RRB ALP 2013 Question Paper in English

1. A man is 180 cm tall and his eyes are 4. Which one of the following is most 8. The plane surface of a plano-convex
10 cm below the top of his head. In abundant metallic element? lens is silvered. Focal length of lens is
order to see his entire height, right f . After silvering, it will behave as
from toe to head, he uses a plane
mirror kept at a distance of 1 m from 5. Which one of the following
him. The minimum length of the elements is used as a catalyst in the
plane mirror required is dehydration of vegetable oils?
9. A plano-convex lens is made of glass
of refractive index 1.5. The radius of
6. Permanent hardness of water may
2. A galvanometer can be converted be removed by the addition of
curvature of its convex surface is R.
into a voltmeter by connecting a Its focal length is

1.5

7. The field of view is maximum when 10. A galvanometer can be converted
image is formed by reflection at into an ammeter by connecting a
3. What is increased in a step-down
transformer?

Based on Memory

11. In transformer, core is made of soft 3 4 its secondary coil. If the current in
iron to reduce 21. a µ g = and a µ w = . If the speed of the secondary coil is 4 A, then the
2 3 current in the primary coil is
light in glass is 2.00 × 10 8 m/s, the
speed in water will be
2.67 × 108 2.25 × 31. Distant objects can be seen with the
12. In a transformer, 220 AC voltage is 1.78 × 108 1.50 × help of
increased to 2200 V. If the number of
turns in the secondary are 2000, 22. The reason for shining of air bubble in
then the number of turns in the water is
primary will be 32. The velocity of light was measured
by

13. First organic compound which was
prepared in laboratory is 23. The emf of a primary cell is 2 V. When 33. Silk worms are feed on
it is short-circuited, it gives a current
of 4 A. Its internal resistance is
14. Purest form of iron is Ω Ω 34. Silk is produced by
Ω Ω
24. A choke coil has
15. Temporary hardness of water can be
removed
CO 2 35. Sound waves are
SO 2
Ca(OH)2
25. Which one of the following is most
stable for cores of transformer?
16. 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 36. Temperature of the body measures
26. An element which is not found in
nature is

17. A force of 100 N acts on a huge 27. The phenomenon utilised in an
mass of 100 kg for 0.1 s. Change in optical fibre is
momentum will be
kg kg m/s 37. A substance which alters the rate
kg kg of reaction is called
18. Two bodies having masses in the
ratio 2 : 3 fall freely under gravity 28. Kirchhoff’s second law is based on
from heights 9 : 16. The ratio of their the law of conservation of 38. In an isothermal expansion of ideal
linear momenta on touching the
gas
ground is
= ∆ =
∆ = =
39. Quantity of light entering the eyes is
29. The effective resistance between controlled by
19. Maximum work will be done if the points A and B is
angle between force applied and
displacement produced is
A B 40. The escape velocity of a projectile
20. An artificial satellite is revolving from the surface of the earth is
around earth. The physical quantity approximately
which is conserved is Ω Ω 11.3 kms −1
Ω Ω 11.2 kms −1
11.5 kms −1
30. A 100% efficient transformer has 100 11.4 kms −1
turns in the primary and 25 turns in

41. Which of the following bond is most 53. Who considered teaching as tripolar 63. The first woman to climb Mount
(a) (b) (c) (d)
polar? process? Everest was

42. BaO is a/an 54. The Constitution of India does not
mention the post of
64. China has hosted the

43. Mirror formula is true only when
65. Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by
55. The sweetest sugar is

66. The pledge for ‘Poorna Swaraj’ was
56. The Nobel Prize for Economics was taken at the Congress Session of
44. Sodium salt of fatty acid is instituted in 1967, but was first
awarded in
67. When was the Panchayati Raj
45. Which of the following is a System introduced in India?
compound?
57. ‘A star which appears blue’ is

68. Who is the author of Prithviraj Raso?
46. Absolute zero is the temperature
equal
27 ° C −273.16° C 58. Which of the following statements is
correct?
69. Pandyas were centred in
273.16° C

47. The molecular weight of CO2 is 70. The Gandhara school of art depicted
maximum at
273° C
27 ° C
0° C
48. Waves inside a gas are 71. The uppermost layer of the Earth is
59. Speed of sound is greater in solids
than in liquids because
72. Volcanic material deposited on the
surface of the earth is known as

49. The hybridization of[Ni(CN)4 ]2− ion is
73. Lord Mahavira was the last of the
Tirthankaras of
60. The most abundant metal in the
earth’s crust is
50. Gypsum is addedto Portland cementto 74. Shakuntalum was written by

61. Which of the following is skin
disease? 75. “An address to the working class”
was drafted by
51. The Lakshadweep islands are
situated in
62. Which of the following is not 76. Imperialism means
associated with the UNO?
52. Old-written material, which cannot
be read easily, can be read by

77. How many times have been 88. Raja Ram Mohan Roy brought in a 96.
proclamation of National new wave of thinking to India. It was 5 4 3 8 9 4
Emergency? 20 9 24 11 ? 13

78. Akbar established ‘Mansab System’
in the year 89. Mahadev Govind Ranade founded the
97. 36 9 25
49 26 64 81 21 25 64 ? 144
25 16 36
79. The concept of ‘Sulh-i-Kul’ was
based on (ii) (iii)
90. The name of the spiritual Guru of
Shivaji was
Directions (Q. Nos. 98-100) Read the
following information carefully and then
answer the questions that follow.
80. The Vice President is elected for a Six girls A, B, K, D, E and P are standing in a
term of row. B is between D and P. A does not stand
Directions (Q. Nos. 91 and 92) In each of next to either P or D. K does not stand next to
the following questions, some series are given. D. E stands between A and K.
81. Who has the power to declare the You have to find the missing number from the 98. P stands between
war or peace in India? given alternatives.

91. 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, ....., 123, 199
99. Who occupy the extreme ends of
the row?
92. 2, 6, 12, 20, ...., 42, 56, 72, 90
82. Akbar opened the Ibadat-Khana at
Fatehpur Sikri for non-muslim
scholars in the year Directions (Q. Nos. 93 and 94) In each of 100. K stands between
the following questions some words are given
a specific code. You have to find a suitable
83. ‘Silver Tanka’ and ‘Copper Jital’ were answer for the word or group of letters from 101. The population of a town is
introduced by the given alternatives. 198000. It increases by 7% in the
1st year and decreases by 5% in
93. In a certain code, INSTITUTION is the 2nd year. What is the
written as NOITUTITSNI. How is population of the town at the end
84. Many of the active volcanoes are
situated in PERFECTION written in that code? of 2 yr?

85. Where was the first cotton mill 94. In a certain code, GIGANTIC is written as 102. What should come in place of the
established in India? GIGTANCI. Howis MIRACLESwritten in question mark (?) in the following
thatcode? number series?
3 7 13 ? 31 43

86. The Ryotwari Settlement was
primarily introduced by the British 95. One morning after sunrise, Gopal
Government in was standing facing a pole. The 103. If x + y = 20 and xy = 84; what is the
shadow of the pole fell exactly to his value of ( x ) 2 + ( y 2 )?
right. Which direction was he
facing?

87. During the Revolt of 1857, the
revolution- aries in Jagdishpur were
led by Directions (Q. Nos. 96 and 97) Find the 104. In how many different ways can the
letters of the word ABILITY be
missing character in the following arranged?
questions.

105. The difference between a two-digit 110. The cost of 13 kg of sugar is ` 195. number is 135.10. What is 40% of that
number and the number obtained The cost of 17 kg of rice is ` 544 and number?
by interchanging the two digits of the cost of 21 kg of wheat is ` 336.
the number is 9. The sum of the two
digits of the number is 15. What is What is the total cost of 21 kg of
the product of the two digits of the sugar, 26 kg of rice and 19 kg of 116. 16 men can complete a piece of
two digit number? wheat? work in 8 days. In how many days
` ` can 12 men complete the same
` piece of work?
111. What approximate value should
come in place of the question mark
106. Vinita bought a watch with 24% (?) in the following equation?
discount on the selling price. If the
watch cost her ` 779, what is the 876 × 20.6 + 165.34 = ?
original selling price of the watch?
` `
` 117. Kishan has some hens and some
112. The product of two consecutive cows. If the total number of animal
107. Shyam invests an amount of ` 5690 even numbers is 16128. Which is the
at the rate of 5% per annum for 3 yr. heads are 59 and the total number
What approximate amount of larger number? of feet are 190. How many cows
compound interest will be obtain at does Kishan have?
the end of 3 yr?
` `
` ` 113. A sum of money is to be divided
equally amongst A, B and C in the
108. Samantha, Jessica and Roseline respective ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 and 118. If the numerator of a fraction is
begin to jog around a circular another sum of money is to be
stadium. They complete their increased by 200% and the
revolutions in 84 s, 56 s and 63 s divided between E and F equally. If F denominator is increased by 160%,
respectively. After how many got ` 1050 less than A, how much 7
seconds will they be together at the amount did B receive? the resultant fraction is . What is
starting point? 13
` the original fraction?
` 7
` (a)
15
119. If( 41) 2 is addedto thesquareofa
114. Find the average of the following
109. Asmita invests an amount of ` sets of scores. number, theanswer so obtainedis 7457.
9535 at the rate of 4% per annum Whatis thenumber?
to obtain a total amount of ` 178, 863, 441, 626, 205, 349, 462, 820
11442 on simple interest after a
certain period. For how many years 120. What is the least number to be
did she invest the amount to obtain added to 4700 to make it a perfect
the total sum? 115. The difference between 38% of a
number and 24% of the same square?