NOITUTITSNI. How is PERFECTION written in that code?

A) NOICTEFREP

B) NOITCEFERP

C) NOITCEFRPE

D) NOITCEFREP

 Direction: In each of the following questions some words are given a specific code. You have to find a suitable answer for the word or group of letters from the given alternatives
In a certain code, GIGANTIC is written as GIGTANCI. How is MIRACLES written in that code?

A) MIRLCAES

B) MIRLACSE

C) RIMCALSE

D) RIMLCAES

• question_answer95) One morning after sunrise, Gopal was standing facing a pole. The shadow of the pole fell exactly to his right. Which direction was he facing?

A) South

B) East

C) West

 Direction: Find the missing character in the following questions.

A) 117

B) 36

C) 32

D) 26

 Direction: Find the missing character in the following questions.

A) 19

B) 23

C) 25

D) 31

 Direction: Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Six girls A/ B, K, D, E and P are standing in a row. B is between D and P. A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D. E stands between A and K.
P stands between

A) B and K

B) E and A

C) D and B

D) A and K

 Direction: Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Six girls A/ B, K, D, E and P are standing in a row. B is between D and P. A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D. E stands between A and K.
Who occupy the extreme ends of the row?

A) D and E

B) D and A

C) A and P

D) B and E

 Direction: Read the following information carefully and then answer the questions that follow. Six girls A/ B, K, D, E and P are standing in a row. B is between D and P. A does not stand next to either P or D. K does not stand next to D. E stands between A and K.
K stands between

A) P and B

B) P and D

C) P and E

D) E and A

• question_answer101) The population of a town is 198000. It increases by 7% in the 1st year and decreases by 5% in the 2nd year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2yr?

A) 211860

B) 201267

C) 222453

D) 198900

• question_answer102) What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series? 3 7 13 ? 31 43

A) 18

B) 19

C) 23

D) 21

• question_answer103) If $x+y=20$and $xy=84;$what is the value of ${{(x)}^{2}}+({{y}^{2}})$?

A) 232

B) 400

C) 128

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer104) In how many different ways can the letters of the word ABILITY be arranged?

A) 5040

B) 720

C) 1260

D) None of these

• question_answer105) The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the two digits of the number is 9. The sum of the two digits of the number is 15. What is the product of the two digits of the two digit number?

A) 54

B) 72

C) 56

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer106) Vinita bought a watch with 24% discount on the selling price. If the watch cost her Rs. 779, what is the original selling price of the watch?

A) Rs.1000

B) Rs. 950

C) Rs.1040

D) None of these

• question_answer107) Shyam invests an amount of Rs.5690 at the rate of 5% per annum for 3 yr. What approximate amount of compound interest will be obtain at the end of 3 yr?

A) Rs. 854

B) Rs. 799

C) Rs. 843

D) Rs. 897

• question_answer108) Samantha, Jessica and Roseline begin to jog around a circular stadium. They complete their revolutions in 84 s, 56 s and 63 s respectively. After how many seconds will they be together at the starting point?

A) 336

B) 504

C) 252

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer109) Asmita invests an amount of Rs.9535 at the rate of 4% per annum to obtain a total amount of Rs. 11442 on simple interest after a certain period. For how many years did she invest the amount to obtain the total sum?

A) 10

B) 2

C) 5

D) 4

• question_answer110) The cost of 13 kg of sugar is Rs.195. The cost of 17 kg of rice is Rs.544 and the cost of 21 kg of wheat is Rs.336. What is the total cost of 21 kg of sugar, 26 kg of rice and 19 kg of wheat?

A) Rs.1461

B) Rs.1306

C) Rs.1500

D) None of these

• question_answer111) What approximate value should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation?

A) 700

B) 686

C) 775

D) 846

• question_answer112) The product of two consecutive even numbers is 16128. Which is the larger number?

A) 132

B) 128

C) 124

D) 126

• question_answer113) A sum of money is to be divided equally amongst A, B and C in the respective ratio of $3:4:5$and another sum of money is to be divided between E and F equally. If F got Rs. 1050 less than A, how much amount did B receive?

A) Rs.750

B) Rs. 2000

C) Rs.1500

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer114) Find the average of the following sets of scores. 178, 863, 441, 626, 205, 349, 462, 820

A) 505

B) 441

C) 349

D) 493

• question_answer115) The difference between 38% of a number and 24% of the same number is 135.10. What is 40% of that number?

A) 394

B) 370

C) 378

D) 386

• question_answer116) 16 men can complete a piece of work in 8 days. In how many days can 12 men complete the same piece of work?

A) 10

B) $9\frac{1}{3}$

C) $10\frac{2}{3}$

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer117) Kishan has some hens and some cows. If the total number of animal heads are 59 and the total number of feet are 190. How many cows does Kishan have?

A) 36

B) 32

C) 23

D) Cannot be determined

• question_answer118) If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator is increased by 160%, the resultant fraction is $\frac{7}{13}$. What is the original fraction?

A) $\frac{7}{15}$

B) $\frac{2}{15}$

C) $\frac{8}{15}$

D) $\frac{5}{7}$

• question_answer119) If ${{(41)}^{2}}$ is added to the square of a number, the answer so obtained is 7457. What is the number?

A) 76

B) 63

C) 81

D) 82

• question_answer120) What is the least number to be added to 4700 to make it a perfect square?

A) 74

B) 69

C) 76

D) 61