RPF Constable 2024 Official Paper (Held On 04 Mar, 2025 Shift 1) (Previous Year Paper)

10 men and 6 women can do a piece of work in 4 days, whereas 12 men and 18 womencan do it in 2 days. Find the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that done by a woman, respectively.

The value of a furniture set depreciates every year by 5%. If the present value of the furniture is ₹1,20,000, what will be its value after 2 years?

Find the diameter of a cone whose volume and height are 3696 cubic units and 18 units,respectively. \(\left( \text{Use } \pi = \frac{22}{7} \right) \)

Find the compound interest on ₹21,500 at 17% per annum for 1\(\frac{1}{2}\) years, with interest compounded half-yearly. (Round to the nearest paise.)

A sum, when invested at 10% simple interest per annum, amounts to ₹3840 after 2 years. What is the simple interest (in ₹) on the same sum at the same rate of interest in 2 years?

Find the surface area of a sphere whose diameter is equal to 84 cm.

A fruit vendor restocks apples every 4 days and bananas every 6 days. If he restocks both fruits today, after how many days will he restock both apples and bananas on the same day again?

The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 75 and the third number is 135. Find the average of the remaining two numbers?

If ₹2,000 is invested at an annual compound interest rate of 6% for 3 years, what is the amount after 3 years? (In nearest rupee)

Simplify the following.

\(2 \frac{3}{7} + \frac{11}{35} - 3 \frac{13}{15}\)

An amount of ₹866 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 2 : 6 : 12. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

If 2 , 64 , 86 , and y are in proportion, then the value of y is:

Evaluate: 41 - [21 - {11 - (15 - 6 ÷ 3 × 3)}]

The cost price of 20 articles is equal to the selling price of 16 articles. Find the profit percentage.

Evaluate:

\( \sqrt{92 + \sqrt{60 + \sqrt{11 + \sqrt{16 + \sqrt{81}}}}} \)

A number when increased by 50%, gives 2430. The number is:

Nikhil sold a machine to Sonia at a profit of 33%. Sonia sold this machine to Aruna at a loss of 20%. If Nikhil paid ₹5,200 for this machine, then find the cost price of machine for Aruna.

Three bells ring at intervals of 12 minutes, 18 minutes, and 24 minutes, respectively. If they all ring together at 12:00 p.m., In how many minutes will they all ring together again?

In a race, an athlete covers a distance of 360 m in 60 sec in the first lap. He covers the second lap of the same length in 180 sec. What is the average speed (in m/sec) of the athlete?

A bus travelling at 11 km/h completes a journey in 14 hours. At what speed will it have to cover the same distance in 11 hours?

What is the smallest 5-digit number exactly divisible by 999?

A person can complete a journey in 9 hours. He covers the first one-third part of the journey at the rate of 10 km/h and the remaining distance at the rate of 20 km/h. What is the total distance of his journey (in km)?

Simplify  \(5 \frac{1}{2} + 6 \frac{1}{2} - 8 \frac{1}{4} + 24 - [9 - {6 - (10 - \overline{4 - 3})}]\)

The average of first 127 odd natural numbers, is:

The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 75 and the third number is 107. Find the average of the remaining two numbers?

Evaluate: 41 - [21 - {11 - (15 - 6 ÷ 2 × 3)}]

The value of an LED television depreciates every year by 5%. If the present value of the LED TV is ₹67,000, what will be its value after 2 years?

Rupesh bought 52 books for Rs 1130 each from one shop and 47 books for Rs 910 each from another. What is the average price (in Rs) he paid per book ?

If the ratio of speed upstream and downstream is 5 : 7 and the speed of the stream is 6 m/sec, then what is the time taken by a boat to cover the total distance of 210 m both upstream and downstream?

The marked price of an article is ₹16,000. A shopkeeper offered two successive discounts of 10% and 5%, respectively, to a customer. At what price did the customer buy that item?

The sum of 10 numbers is 240. Find their average.

The marked price of a bicycle is ₹1,456. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% and gets a profit of 12%. Find the cost price of the bicycle.

Isha can do a certain piece of work in 15 days. Isha and Smriti can together do the same work in 11 days, and Isha, Smriti and Ashlesha can do the same work together in 10 days. In how many days can Isha and Ashlesha do the same work?

Kartik can do a piece of work in 4 hours. Ishan can do it in 20 hours. With the assistance of Krish, they completed the work in 2 hours. In how many hours can Krish alone do it?

One side of a parallelogram is 24 cm and the corresponding altitude is 6 cm. Find the area of the parallelogram.

In a certain code language, ‘SAND’ is coded as ‘2567’ and ‘HAND’ is coded as ‘7521’. What is the code for ‘H’ in the given code language?

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete?

KM37 IK48 GI59 EG70 ?

Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern.

CJP : CKP

GTM : GUM

In a certain code language, ‘green colour is my favourite’ is coded as ‘ni li pi si fu’ and ‘trees are dark green’ is coded as ‘ai pi bi ii’. How is ‘green’ coded in the given

language?

What will come in the place of ‘?’ in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘–’ are interchanged

and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?

32 – 24 + 18 ÷ 36 × 12 = ?

Three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the letter-cluster pair 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.)

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 letter-cluster DOES NOT belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster.)

All 51 students in a class are standing in a row facing north. Aditi is 21^st from the right end while Sagar is 35^th from the left end. How many people stand between Aditi and Sagar?

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Only two people sit between S and V when counted from the left of V. T sits third to the left of U. P sits to the immediate right of U. P sits second to the left of S. Q is an immediate neighbour of T. How many people sit between R and V when counted from the right of V?

What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if ‘+’ ad ‘÷’ are interchanged?

20 + 5 ÷ 5 – 10 = ?

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) to logically complete the following series.

This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below.

(Left) 284 452 371 372 763 (Right)

(Example- 697 – First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7)

(NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.)

What will be the resultant if the third digit of the highest number is

added to the second digit of the lowest number?

Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern.

NUT : LSR

VOG : TME

Seven students, Q, R, S, T, W, X and Y, are sitting in a straight line facing north. No one sits to the left of R. X sits to the immediate left of S. Only four people sit between R and T. Only three people sit to the right of Y. W is not an immediate neighbour of Y. How many people sit between W and Y?

D, E, F, U, V and X live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on till the topmost floor is numbered 6. D lives on floor numbered 4. Only two people live between D and F. Only U lives between D and E. X lives immediately below D. Who lives on floor numbered 2?

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?

72 76 84 96 112 ?

In a certain code language, ‘FILE’ is coded as ‘3872’ and ‘LIVE’ is coded as ‘7286’. What is the code for ‘V’ in the given code language?

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete?

TGH 18, SIG 24, RKF 30, QME 36, ?

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:

Some onions are potatoes.

No potato is a carrot.

Conclusions:

(I): No potato is an onion.

(II): Some carrots are potatoes.

What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if ‘+’ and ‘×’ are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?

81 − 9 + 6 ÷ 36 × 13 = ?

Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two set of pairs

given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern.

MOR−QSV

TVY−XZC

What should come in place of '?' in the given series based on the English alphabetical

order?

SLN QJL OHJ MFH ?

In a certain code language,

A ~ B means ‘A is the father of B’,

A + B means ‘A is the wife of B’,

A = B means ‘A is the brother of B’,

A - B means ‘A is the mother of B’.

Based on the above, how is C related to F if ‘C ~ H = I - E + F’?

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?

12 22 34 48 64 ?

A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. C sits third to the right of D. D sits second to the left of F. B sits third to the right of A. A sits to the immediate left of E. How many people sit between B and C when counted from the left of C?

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

8 18 60 174 528 ?

Jatin starts from Point A and drives 9 km towards West. He then takes a right turn, drives 7 km, turns right and drives 13 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 11 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 4 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 degrees turns only unless specified)

Select the correct mirror image of the figure when the mirror is 

In a certain code language,

A ! B means ‘A is the wife of B’

A # B means ‘ A is the brother of B’

A + B means ‘A is the mother of B’

A ~ B means ‘A is the father of B’

Based on the above, how is H related to E if 'H ~ O # S + T ! E’?

Oren starts from Point A and drives 13 km towards West. He then takes a left turn, drives 3 km, turns left and drives 16 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 7 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 3 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 degree turns only unless specified.)

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 conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

Some carrots are onions.

All onions are gingers.

Some gingers are potatoes.

Conclusions:

(I) All potatoes are onions.

(II) All gingers are carrots.

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 conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

Some letters are paragraphs.

All paragraphs are sentences.

Conclusions:

(I) Some sentences are letters.

(II) All paragraphs are letters.

Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question. Counting to be done from left to right only.

(Left) Ω 9 % 3 1 * £ 5 4 2 & 6 # @ 8 $ 7 + (Right)

How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded

by another symbol and also immediately followed by a number$?

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. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)

24 - 10 - 14

33 - 11 - 22

This question is based on the 5 three-digit numbers given below.

(Left) 271 145 432 372 457 (Right)

(Example- 697: First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7)

(NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.)

If all the numbers are arranged in descending order, the position(s) of how many numbers will remain unchanged?

Which industry was most developed in India before Independence?

Justice Sanjiv Khanna took oath as the _____ Chief Justice of India on November 11, 2024.

The Kavaratti Island is a part of which Union Territory/Territories of India?

Which Act abolished the dyarchy in provinces and introduced provincial autonomy during the British rule? 

Which British officer fought in the famous Battle of Chinhat?

On August 22, 2024, Bandhan Bank launched 'Avni' savings account, a product specially designed for women that offers personal accident insurance cover of ______.

Khardung La Pass, one of the highest motorable passes in the world, is located in which of the following States/Union Territories?

Which country has joined the Hague System in 2024, expanding the geographical scope of WIPO’s international design system to 97 countries?

Which of the following signed the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) in September 2024?

Which of the following are the categories to measure the level of Human Development of the countries?

1. Very High

2. Medium

3. Low

4. Below Average

Which Section of the Citizenship Act, 1955, did the Supreme Court of India uphold in October 2024?

Which of the following Articles of the Constitution provides for the establishment of a Legislative Assembly in a Union Territory?

Which of the following crops is commonly grown in dry, arid areas and requires minimal water?

Between September 2023 and March 2024, according to the financial stability report of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) of banks declined to .

Which of the following/who among the following is/are NOT covered under the jurisdiction of the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)?

What is the target number of marginal farmers HDFC Bank aims to support under the ‘Parivartan’ initiative by 2025?

Who secretly reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) with Bhagat Singh and other rebels in 1928 and changed its name to Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA)?

Which of the following statements is/are correct in the context of the consequences of the 1857 revolt?

I. Lord Canning held Durbar at Allahabad in November 1857.

II. The Indian administration was taken over by Queen Victoria.

A festival of the Jain community, Deo Deepawali, which is celebrated 10 days after Deepawali to mark the attainment of nirvana (death) by Mahavira, is mainly celebrated at

_____ in Bihar.

Where is the 46^th session of UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee being held in July 2024?

Which extremist leader later adopted a spiritual path and was associated with Pondicherry (Puducherry)?

Which of these programmes aims to improve the physical infrastructure in rural areas?

Which two fundamental electrical quantities are related by the Ohm's Law?

Which type of wall is present in the closed system?

Which of the following states of India is located on the coast of the Arabian Sea?

The Five-Year Plans in India were based on the model of which economist?

Who was the third ruler of the Maurya Empire?

In the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2024, India ranked 39^th out of 133 economies. Which organisation published this report?

When did India reach its record low Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) of 18.00%?

Admission and allocation of new states is mentioned in which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution?

The Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) has recommended Ashok Chandra as the next Managing Director and CEO of which bank in October 2024?

What was a key change introduced in agriculture as part of the 1991 economic reforms?

IMT 2030 can be defined as a/an _____.

What is the main feature of the Bhangar region in the Northern Plains?

Yeast is commonly used in kitchen for baking and brewing. The scientific name for baker's yeast is _______.

In which city did Jyotiba Phule with his wife start India's first girls' school in 1848?

Which of the following pairs of nuclear power reactor and its state is correct?

What is the primary characteristic of the Thar Desert's soil?

In 1706, the compilations of the holy scripture of the Sikhs, Guru Granth Sahib, was authenticated by whom of the following?

What is the title of Arundhati Roy's first memoir, which is set to release in September 2025?

Which of the following is an example of a heavy metal that the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers aimed to reduce in groundwater with their nanomaterial - based solution in September 2024?

In which year Swami Dayanand Saraswati founded the Arya Samaj in Bombay?

The book ‘Religion and Ideology of the Rebels of 1857’ was written by:

Subatomic particles like electrons, protons and neutrons exhibit:

Phase change reaction in Daniell cell is an example of:

In 1990, the National Front coalition government introduced the recommendations of the Mandal Commission for _____ of reservation for OBC candidates at all levels of government services.

The State is required to promote the welfare of the people as per which Article of the Indian Constitution?

What percentage of India's population depended on agriculture at the time of independence?

The States Human Rights Commission is a/an:

Who appoints the Chief Minister of a State?