RRB ALP Model Paper 2024 in English - Set 1

RAILWAY
RECRUITMENT
BOARD

RRB ALP 2024
PRACTICE PAPER



Railway Recruitment Boards
Assistant Loco Pilot
Model Question Papers

1
DIRECTIONS
1. This question paper consists of 75 objective type questions, to be completed in maximum 60 min.
2. All questions are compulsory and 1/3rd mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

1. A General of army wants to form a 5. The difference between the 11. In how many years the simple
solid square from 36562 armies. compound interest and simple interest on a sum of ` 725 will be
After arrangement, he found some interest on a certain sum for 2 yr at ` 87 at 4% per annum?
armies left. How many armies were the same rate of interest of 10% per
left? annum is ` 42. The sum is
` `
` ` 12. The least number which when
divided by 25, 40 and 60 leaves, the
2. The SI of ` 600 for 4 yr and that of 6. 106 × 106 − 94 × 94 = ? remainder 7 in each case is
` 600 for 2 yr together is ` 180. What is
the rate of interest per annum?
7. The area of a circle is 1386 m 2 . Find
13. The sum ( 5 3 + 6 3 + K + 10 3 ) is equal
its circumference.
to
3. Ram, Shyam and Kamal together
started a business in partnership.
8. If 12 men or 18 women can do a 1
The ratio of their capital is 3 : 4 : 7. If
work in 14 days, then in how many 14. If sin B = , then 3 cos B – 4 cos 3 B is
their annual profit be ` 21000, what 2
days will 8 men and 16 women do equal to
will be the share of Kamal in the
the same work?
profit?
` `
` `
9. The selling price of tables is equal to
4. A and B take part in a 100 m race. A 15. The total age of A and B is 12 yr
the cost price of 9 tables. The profit
runs at 5 km/h. If A starts after B runs more than that of total age of B and
per cent is
8 m, and wins the race by 8 s, the C. C is how many years younger
speed of B is
than A?
10. Find the square root of 535.9225

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16. Choose the one which is different Directions (Q. Nos. 24-25) What will
from the rest there. come in place of the question mark (?) in
the following questions?
17. In a certain language, POPULAR is 24. 144, 121, 100, 81, ? 33. Which of the following graphs
coded as QPQVMBS, which word has
represents the relation between sine
the code GBNPVT?
25. AE, FJ, KO, ? of angle of incidence (i) and sine of
angle of reflection r?
i Y i Y
18. If in a certain language CHARCOAL is 26. Find the wrong number in the
following number series. (a) (b)
coded as 45164913 and MORALE is
coded as 296137, how is the word 25, 38, 49, 81, 121, 169, 225
ALLOCHRE coded in, that language? O r X O r X
27. In this question, you have to find Y Y
i
the missing number from the
(c) (d)

sin i
19. The chairman of the selection given alternatives.
committee came 10 min before 2, 6, 12, 20, …, 42, 56, 72, 90
12:30 pm in the interview room. He O X O X
r sin r
came 20 min earlier than other
members who came 30 min late. 34. Length of the pointer of second of a
Directions (Q. Nos. 28-30) Read the watch is 2 cm. The speed of the tip of
What was the scheduled time of
interview?
following information and answer the the pointer is
questions that follow.
Four young men Raj, Prem, Ved and Ashok
are friendly with four girls Sushma, Kusum, 35. The following performs ignition in
20. Ramu is 48 yr old. Robin is 6 yr Vimla and Poonam. Sushma and Vimla are diesel engine
younger than Ramu and 14 yr older friends. Ved’s girlfriend does not like Sushma
than Rohit. Krishna, the youngest and Vimla. Kusum does not care for Ved.
sister of Rohit is 15 yr younger than Prem’s girl friend is friendly with Sushma.
Rohit. The age of Krishna is Sushma does not like Raj. 36. Which metal is used in accumulator
battery?
28. Who is Raj’s girl friend?
21. In each of the following letter series
some of the letters are missing 37. The raw material used for the
which are given in that order as one manufacture of Portland cement is
29. With whom is Sushma friendly?
of the alternative below. Choose the
correct alternative.
_ _aba _ _ba_ab
30. Who is Poonam’s boy friend?
38. CaOCl2 is the chemical formula for a
22. What will come in place of the compound commonly known as
question mark (?) in the following 31. The escape velocity of a sphere of
question? mass m from Earth having mass M
Melt : Liquid : : Freeze : ? and radius R is given by

39. The glass used for making laboratory
apparatus is
23. Find the number of cubes in the
following figure?
32. In the following time-speed graph,
the shaded portion is 40. Formalin is a 40% solution of
Y

41. The sight of a delicious food usually
Speed

makes mouth watery. It is a

O X
t Time 2t

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42. Nitrogen fixing bacteria are normally 53. The capital of Lakshadweep is 65. Which sport returned to Olympics in
found in 1988 after 64 years?

54. Gautam Buddha died at
66. The country having the largest area
under tea cultivation is
43. Powdery mildew of wheat is caused by
55. KLM Airlines belongs to

67. Ranthambhore is a wild life
44. Fertility of soil can be improved by sanctuary in India. In which state it is
56. Which is the smallest gland in
human body? located and what it is famous for?

57. Who expounded the theory of
45. A person of blood group AB can give ‘Advaita’?
68. What is the minimum permissible
blood to age for employment in any factory
or mine?

46. The first to have trade relations with
India were the 58. The Rupees coin was first minted in
India during the rule of 69. What is the name of the Parliament
of Bangladesh?

47. Jesse Owens Global Award is given
in the field of
59. The oceans cover approximately …
of the earth’s surface. 70. Where is the Railway Staff College
48. The rising of the evening star located?
indicates the
60. World’s First Hydrogen tram service
started in which country?
71. Mahavira was born in the royal
49. Which country led a boycott of the family of the
1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?
61. Which war in the name of Florence
Nightingale associated with?
72. Monsoon is caused by

50. Who among the following 62. The polar diameter of the earth is
transferred his capital from Delhi to shorter than its equatorial diameter
Devagiri? by 73. Faizi lived in the court of …

63. When did the ‘Jallianwala Bagh’
tragedy take place?
51. The instrument used for finding out 74. Rome is situated on the banks of the
wind direction is river
64. The First Battle of Panipat was
fought between
52. The French Revolution began in the 75. Sikhism was founded in
year

Answers
1 (d) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (b) 5 (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 (c) 10 (c)
11 (c) 12 (b) 13 (d) 14 (c) 15 (c) 16 (a) 17 (c) 18 (b) 19 (a) 20 (a)
21 (b) 22 (c) 23 (b) 24 (d) 25 (a) 26 (d) 27 (c) 28 (b) 29 (d) 30 (b)
31 (a) 32 (b) 33 (a) 34 (a) 35 (c) 36 (c) 37 (c) 38 (c) 39 (a) 40 (b)
41 (c) 42 (c) 43 (c) 44 (a) 45 (c) 46 (c) 47 (d) 48 (d) 49 (c) 50 (d)
51 (c) 52 (c) 53 (c) 54 (c) 55 (b) 56 (c) 57 (b) 58 (b) 59 (c) 60 (b)
61 (c) 62 (c) 63 (b) 64 (c) 65 (b) 66 (d) 67 (c) 68 (b) 69 (a) 70 (c)
71 (b) 72 (a) 73 (d) 74 (d) 75 (b)

Hints & Solutions
1.Q (191)2 = 36481 7. πr 2 = 1386 3 3 4×3 3
= –
∴ Required answer = 36562 − 36481= 81 22 2 8
⇒ × r 2 = 1386
7 3 3 3 3
2. Rate of interest = r%. = – =0
1386 × 7 2 2
600 × 4 × r 600 × 2 × r ⇒ r2 = = 63 × 7
Then, + = 180 22
100 100 15. ( A + B) = (B + C ) + 12
600 × r × 6 ⇒ r = 7 × 3 × 3 × 7 = 21m ⇒ A = C + 12
⇒ = 180 22
100 ∴ Circumference = 2 × × 21= 132 m So, C is 12 yr younger than A.
7
⇒ 36r = 180 16. 215 is not the cube of number +1but it is
180 8. 12 M = 18 W cube –1. Hence, (a) is the odd option.
⇒ r= = 5% 18
36 ⇒ 8M = × 8 = 12 W 17.
12 Q P Q V M B S
3. Share of Kamal = `  × 21000
7 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
3+ 4+ 7  ∴ 8 M + 16 W = 12 W + 16 W = 28 W
P O P U L A R
∴ 18 × 14 = 28 × D2
= `  × 21000
7
18 × 14 ∴ G B N P V T
 14  ⇒ D2 = = 9 days
–1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
28
= ` 10500 F A M O U S
9−8
4. Speed of A = 5 km/h 9. Profit percentage = × 100 = 12.5%
8
5 25 C H A R C O A L
=5× = m/s 5359225 2315
18 18 10. 535.9225 = = = 23.15 18. As, ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
Time taken by A to cover 10000 100 4 5 1 6 4 9 1 3

100 m =
100
× 18 = 72 s 11. Let, time = t yr, then M O R A L E
25 725 × t × 4 and ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
87 =
To cover 100 − 8 = 92 m, 100 2 9 6 1 3 7
B takes 72 + 8 = 80 s. 87 × 100
∴ t = = 3 yr A L L OC HR E
92 18 725 × 4 Similarly, ↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
∴ Speed of B = ×
80 5 12.QLCM of 25, 40 and 60 = 600 1 3 3 9 4 5 67
= 4.14 km/h ∴ Required number = 600 + 7 = 607 19. The chairman reached the office at
5. For 2 yr, 13. 53 + 63 + K + 103 12:20 pm. Clearly, the members who were 30
Difference between Cl and = 13 + 2 3 + K + 103 – (13 + 2 3 + 33 + 43 ) min late would reach the office at 12:40 pm.
2
10(10 + 1)
2 ∴ The scheduled time of interview was
SI =
PR 2
=   4(4 + 1)
 –  12:10 pm.
(100)2  2   2 
P × 100 = 3025 – 100 = 2925 20. Ramu → 48 yr
⇒ = 42
100 × 100 1 Robin → 42 yr
14. sinB =
2 Rohit → 28 yr
∴ P = ` 4200
2 ∴ Krishna → 28 – 15 = 13 yr
Then, cos B = 1 – sin2 B = 1 –  
6. 106 × 106 − 94 × 94 1 3
=
2 2 21. Series : ab/ab/ab/ab / ab / ab⇒ abbab
= (106 + 94) (106 − 94)
3 22. On melting liquid is formed, similarly on
= 200 × 12 = 2400  3  3
∴ 3 cos B – 4cos 3 B = 3  –4  freezing solid is formed.
 2   2 
23. Total number of cubes = 10

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64 51. Modern instruments used to measure Colonel Reginald Dyer fired machine guns
144 121 100 81 ? wind speed and direction are called into a crowd of Baishakhi pilgrims, who had
24. ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓ ↓
(12 )2 (11)2 (10)2 (9)2 (8)2 anemometers and wind vanes respectively. gathered in Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar.
52. The French Revolution began in the year 67. Ranthambhore National Park is one of
+4 +1 +4 +1
25. A → E → F → J → K of 1789 and until 1799. It was partially carried the biggest and most renowned national
+4 +1 +4 forward by Napoleon during the later parks located in the Sawai Madhopur district
→ O → P → T
expansion of the French Empire. of Rajasthan. Ranthambhore wildlife
26. 25 36 49 81 121 sanctuary is known for its Bengal Tigers and
56. The pituitary gland is a tiny organ, the
size of a pea, found at the base of the brain. Rajasthan-Lions.
It is also smallest gland in human body. As 68. In accordance with the Constitution of
52 62 72 92 112
the “master gland” of the body, it produces India, no child below the age of fourteen
27. Series moves with the increasing many hormones that travel throughout the years shall be employed to work in any
difference by 2, i.e. 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 …… . body, directing certain processes or factory or mine or engaged in any other
Therefore, the missing number will be 30. stimulating other glands to produce other hazardous employment. The minimum age
Sol. (Q.Nos. 28-30) hormones. for employment is 14 years.
57. Advaita Vedanta is a school in Hinduism 71. Lord Mahavira is the twenty-fourth
Man Girl friend which is founded by Adi Shankara (Sri Tirthankara (ford-maker) of Jainism. In the
Raj Kusum Shankracharya). People who believe in Jain tradition, it is believed that Mahavira was
Advaita believe that their soul is not different born in the early part of the 6th century BC
Prem Vimla
from Brahman. into a royal family of Kshatriyas clan in
Ved Poonam
61. Florence Nightingale was an English Kundagrama is now Bihar.
Ashok Sushma
social reformer and statistician, and the 72. The monsoon, which is essentially the
47. The Jesse Owens Award is the USA founder of modern nursing. Her most famous seasonal reversal in wind direction, causes
highest award for the sport. It is an annual contribution came during the Crimean War, most of the rainfall received in India and
track and field award that is the highest which became her central focus when some other parts of the world.
accolade given out by USA Track and Field reports got back to Britain about the horrific 73. Faizi was a Persian poet and scholar of
(USATF). conditions for the wounded. late medieval India. In 1588, he became the
50. Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq transferred his 63. The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took Malik-ush-Shu’ara (poet laureate) of Akbar’s
capital Delhi to Devagiri. He was the Sultan of place on 13th April, 1919 when troops of the Court.
Delhi from 1325 to 1351. British Indian Army under the command of