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Should be able to run for a distance of 1000 metres in 5 minutes and 40 seconds in one chance.

2. Should be able to run for a distance of 1000 metres in 4 minutes and 15 seconds in one chance.

3. Document Verification and Empanelling of selected Candidates: Based on the performance of candidates in the CBT subject to their qualifying in PET, candidates will be called for document verification.

IMPORTANT TOPICS FOR RRB Group-D 2018:

Sr. No. QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

1 Number series, Simplification

2 Basic Calculations, LCM & HCF, BODMAS

3 Decimals, Fractions

4 Geometry and Trigonometry

5 Data Interpretation, Quadratic Equations, S.I. & C.I.

6 Percentage, Profit & loss

7 Time and work, Pipes & cisterns

8 Average, Ratio and Proportion

9 Time and Distance, Boats & Stream

10 Mensuration, Problem on ages

Sr. No. REASONING

1 Alphabetical Series, Analogy, Syllogism

2 Analytical Reasoning

3 Distance and Direction

4 Blood Relation, Coding-Decoding, Ranking

SR. NO. GENERAL SCIENCE

1 Physics, Chemistry, Biology

SR. NO. GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Current Affairs in Sports, Culture, Science & Technology, Economics, Politics, Etc

100 90 Minutes

Should be able to lift and carry 20 kg of weight for a distance of 100 metres in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down.

SELECTION PROCESS AND EXAM PATTERN:

1. Computer Based Test (CBT):

Sr. No. Name of test (Objective) No. of Ques. Total Time

1. Mathematics

2. General Intelligence

and Reasoning

3. General Science

4. General Awareness

Total

Negative Marking: 1/3rd of the marks allotted for each question shall be deducted for wrong answer.

2. Physical Efficiency Test (PET): Passing Physical Efficiency Test (PET) is mandatory and the same will be qualifying in nature. The criterion for PET is as following:

Sr. No. Male Candidates Female Candidates

1. Should be able to lift and carry 35 kg of weight for a distance of 100 metres in 2 minutes in one chance without putting the weight down.

Railway Group-D (62,907 Posts)IMPORTANT DATES FOR RRB D EXAM 2018:

Event Date

Release of Application Form 10/02/2018

Last Date of Registration Process 31/03/2018

Tentative First stage Computer Based Test (CBT) April/May 2018

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

(A) Qualifications : 10th Pass OR ITI

(B) Age : 18-33 Years*

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MONTHLY UPDATENATIONAL NEWS

v The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit 2018 was held

in _______. India

v ______ has become the first metro city in India to get the

floating market. Kolkata

v ______ Government has launched Mahatma Gandhi

SarbatVikasYojna (MGSVY) for the welfare of distressed

sections of the state. Punjab

v _________ has won the best tableau award during the 69th

Republic Day Parade. Maharashtra

v _________ announces free travel for Kashi pilgrims.

Haryana

v ___________ launches Zero Budget Natural Farming

project. Himachal Pradesh

v _________ Government has decided to include lessons on

road safety in the school syllabus from the academic year

2019-20. Karnataka

v __________ Government has approved Ghodazari in the

Chandrapur district as new wildlife sanctuary in the state.

Maharashtra

v The Ministry of Railways is going to set up a rail coach

factory in __________. Maharashtra

v The 7th edition of the Energy Congress was held in

___________. New Delhi

v The 32nd edition of the Surajkund International Crafts Mela

was recently organized at: Faridabad

v _________ has become the first state to have Transgender

Welfare Board. Maharashtra

v ___________ Government has launched a campaign

DASTAK to eradicate Acute Encephalitis Syndrome and

Japanese Encephalitis disease in the state. Uttar Pradesh

v First ever International Kala Mela wasrecently organized in

________. New Delhi

v "Gandaberunda" is the state emblem of _________.

Karnataka

v '#SecurityCheckKiya' Campaign in India has been launched

by: Google

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

v _____ will host the informal Ministerial meeting of WTO in

March 2018. India

v India-Japan Smart Grid Pilot Project has inaugurated in

_______. Haryana

v The Oxford Dictionaries has announced ______ as its 2017

Hindi Word of the Year at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Aadhaar

v According to the latest World Wealth Report, the wealthiest

country of the world is: US

v India has secured ___ rank among 165 countries on Global

Democracy Index 2017. 42nd

v ______ has secured top rankon Global Democracy Index

2017. Norway

v The Parliament of _______ has passed a bill to modify the

Country's National Anthem to make it gender-neutral.

Canada

v _______ has registered itself in the Guinness Book of World

Records by opening the world's longest Zip Line.

United Arab Emirates

v India will be the Guest of Honour country in ______

Janadriyah festival. Saudi Arabian

v Recently ____country has celebrated its 70th Independence

Day? Sri Lanka

v Recently the Chief Justice of____ countrys has arrested

Maldives

v Recently a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been

signed for Secondment Program between India and

__________. Australia

v _________ has temporarily bans poultry imports from

India. Saudi Arabia

v India has been ranked ___out of 50 countries in the

Intellectual Property Index released by US Chamber of

Commerce. 44th

BANKING & ECONOMY

v "Evolve", an annual multy city knowledge series for Bank's

SME customers has been launched by: Axis Bank

v The Union Government has signed a loan agreement of $

100 million with the World Bank for financing a project

aims to boost the rural economy of________. Tamil Nadu

v ________ has signed an agreement for information and

utility with National e-Governance Services Limited.

Punjab National Bank

v The bank with the largest bad loans in India for the year

2016-17 is _____. SBI

v ________ is going to exit the South African market due to

allegations that the politically connected Gupta family has

used its network for illicit transactions. Bank of Baroda

v According to the revised classification, the annual turnover

of Micro enterprise should not exceed __________.

5 crore

v The Headquarters of New Development Bank (NDB) is in:

Shanghai

v Haruhiko Kuroda has been appointed as the Chief of the

Bank of ______ for another term. Japan

v _______ has announced an area development plan worth Rs

1918 crore for Punjab to Supplement farmer's income.

NABARD

v The Union Government has signed $84 million loan

agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) for

improvement and expansion of water supply in ________.

Bihar

v RBI has recently launched Ombudsman Scheme for:

NBFCs

PERSONS IN NEWS

v SoumitraChatterjee has been awarded France's highest

civilian award, Legion d'Honneur. He is a : Actor

v Rohan More becomes first Asian to swim across

_________, Ocean Seven

v ________, an Indian Air Force officer has become the first

woman in the country to fly a fighter jet solo.

AvaniChaturvedi

v Renowned writer Ramendra Kumar has been felicitated in

________ for his contribution to the children's literature.

Sri Lanka

v ______ has created a new Guinness World Record by

performing yoga continuously for over 105 years.

Kavitha Bharanidaran

v _______ has become first woman chairman of Indian Banks'

Association (IBA) Usha Ananthasubramanian

v Person of the Year for 2017 by the Time magazine is:

The Silence Breakers

v __________ has been awarded with the Mother Teresa

Memorial Award for Social Justice. Priyanka Chopra

v New Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India

is: Pradeep Singh Kharola

NEW APPOINTMENTv Sauli Niinisto has been re-elected as the President of:

Finland

v Vijay KeshavGokhale has been appointed as the

new________ of India. Foreign Secretary

v _________ has been appointed as the Chief Executive of

Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC). Dinesh Srivastava

v Nicos Anastasiades has been elected as the President of

_______. Cyprus

v Mahmud Hossain has become the new President of

________. Bangladesh

v Abhilasha Kumari has been sworn in as the Chief Justice of

______ High Court. Manipur

v Abdul Hamid has been elected as the President of

_________. Nepal

v Who is the New President of Sahitya Akademi?

Chandra shekhar Kambar

v Aravind Jamkhedkar has been appointed as the Chief of

_________.

Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR)

OBITUARIES

v ________ , the pioneer of Green Revolution in India has

passes away in Chandigarh. Dr Gurcharan Singh Kalkat

v Recently MadavoorVasudevan has passed away at the age of

89. He was a famous _______ dancer. Kathakali

v John Perry Barlow has passed away recently at the age of 89.

He was famous for ________. Internet

v Chandrasekhar Rath has recently passed away at the age of

89.He was a renowned ______. Author

v Johann Johansson has passed away recently. He was a

renowned _______. Musician

v KunwarBai, a 106 year old woman recently passed away.

She was the mascot of: Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

v Parth Mukhopadhyay has recently passed away at the age of

80. He was a renowned ________. Actor

v Recently Padma Bhushan awardee M V Pylee passed away

at the age of 98. He was a renowned ______. Educationist

v Radha Vishwanathan has passed away at the age of 83. She

was a renowned _______. Singer

v Baldev Raj has recently passed away in Pune. He was the

Director of __________.

National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

v SatyendraVerma was recently passed away at the age of 62.

He was a ________. Lawyer

AWARDS

v __________ has been conferred with Badminton

Association of India's inaugural Lifetime Achievement

award for his remarkable contribution to the sport.

Prakash Padukone

v __________ Government has won Geospatial World

Excellence Award 2018. Odisha

v __________ has been chosen for the first Raj Kapoor Award

for Excellence in Cinema. Ramesh Sippi

v 1st Mufti Mohammed Sayeed Probity in Politics and Public

Life Award has been given to: Nitish Kumar

v Which of the following movies was named the best film at

the 63rd edition of Filmfare Awards? Hindi Medium

v The award for the best actress at the 63rd edition of Filmfare

Awards was received by: Vidya Balan

v World Economic Forum's (WEF) Crystal Award has been

given to ___________. Shah Rukh Khan

v Kalam Innovation in Governance Award 2018 has been

received by: N. Lokesh

v ________ has been honoured with the India's highest peace

time military decoration "Ashoka Chakra" at the 69th

Republic Day. Jyoti Prakash Nirala

v Who has been chosen for the prestigious 2017

Harivarasanam award? KS Chitra

v The International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 was

held in: Goa

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MONTHLY UPDATEIMPORTANT DAYS

v The World Leprosy Day is observed globally on _________.

28th January

v International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed

every year on ______. 27th January

v The National Immunization Day is observed on ________.

28th January

v National Cleanliness Day is observed on _______ every

year to commemorate the death anniversary of Mahatma

Gandhi. 30th January

v The Indian Coast Guard Day is celebrated every year on

______. 1st February

v World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on _______.

2nd February

v National Deworming Day is celebrated on: 10th February

v World Day of Social Justice is observed every year on:

20th February

v World Braille Day is celebrated every year on __________.

4th January

v Indian Army Day is celebrated on ________. 15th January

v The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated every year

on __________. 9th January

BOOKS & AUTHOR’S

v "The Tall Man" book has been written on the life of:

Biju Patnaik

v Writer Shesh Anand Madhukar has been honoured with

Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award. He writes in

______ language. Magahi

v The book "Exam Warrior" written by __________.

Narendra Modi

v 'A Century is not Enough' is the Autobiography of:

Sourav Ganguly

v Who authored the book "Hari Singh Nalwa: Champion of

the Khalsaji - 1791-1837"? Vanit Nalwa

v Indian cricketer which has launched his autobiography

"Imperfect" is_________ Sanjay Manjrekar

v Author of the book "The Heartfulness Way" is

Kamlesh Patel

v ________has authored the book 'Staniya Svasasan Mei

Addhi Aabadhi' Sadhana Pandey

v A book named 'The Way I See It', containing the selected

writings of ______ was launched at the Mumbai Press Club.

Gauri Lankesh

SPORTS

v ________ has won the Australian Open 2018 men's single

title? Roger Federer

v ________ is Director General of the Sports Authority of

India (SAI) Neelam Kapoor

v India clinches Under-19 World Cup 2018 by defeating

_________. Australia

v 13th edition of the National 'A' Chess Championship for the

b l ind in Mumba i has been won by _______ .

Kishan Gangolli

v Rotterdam Open has been won by: Roger Federer

v _________ is going to host a World Chess Tournament for

the first time after the country's top religious preachers

issued a religious decree against playing the game.

Saudi Arabia

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

v "Yuegong-1" is related to which of the following countries?

China

v ______ has recently launched world's smallest rocket.

Japan

v Prithvi-II missile successfully test fired from: Odisha

v ________ has successfully launched remote sensing

satellite to detect electromagnetic environmental probes.

China

v ________ is going to launch two missions- GOLD and

ICON in 2018. The National Aeronautics

and Space Administration (NASA)

v Parkar Solar Probe has been launched by: NASA

v 'Cartosat' 2 satellite has been launched by: ISRO

v The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to

launch its first solar mission Aditya-L1 in 2019.The satellite

will be launched by? PSLV-XL

v The first ever artificial intelligence politician has been

developed by the scientists IS: SAM

DEFENCE & SECURITYv VINBAX-2018 is a joint military exercise between India

and _______. Vietnam

v The first ever Defence Industrial Production Corridor will

be developed between: Chennai and Bengaluru

v Vinay Sheel Oberoi Committee has been constituted for:

Defence

v Paschim Lehar is : A Military Exercise

v The Defence Research and Development Organisation

(DRDO) has successfully conducted the first test flight of

Rustom-2 which is: An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

v 'MILAN 2018' will be organized by: Indian Navy

v Under the "Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack against

Nuclear Installations", India and ________ have exchanged

the list of their nuclear installations and facilities. Pakistan

v S-400 Missile loan deal has taken place between:

Turkey and Russia

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1. 'The' article cannot be used before the name of day, month and parts of day.

The January is the rst month (Incorrect)

January is the rst month. (Correct)

2. 'The' article cannot be used before the means of travel.

I prefer to travel by the car. (Incorrect)

I prefer to travel by car. (Correct)

3. 'The' article cannot be used before proper nouns.

The Rome was not built in a day. (Incorrect)

Rome was not built in a day. (Correct)

4. 'The' article cannot be used with these phrases:

At hand Give battle

Under ground By day

Troops were forced to give the battle. (Incorrect)

Troops were forced to give battle. (Correct)

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The breakfast was ready for me. (Incorrect)

Breakfast was ready for me. (Correct)

6. 'The' cannot be used before the name of language and sports.

The Hindi is our national language (Incorrect)

Hindi is our national language (Correct)

7. 'The' article cannot be placed before the words such as temple, sea, College University, part, prison, court etc. When the places are used for their primary purpose.

I go to the temple to pray. (Incorrect)

I go to temple to pray. (Correct)

8. 'The' article cannot be placed before abstract nouns.

The Beauty is nine days wonder. (Incorrect)

Beauty is nine days wonder. (Correct)

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