RRB JE DMS CMA CBT 1 Previous Year Question Paper 2026

The base and the corresponding height of a parallelogram are 93 cm and 29 cm, respectively. The area of the parallelogram (in cm²) is:

Simplify the following.
112 ÷ [16 ÷ 8 × {18 + 12 − (3 + 10 − (4 + 7))}]

The quadratic equation whose roots are 1/√2 and 1/√2 is:

Sonora-64 and Lerma Rojo are high-yielding varieties (HYVs) of which crop introduced during the Green Revolution in India?

When methane (CH₄) burns completely in the presence of sufficient oxygen, which products are formed?

A question is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question.

Five people, A, B, C, D and E, are sitting in a straight line facing north. Who sits to the immediate left of C?
I. B sits second from one of the extreme ends of the line. Only one person sits between B and C. D sits third to the right of C.
II. D sits to the immediate right of B. Only three people sit between D and A. E sits to the immediate right of C.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Poona Pact of 1932?

How does the magnetic field strength at the center of a circular loop change if the current through the loop is doubled?

When two aqueous solutions react inside a sealed flask and form products, what happens to the total mass of the system?

Which of the following metals is NOT refined by electrolytic refining?

LKLJ is related to GFGE in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, NMNL is related to IHIG. To which of the following is QPQO related, following the same logic?

In which year was the first national Census of India carried out during British India?

When a man pushes a wall but the wall does not move, what is the work done by the man on the wall?

Study the given diagram carefully and answer the question that follows. The numbers in different sections indicate the number of persons. (NOTE: You have to take the given data to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts.)

Builders / Urban Residents / Own Land Venn diagram values: Builders only 15; Builders∩Urban 11; Builders∩Own Land 9; all three 7; Urban only 12; Urban∩Own Land 6; Own Land only 19.

How many builders are urban residents and own land?

Coal is primarily formed from:

Mahesh has borrowed an amount of ₹4,40,000 from a bank to start a business. How much simple interest (in ₹) will he pay at a rate of 6% per annum after 4 years?

X people were given a contract for doing a piece of work in 32 days. 8 people did not turn up to work due to sickness, and the rest of the people completed the work in 40 days. What is the value of X?

If a convex mirror forms a point-sized image at its focus, where is the object located?

Why are cross-breeding programmes between indigenous and exotic poultry breeds undertaken?

Systolic pressure is measured when the heart __________.

What is the constitutional consequence if the Lok Sabha passes a no-confidence motion against the ruling government?

Each of P, Q, R, S, T, U and V has an exam on a different day of a week, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week.
Only five people have exams between T and R. S has exam on Wednesday. V has exam immediately after P but not on Saturday. Q has exam immediately before T.
How many people have exams between U and V?

Select the triad which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern.

NF – RJ – VN
MB – QF – UJ

Which cell organelle is responsible for the manufacture of lipids in the cell?

Ajay spends 80% of his income. His income is increased by 30%, and his expenditure is increased by 10%. Find the percentage increase in his savings.

Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission by President Droupadi Murmu in May 2025?

Which enzyme initiates carbohydrate digestion in the human mouth?

Solve the following linear equations.
2x + 3y − 5z = 4,
x + 3y − 2z = 12,
2x + y − 3z = 5

How did Mahatma Gandhi’s views on untouchability shape the priorities of the Indian National Congress during the Gandhian phase?

If x = ∛512, y = ⁶√64 and z = 6³ − 2 × 10², then ∛[10(x² + y³ + z + 12)] is equal to:

In a certain code,
‘heavy metal music’ is coded as ‘mx zb kg’
‘heavy storm warning’ is coded as ‘kw vg mx’
‘crazy metal storm’ is coded as ‘zb rq vg’
(all the codes are two letter coded only)
What is the code for ‘warning music’?

Ajay can row at 4.5 km/h in still water. It takes him twice the time to row up as it takes for him to row down the same distance. Find the speed of the stream (in km/h).

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?
7 10 16 25 37 ?

Which statement correctly describes the atomic number of an element?

The term ‘Ragam-Tanam-Pallavi’ is associated with which style of Indian music?

100 apples were bought at ₹1,240 per hundred and were sold at a profit of ₹935. Find the selling price (in ₹) per dozen of apples.

Find the median from the following data.

Age in years: 15–25, 25–35, 35–45, 45–55, 55–65, 65–75, 75–85
No. of patients: 10, 17, 22, 26, 30, 24, 21

Why are bulbs filled with nitrogen and argon gases instead of air?

In the 2024 Global Hunger Index released on October 2024, India is ranked 105th out of the how many countries?

Which structural feature primarily enables upward movement of water against gravity in plants?

Hitesh starts from Point A and drives 10 km towards east. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 6 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 1 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

What is the remainder when 3939 is divided by 8?

Refer to the following letter, symbol series and answer the question.
(Left) V E @ M O S % & V I % X $ T P N $ V # C & B J (Right)
If all the letters are dropped from the series, which of the following will be fifth from the left?

Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the letter-cluster that does NOT belong to that group?
(Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their positions in the letter-cluster.)

A physicist uses a convex lens to focus sunlight onto a piece of paper and notices the smallest, brightest spot forms at a certain distance from the lens. Which property of the lens does this experiment help to determine?

From the top of a cliff the angle of depression of a point on the ground 240 feet away from the bottom of the cliff is 30°. Find the height of the cliff (in feet, rounded off to the nearest integer).
(Use √3 = 1.732)

When a gun is fired, it recoils backward as the bullet moves forward. How does this demonstrate Newton’s third law of motion?

Refer to the two statements given below and choose the CORRECT option.
Statement A: Selective reabsorption in nephrons helps maintain water and salt balance in the body.
Statement B: Selective reabsorption prevents nitrogenous wastes from entering the filtrate.

The LCM of 2³ × 6² × 11, 2² × 11² × 17 and 6³ × 11² × 17² is:

Each of G, H, I, J, P, Q and R has an exam on a different day of a week, starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. Only two people have exam before Q. Only one person has exam after P. Only three people have exam between Q and J. Only one person has exam between I and H. G has exam immediately before I. How many people have exam between R and I?

A shopkeeper marks an article at ₹x and offers a discount of 50% on it. He sells it for ₹287 after charging VAT of 64% on the discounted price. What is the value of x?

A cricket ball of mass 0.15 kg is thrown horizontally at 30 m/s from the top of a building. What is the ball’s kinetic energy as it leaves the hand?

Seven people, F, J, M, L, R, V and X, are sitting in a row, facing north.
No one sits to the right of J. Only three people sit between J and R. Only two people sit between R and M. V sits third to the left of L. X sits to the immediate right of L.
How many people sit to the left of X?

In a certain code,
‘tall boy smart’ is coded as ‘we ki no’
‘short boy lazy’ is coded as ‘pa ki ru’
‘tall girl lazy’ is coded as ‘we sa ru’
(all the codes are two letter coded only)
What is the code for “tall boy”?

Girish scored 459 marks in an examination and was 81 marks short of 20% of the maximum marks. In the same examination, his friend scored 756 marks. What is the percentage of marks scored by his friend?

What is the function of the iris in the human eye?

Which two districts of Uttarakhand share the inter-state border with Himachal Pradesh in the north-west?

If x/y = 18/2, then find (x² + y²)/(x² − y²).

The difference between simple interest and compound interest, compounded annually, on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 11% per annum is ₹371. Find the sum. [Give your answer rounded off to the nearest integer.]

If a material has an absolute refractive index of 1.7, what does this imply about the speed of light in that material compared to vacuum?

If 25 people, working for 10 hours a day, can complete 2 units of work in 5 days, then how many days will be required for 15 people to complete 18 units of work, if each person works for 10 hours a day?

Which bee variety is commonly known as the Indian bee and is used for commercial honey production?

If the mode and median of a certain data are 24 and 18, respectively, then the mean of the data is:

If + means −, − means ×, × means ÷, ÷ means +, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation?
3−24×6÷21+7=?

In a certain code language,
A + B means ‘A is the mother of B’,
A – B means ‘A is the brother of B’,
A × B means ‘A is the wife of B’,
A % B means ‘A is the father of B’ and
A # B means ‘A is the daughter of B’.
How is F related to M if ‘F # H × J % E % M’?

Which of the following statements about washing soda is CORRECT?

21 is related to 274 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 26 is related to 339. To which of the following is 34 related, following the same logic?
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits.)

Which statement best explains why unsaturated carbon compounds are generally more reactive than saturated carbon compounds?

Who is the author of the book ‘Leo: The Untold Story of Chennai Super Kings’, which was launched in March 2025?

What was the primary theme of the International Symposium on Health Technology Assessment (ISHTA) 2025?

In a certain code language,
A + B means ‘A is the son of B’
A – B means ‘A is the sister of B’
A × B means ‘A is the wife of B’
A ÷ B means ‘A is the brother of B’
Based on the above, how is C related to G if ‘C × S + D – F ÷ G’?

A toy manufacturer originally makes a conical toy with a base radius of 3 cm and a height of 7 cm. Due to customer demand, he now wants to produce a similar toy that has 75% of the original volume, while keeping the same base radius as before. What should be the height of the new toy?

The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 restored the standard term of the Lok Sabha and State Legislature to how many years?

Let C be a circle with center O. Let AB be a tangent to C, such that AB touches the circle at P. Let X and Y be any two points on C. If ∠APX = 60° and ∠BPY = 30°, find ∠PYX and ∠PXY, respectively.

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) contains __________ as its anion.

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits.)
(11, 13, 17)
(8, 7, 11)

Rashmi and Varsha together have ₹22576. If 5/16 of Rashmi’s amount is equal to 3/7 of Varsha’s amount, how much money does Rashmi have?

Ribosomes are attached to the surface of the rough endoplasmic reticulum. What is the primary function of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?

81 is related to 260 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 108 is related to 287. To which of the following is 156 related, following the same logic?
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits.)

Atomic masses of elements are compared with a standard reference. Carbon-12 was chosen as the standard for the atomic mass unit mainly because:

Which of the following coastal features in India is believed to have submerged due to tectonic or sea-level changes, as referenced in Indian mythology and archaeology?

What should come in place of ‘?’ in the given series?
23 34 45 56 67 ?

What should come in place of the ‘?’ in the given series, based on the English alphabetical order?
RLO QKN PJM OIL ?

A sum of money is divided among X, Y and Z in the ratio 4:3:6. If the share of Z is ₹3300 more than Y, then how much amount will X get more than Y?

Which of the following everyday examples represents a homogeneous mixture?

While covering a distance of 36 km, a man noticed that after cycling for 2 hour 5 minutes, the distance covered by him was 6/7 of the remaining distance. What was his approximate speed in km/h?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All papers are bags.
All bags are copies.
Some copies are erasers.
Conclusions:
(I): All papers are erasers.
(II): All bags are erasers.

Why is using compost or vermi-compost preferable to excessive use of fertilizers for increasing soil fertility?

Refer to the following letter and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only.
(Left) U P X @ F H R A A # / E M # U L J \ L \ \ (Right)
How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and also immediately followed by a letter?

The selling price of 45 books is equal to the cost price of 18 books. Find the loss or gain percentage.

D, R, A, W and S have different marks. Only one person has scored between W and S. Only one person has scored between S and D. A has scored less than W and S. How many people have scored less than R?

Consider a quadratic equation 3x² + 4x − 8 = 0. Which of the following quadratic equations will have both roots common with the given quadratic equation?

Find the value of [(x+3)/(x²−2x)] × [(2x−1)/(x²+2x+4)] × [(x⁴−8x)/(2x²+5x−3)].

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index?

The average of the first 18 positive multiples of 10 is:

Which statement is correct regarding the definition of biodegradable substances?

Refer to the following letter and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only.
(Left) K & Z # % X N E A A Y C + H \ Y = C $ M H (Right)
How many such letters are there each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and also immediately followed by a letter?

If an ammeter reading increases when a thicker wire replaces a thinner one of the same material and length, what is the most likely reason?

Which Indian filmmaker was inducted as a registered member of the European Film Academy in 2025?

In a factory, the average daily wage of 12 skilled workers and 18 unskilled workers is ₹604. If the average wage of the skilled workers is ₹754, then find the average wage of the unskilled workers.