I am going to appear in Railway Recruitment Board National Thermal Power Corporation (RRB NTPC) Graduate Main Second Stage Exam but I have no idea about General Knowledge section . Would you please provide me syllabus for General Knowledge of RRB NTPC and suggest me some best books for the GK .

The Indian Railway, Railway Recruitment Board (RRBs) has recently changed its Non Technical (NTPC) examination pattern and replaced General Knowledge (GK) part with General Awareness and introduced online exam as well.

RRB NTPC Mains examination pattern and there will be 120 Questions this time. There will be at least 40 General Awareness (GA) Questions in RRB NTPC 2nd stage exam.

General Awareness (GA) = Static GK + General Science (GS) + Current Affairs

Static GK: Static GK or Tradition GK are the questions on World + Indian History, Polity, Geography, Art, Culture, misclenious etc.

General Science (GS): GS questions will be from Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Defence, Space, Environment etc.

Current Affairs: Questions will be from Miscellaneous GK, Economy, Banking, PIN, Awards, Sports, International Affairs, Current events.

RRB NTPC General Awareness Syllabus, Topics

History
Facts about Harappan Civilization.
Vedic Period (1500-1000 before Christ).
Buddh and Jain.
Name of the Kings who built Important ancient Temples and Institutions.
Maurya Dynasty, Gupta Dynasty, South India.
Important Wars.
Chronology of Medieval India and their important systems.
Delhi Sultanate, Mughal Empire, Maratha.
Governor General/ Viceroy.
1857 Revot.
India’s freedom Movement and their leaders.
World History.

Polity
Supreme Court
Meaning of Writs
Election of President and his functions
Important constitution bodies like CAG
Facts about parliament
Fundamental Duties
Governor and his functions
State legislature
Major Constitutional amendments and their importance
Official Language
Emergency Provisions
National political parties and their symbols

Geography:
Rivers and their tributaries
Mountain and their important peaks of Indian and World
Important cities on the Banks of river in the India and World
Interior of Earth
Basics about Indian climate
Indian states and their Boundaries
Location of National Parks and Centuries
Important volcanoes and their locations
Important island of world
Important seas in the world
Minerals found in India and World
Important Project like Bakhra Nagal and Sardar Sarovar

Physics:
S.I. units.
Important inventions and their inventor.
Motion, Sound, light, Wave, Energy, Electricity.

Chemistry
Chemical Properties of Substance and their uses
SI units
Chemical Name of Important substances like Plaster of Paris etc.
Chemical Change and Physical Change
Properties of Gases
Surface Chemistry
Chemistry in Everyday life

Biology
Important Inventions and their inventor
Important and Interesting facts about human body parts.
Nutrition in Animals and Plants.
Diseases and their causes like Bacteria, Viruses and Protozoa
Last four chapter of NCERT of Class 12th for environment

Miscellaneous
Railway Factories, Boards, Zone, Division etc.
Population Census.
Important books and their writers.
First happen in sport for India and world like first Olympic, first Asian Game etc.
Famous Sea port and Airport and their location.
State Animals and Symbols .
Important institution of world and India and their locations like BRICS, World Bank, IMF and RBI etc.
Awards and their importance.
Name of the Scientist who got Noble prize for important discoveries.

Economy:
Budget (National Income, GDP, Fiscal Deficit and many more)
Five Year Plan and its History.
Famous persons in economy
Institutions and their Head quarters.
Banking Awareness.

Computer:
Development of computers (History).
Input and output devices.
Memory types.