🔥RRB Group D 2026 | General Awareness Expected Paper - 3 | Important Questions | Shashank Sir

Main ideas / lessons conveyed

• The speaker runs an RRB Group D 2026 “Expected Paper - 3” session focused on General Awareness and high-likelihood questions.
• Under the “new pattern,” GK questions are asked by linking them to current affairs, especially topics related to:
  • politics
  • courts
  • recent governmental developments
• The session repeatedly encourages students to:
  • Attend daily live classes in Reasoning, Maths, General Awareness, and Science
  • Use the Railway Prime Batch
  • Join a separate GK/GS Current Affairs / Static GK batch
  • Practice sports, current affairs, and static GK because they may appear in the exam
• Most of the session is a rapid-fire Q&A, with immediate answers, covering:
  • sports and important general knowledge
  • appointments and agreements
  • museums and census facts
  • science/technology and defense

Announced schedule / classes (instructions)

Daily classes

• Reasoning: 10:00 AM
• Maths: 3:00 PM
• General Awareness: 5:00 PM
• Science: 7:00 PM

Free daily current affairs class

• Time: 9:00 PM (free daily)
• PDF available on Telegram: “Maths by Sahil Sir”

If you haven’t joined the application yet

• Join the application to take advantage of a special offer
• Additional study support mentioned:
  • Sports session 1 is uploaded—students are told to watch it
  • Prepare for “complete Railway subjects” via the Railway Prime Batch
  • A separate GK GS Current Affairs Static batch is mentioned
  • Students are encouraged to download the application

Methodology / exam approach described

Expectation-prediction method

• Focus on recurring question patterns, especially:
  • GK/current affairs integration
• When a GK/politics question appears, it may reference recent articles/events, such as:
  • Supreme Court-related developments

Memory/expectation caution

• Do not assume the exam will ask only the exact same questions.
• The instructor notes that teachers may remember only widely discussed items, so students should:
  • avoid relying on a small fixed set
  • prepare broadly

Sports preparation guidance

• Study sports events from January to “till now” (current year).
• Expected sports questions are typically framed like:
  • “Which state/team won overall championship?”
  • “Who won titles (men’s/women’s)?”
  • “Where/which city was the event held?”
  • “Who won gold medals / who received overall victory?”

Sports-related expected questions (as mentioned)

• Khelo India Tribal Games (2026)
  • Overall champion state: Karnataka
• Indonesia Open (Badminton)
  • Tournament winner/title holder (men’s singles context): Lin Chun-e (subtitles showed “Linchun E / Lin Chun E”)
• Commonwealth Games 2026 (held in Glasgow, Scotland)
  • India’s rank/position: mentioned, but the exact number is not clearly captured
• WPL (Women’s Premier League)
  • Who won?: Royal Challengers Bangalore
• Under-19 Cricket World Cup
  • Who won?: India
• Hockey India League
  • Men’s winner: Kalinga Lancers
  • Women’s winner: Delhi SG Pipers
• Santosh Trophy
  • Winner: Services team
• Shooting: Asian Rifle and Pistol Tournament
  • Overall winner: India
• World Para Athletics (Gramin/Para athletics referenced)
  • Gold medal winner: Sumit Antil
• Additional instruction:
  • More sports facts will be covered later in the class

General awareness / current-static expected questions (key items mentioned)

Cinema / culture (Bengali cinema)

• Rahul Arunoday Banerjee
  • said to have expired/passed away
• “Father of Bengali Cinema”
  • Hiralal Sen

Cricket / IPL record

• “Foreign player with the most matches (190) in IPL history”
  • Sunil Narine (spoken as “Sunil Narendra / Sunil Narayan”)
  • Played for Kolkata Knight Riders
• Prior record mentioned:
  • Kieron Pollard (Mumbai Indians mentioned)

Science / agreements / institutions

• Andhra Pradesh Science City / MoU (March 2026)
  • Agreement purpose: promote STEM education
  • STEM expanded as: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics
  • Objective: develop scientific temperament/approach among students and the public
  • Agency named: CSIR NIScPR (subtitles suggest CSIR NISCPR)
  • Full form: National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research
• CSIR facts
  • Established: 1942
  • Linked to Jawaharlal Nehru (as “first president” mentioned)
  • Major scientist award: Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
  • Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar described as:
    • first director of CSIR and a founder figure
• Appointments / research institutes
  • New director (Pune-based BRIC National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS))
    • Answer given (as stated): Doctor Thomas (surname not clearly captured in subtitles)
  • NCCS location: Pune, Maharashtra
  • Associated with Savitri Phule Pune University

Museums / Indian history

• PM Narendra Modi inaugurates a museum in Gandhinagar, Gujarat
  • Samrat Samprati Museum
  • Samprati described as: grandson of Ashoka (Maurya dynasty)
• Kalinga War
  • Date: 261 BC
  • Outcome described: Ashoka’s “change of heart” and renunciation of war/violence

Census-related expected questions

• 16th Census of India — first phase begins
  • Start date: 1 April 2026
  • First phase until: 30 Sept 2026
  • Second phase: Feb 2027 to March (as described)
• Census 2027 budget/amount: 11718.24 crores (“11718” shown as shorthand in subtitles)
• Brand ambassador: Sudarshan Patnaik (sand artist)
• Mascots: “two mascots” mentioned; asked to check comments (not specified in subtitles)
• Earlier census facts:
  • First census: 1872 (Lord Mayo)
  • First regular census: 1881 (Lord Ripon)
  • Conducted every 10 years thereafter

Environment / legal / technology (rules and AI tools)

• Solid Waste Management Rules 2026
  • Effective date linkage indicated via earlier rules
  • Subtitles imply prior rules were introduced in 2016
• TCRS + AI tool for translating “scientific Ayurveda content”
  • Tool: Anuvadini AI
  • Regulator mentioned: AICTE
  • Translation supports many Indian and foreign languages
  • Extra feature mentioned: Chutki (real-time translation feature)
• Bhavsagar Referral Centre National Repository for Conservation of Marine Biodiversity
  • Location: Kochi, Kerala

Space / defense / missions / tech

• NASA Artemis II
  • Mission: Artemis II
  • Details described:
    • 4 astronauts
    • ~10-day trip
    • Launched via SLS (Space Launch System)
    • Spacecraft: Orion
    • Launch date: 1 April 2026
    • Landing date: 10 April (Pacific Ocean)
• India’s first quantum computer
  • Under: National Quantum Mission
  • Commissioned from 2023
  • Developed as a quantum city in Amravati
• IndiGo new CEO
  • CEO appointed: Will (William) W. Walls (also shown as “Will Walls”)
  • Previous CEO: Peter Albers
• Naval/ship-related
  • Indigenous steel frigate handed to Navy
    • Built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers
  • Project 17A ships listed as recalled/mentioned:
    • Nilgiri, Udayagiri, Taragiri, Himgiri, Dunagiri, Bindgiri, Mahendragiri, Vidhgiri
  • Navy Day: 4 December
  • Survey ships:
    • Framed around IAS Researcher (as “fourth and last survey ship” in subtitles)

Governance / local bodies

• First woman Municipal Commissioner of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
  • Ashwini Bhide
• Public Trust Provision Amendment Bill passed by Lok Sabha (2026)
  • Purpose described:
    • ease of business / ease of living
    • reduced jail risk for minor mistakes; financial penalties instead
• Starlink partnership for remote internet
  • State answer given: Meghalaya
  • Reason: Starlink provides broadband via low-earth orbit satellites

Army / international awareness days

• Commander of Western Command (Indian Army)
  • Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh
  • Head office location: near Chandi Temple, Chandigarh
  • Areas handled mentioned: Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
  • Indian Army commands mentioned: 7 total (split into operational and training)
• World Autism Awareness Day 2026
  • Date: 2 April
  • Theme: “Autism and humanity, every life has value”

Speakers / sources featured (as mentioned in subtitles)

• Shashank Sir (video title)
• Sahil Sir (“Maths by Sahil Sir” Telegram; referenced for PDFs and “Quick Tricks”)
• Rahul Arunoday Banerjee
• Hiralal Sen
• Satyajit Ray
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
• Sudarshan Patnaik
• Elon Musk / SpaceX (Starlink context)
• NASA (Artemis II context)
• Lieutenant General Pushpendra Pal Singh
• William (Will) Walls (IndiGo CEO)
• Peter Albers (previous IndiGo CEO)