UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA-2

ByDr. Lal & Jain

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Contents

● Previous Years’ Solved Papers

General Awareness……………………………………………………………… 1–96

General Science……………………………………………..…………………… 1–32

General Intelligence……………………………………………………………... 1–56

Arithmetic…………………………………………………………...…………… 1–48

● Technical Ability

Mechanical Engineering…………………………………………………...… 1–64

Electrical Engineering…………………………………………………..…… 1–32

Electronic Engineering………………………………………………….…… 1–32

General Information

● Educational QualificationMatriculation plus course completed Act Apprenticeship/ITI approved by NCVT/SCVT in thetrades of (1) Fitter, (2) Electrician, (3) Instrument Mechanic, (4) Millwright/MaintenanceMechanic, (5) Mechanic Radio and TV, (6) Electronic Mechanic, (7) Mechanic (Motor Vehicle),(8) Wireman, (9) Tractor Mechanic, (10) Armature and Coil Winder, (11) Mechanic Diesel /HeatEngine, (12) Turner, (13) Mechanist, (14) Refrigeration and Air Condition Mechanic OR Diplomain Mechanical/ Electrical/Electronics/ Automobile Engg. recognized by AICTE in lieu of I.T.I.Note : Candidates having higher educational qualification in Electrical/Mechanical/Electronics/Automobile Engineering recognized by AICTE are also eligible.

● AgeA candidate must have attained the age of 18 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years.(The upper age limit is relaxable in respect of some reserved categories).

● Recruitment ProcessThe candidates who have elected one of the regional language as medium of examination will besupplied question booklet in English, Hindi, Urdu & regional language of concerned RRB. Thosewho have not elected regional languages as medium of examination will be supplied questionbooklet in English, Hindi and Urdu only.

Selection to the posts of Assistant Loco Pilots is done strictly as per merit, on the basis of WrittenExamination. First a written examination is conducted. Candidates found successful in the writtenexamination are called for the Aptitude Test as per norms. Such shortlisted candidates shouldproduce the vision certificate as per the prescribed format during Aptitude Test, failing which theywill not be permitted for Aptitude Test.

The standard of questions for the written exam will be generally in conformity with the educationalstandards and/or minimum technical qualifications prescribed for the posts. The questions will beof objective type with multiple choice and are likely to include questions pertaining to generalawareness, arithmetic, general intelligence and reasoning, general science and relevant technicalability. The question paper will be in English, Hindi, Urdu and local languages. The duration of the

examination will be 1 12 hours with 100 to 120 questions.

There shall be negative marking in written examination and marks shall be deducted for eachwrong answer@1/3 of the marks allotted for each question.

Based on the performance of candidates in the written examination and Aptitude Test (ALP),candidates equal to the number of vacancies are called for document verification in the main list. Inaddition 30% extra candidates are also called as standby candidates and they are considered forempanelment only if there is shortfall in empanelment from the main list. During documentverification, candidates will have to produce their original certificates. No additional time will begiven and the candidature of the candidates not producing their original certificates on the date ofverification is liable to be forfeited.

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Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their passing requisite Medical Fitness Test to beconducted by the Railway Administration, final verification of educational and communitycertificates and verification of antecedents/character of the candidates.

● Medical Fitness TestCandidates recommended for appointment will have to pass requisite medical fitness test(s)conducted by the Railway Administration to ensure that the candidates are medically fit to carryout the duties connected with the post. Visual Acuity Standard is one of the important criteria ofmedical fitness of railway staff. The medical requirements against the medical standards for A-1category are outlined below :A-1 : Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards Distance Vision : 6/6, 6/6 without glasses.Near Vision : Sn : 0.6, 0.6 without glasses (must clear fogging test) and must pass tests for ColourVision, Binocular Vision, Field of Vision and Night Vision.Note :(i) Before indicating options for categories in the boxes against Item No. 1 of the Application

Form, the applicants must ensure that he/she fulfills the prescribed medical standards for thatcategory/post.

(ii) Candidates qualifying examination for the post of Assistant Loco Pilot but failing inprescribed medical examination(s) will not under any circumstance be considered for anyalternative appointment.

(iii) Candidates who do not fulfil the prescribed medical standards need not apply.(iv) The above medical standard (Criteria) are indicative and not exhaustive and apply to candidates

in general.(v) For Ex-Servicemen different standards apply.

Warning

● Beware of Touts and job racketeers trying to deceive by false promises ofsecuring job in Railways either through influence or by use of unfair andunethical means. RRB has not appointed any agent(s) or coachingcenter(s) for action on its behalf. Candidates are warned against anysuch claims being made by persons/agencies. Candidates are selectedpurely as per merit. Please beware of unscrupulous elements and do notfall in their trap. Candidates attempting to influence RRB directly orindirectly, shall be disqualified and legal action can be initiated againstthem.

● Candidates are advised to consult only the official website of RRBs asmentioned in advertisement. They should beware of FAKE websites putup by unscrupulous elements/touts.

Indian Rail At a Glance

● Beginning of railway—In England, 1825.

● Two companies were established to developrailways in India—(i) East India RailwayCompany, (ii) Great Indian Peninsula Rail-way Company.

● Afterwards, an another company was also setup—Madras Railway Company.

● Indian Railway started on 16 April, 1853.

● First train covered a distance of 34 kmbetween Mumbai and Thane. This train wasrun by Great Indian Peninsula company ofCentral Railway.

● The name of first rail engine was Beauty.

● There were 400 passengers, in four-wheeler,14 bogies of the first train.

● In 1854, second train ran between Hoogly andHowrah.

● Metre gauge started functioning in 1870.

● In the first stage, railway was run by privatesector, since Indian British Government didnot have fund.

● Lord Salisbury had issued three instructionsregarding construction and expansion ofIndian railways in the states.

● Guarantee system in railway started in 1882.

● First electrified train ran on 5 February, 1925.

● Railway was nationalised in 1950.

● Railway Board was set up in 1905 during theperiod of Lord Curzon.

● At present, there is provision of a chairman,one finance commissioner and five membersin the Railway Board.

● First diesel engine in India ran in 1957.

● At present, diesel engines are manufactured inVaranasi.

● First locomotive factory was set up inChittaranjan of West Bengal. This Industrialcoach factory was based on the model ofSwitzerland.

● The name of first electric train was DeccanQueen, which ran between Pune and Mumbai.

● In 1929, it ran between Pune and Kalyan.

● New name of this train is Royal OrientalExpress.

● Indian Railway is the biggest in Asia andsecond in the world.

● India is the only country in the world whichhas rails of different breadths.

● There are four types of widths of rail lines—

(a) Broad gauge—1676 mm — 1·676 metre.

(b) Metre gauge—1000 mm — 1 metre.

(c) Narrow gauge—762 mm — 0·762 metre.

(d) Special gauge—610 mm—0·61 metre.

● Main Railway factories :

(a) Integral Coach Factory—Perembur(Chennai).

(b) Rail Coach Factory—Kapurthala.

(c) Wheel and Axle Plant—Bangalore.

(d) Diesel Component Works—Patiala.

(e) Diesel Locomotive—Varanasi.

(f) Chittaranjan Locomotive Works—Chittaranjan.

● Biggest Yard of India—Mugalsarai (U.P.).

● Biggest railway crossing of India—Itarasi(M.P.)

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● Biggest railway station of India—Kharagpur.

● Longest railway river bridge of India—NehruSetu Bridge near Dehri-on-Sone (Bihar).

● Railway station on maximum height—Jhum(Darjeeling).

● First rail museum in India—New Delhi.

● The biggest diamond crossing of India—Dhanbad (Jharkhand).

● First computerised railway reservation ofIndia—New Delhi.

● First rail-bus service in India—Meratapur,Rajasthan (12th October, 1994; its speed was80 km/hr. Total number of passengers was 71,including driver, among whom-15 werestanding.)

● First rail minister of India—Asaf Ali.

● First woman rail driver of India—MumtazKathwala.

● There is no railway line in Meghalaya,Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Andaman and NicobarIslands, Dadar and Nagar Haweli.

● First rail agent—Sir Roland McganalStephen.

● First person who got the train reserved—Jamashedji G. G. Bhai.

● First rail auditor—Lt. Col. Chesney.

● Beginning of A.C. Coach in India—In 1936.

● Beginning of Fairy Queen—In 1855.

● First electrical engine of India—Mahalakshmi.

● Name of first private train—Deccan Queen.

● Second private train—Palace-on-Wheel.

● First railway postal service in India—1907.

● The longest distance train in India—VivekExpress (from Debrugarh to Kanyakumari,4,286 km.)

● Superfast train of narrow gauge—Pink CityExpress (Delhi—Jaipur)

● Beginning of insurance in railway—1 April,1994, with the name ‘train passenger insu-rance scheme’.

● Name of the insurance company—UnitedIndia Insurance Company.

● Present cost of platform ticket— 5.

● Sub-urban trains—Electrical trains whichconnect metropolitan cities like Mumbai,Chennai and Kolkata to their neighbouringsub-urban cities.

● Railway budget was separated from thegeneral budget since 1924-25.

● Rail budget is presented by the railwayminister, a few days before the generalbudget.

● First live-telecast of rail budget took place on24 March, 1994.

● Railway minister, Jagjivan Ram presented therail budget for the maximum number of times,that is, continuously seven times.

● There is no first class compartment in JanataExpress.

● 13·28 lakh people are employed in IndianRailway, which is the highest number in anyenterprize of the world. This is 40% of totalemployees of union government.

● Indian Railway started unigauge scheme in1992. Under this plan, narrow gauge andmetre gauge rail lines are to be converted intobroad gauge.

● Bandra (Mumbai) was the first railway stationof the country, where a private company wasauthorised to display the advertisement.

● Hazarat Nizamuddin was the first railwaystation of India, the maintenance of whichwas handed over to a private company—TheJ.K. Tyres.

● Mrs. Indira Gandhi had started Metro rail(underground rail or tube rail) scheme in1972. Now metro rail is well developed inKolkata. It started on 24 October, 1984. Itstotal length is 25 km. Professional metro railline continues from Dumdum to NewGaria.

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● After Kolkata, metro rail plan was acceptedon 17th September, 1996.

● The then Prime Minister, Atal BihariVajpayee, inaugurated formally the DelhiMetro Railway on 24 December, 2002.

● The trains running between India andPakistan are ‘Samajhota Express’ and ‘TharExpress’.

● Maitri Express is running between India andBangladesh.

● Shatabdi Express started in 1988 on theoccasion of Pt. Nehru’s birth centenary. Thefirst Shatabdi Express ran between Delhi andBhopal.

● Steam engines were manufactured inChittaranjan.

● After 1971, production of steam engines wasclosed.

● Railway staff college is situated in Varodara.

● Indian Railway Institute of Advance Tech-nology—Pune.

● Signal Engineering and TelecommunicationInstitute—Secunderabad.

● Indian Railway Institute of Electrical Engi-neering—Nasik.

● Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical andElectrical Engineering—Jamalpur.

● Railway Service Commission—Allahabad.

● Public enterprizes under Indian Railway—1. Rail India Technical and Economic

Services, Ltd. (RITES)2. Indian Railway Construction Company

Ltd. (IRCON)3. Indian Railway Finance Corporation Ltd.

(IRFC)4. Container Corporation of India Ltd.

(CONCOR)5. Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd. (KRC)

● Before Independence, maximum developmentof railway in India took place during 1900–1914. Viceroy Lord Curzon played significantrole in development of railway.

● Rail-fare tribunal started functioning inMarch, 1924.

● Assam was linked by railway in 1950.● During 1943-44, at the time of draught, two

slogans about railway were very famous :(A) Production of railway wagons should

continue without any hindrance.(B) Travel, only when it is inevitable.

● At the dawn of independence in 1947, totallength of railway line was 54532 km. In 1947,only 388 km railway line was electrified.

● 760 km long Konkan railway is the firstrailway of the country which was constructedwith public fund. This railway line joins Roha(Apta) and Mangalore. It passes throughcomparatively backward areas of the threestates—Maharashtra (382 km), Goa (105 km)and Karnataka (273 km). On this line,maximum speed of a train is 160 km/hr.Under this scheme, there are 53 railwaystations, 1930 bridges and 92 tunnels.

● Fairy Queen, running on the main rail road, isthe oldest locomotive of the world. Thompsonand Hevypson Company of Britain hasmanufactured this locomotive for East IndiaCompany. This train runs between DelhiCantt and Alwar. There are 60 seats in thetrain.

● By 31st March, 2011, total railway stations inIndia is about 7,133.

● By 31st March, 2011, the length of trafficrailway line was 64,460 km.

● By 31st March, 2011, length of electrifiedTrack (Route) is 19,609 km.

● Total railway engines (As on 31st March,2011) — 9,213

Steam engines — 43Diesel engines — 5,137

Electric engines — 4,033● Number of wagons are 2,29,381 (As on 31st

March, 2011).● The then railway minister, Prakash Chandra

Sethi, had started ‘Palace on the Wheel’ trainin 1982.

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● Swarna Jayanti trains were started on thegolden jubilee day of independence.

● Steam engine was invented by Thomas in1698 (U.K).

● Steam engine piston—Thomas Newcamen1712 (U.K.).

● Steam condenser—James Watt, 1765 (U.K.).

● Locomotive—Richard Ivachick, 1804 (U.K.).

● Diesel engine—Rudolf Diesel, 1895(Germany).

● For National hospital the Life Line Expressstarted from Bombay on 16 July, 1991. It wasthe first train of its kind in the world.

● First railway minister to tender resignationdue to rail accident was Lal Bahadur Shastri.

● Indian Railway was divided into nine zones.Two new zones, with headquarters in Hazipurand Jaipur, started functioning since1 October, 2002. Headquarters of rest fivenew zones are : East-Coastal Railway(Bhubaneshwar), North-Central Railway(Allahabad), South-Western Railway (Hubli),West-Central Railway (Jabalpur) and South-East-Central Railway (Bilaspur). These fivenew zones started functioning from 1 April,2003. At present, there are 17 working zonesin India.

● Sampurna Kranti Express between Patna andDelhi was started on the occasion of birthCentenary of Loknayak Jaiprakash Narayan.

● During the year 2009-10, total running tracklength was 87,087 km.

ZoneRoute(in km)

(As on 31stMarch, 2011)

HeadquartersYear of

Establishment

1. Central Railway (C.R.) 3,905 Mumbai (ChatrapatiShivaji Termi.)

5 November, 1951

2. Southern Railway (S.R.) 5,102 Chennai 14 April, 1951

3. Northern Railway (N.R.) 6,968 New Delhi 14 April, 1952

4. Western Railway (W.R.) 6,440 Church Gate, Mumbai 5 November, 1951

5. Eastern Railway (E.R.) 2,435 Kolkata 14 April, 1952

6. South-Eastern Railway (S.E.R.) 2,632 Kolkata 1 August, 1955

7. South-Central Railway (S.C.R.) 5,810 Secunderabad 2 October, 1966

8. North-East Frontier Railway(N.E.F.R.)

3,908 Maligaon (Guwahati) 15 January, 1958

9. North-Eastern Railway (N.E.R.) 3,721 Gorakhpur 14 April, 1952

10. East-Central Railway 3,656 Hazipur 8 September, 1996

11. North-Western Railway 5,464 Jaipur 17 October, 1996

12. East-Coast Railway 2,646 Bhubaneshwar 8 August, 1996

13. North-Central Railway 3,151 Allahabad 28 August, 1996

14. South-Western Railway 3,177 Hubli 1 November, 1996

15. West-Central Railway 2,965 Jabalpur 8 December, 1996

16. South-East Central Railway 2,455 Bilaspur 20 September, 1998

17. Kolkata Metro Rail — Kolkata 29 December, 2010

Total 64,460

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