Indian Railway

1. When was the first train steamed off in India?

A. 1848

B. 1853

C. 1875

D. 1880

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2. Which of the following is the headquarters of the newly established railway zone 'East Coast Railways'?

A. Vishakhapatnam

B. Kolkata

C. Hyderabad

D. Bhubaneswar

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3. Which train in India has the longest route length?

A. Himgiri Express

B. Himsagar Express

C. Vivek Express

D. Guwahati

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4. Where is the Railway Staff College located?

A. Pune

B. Delhi

C. Vadodara

D. Allahabad

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5. On which of the following is the longest railway bridge in India located?

A. River Ganges

B. Vembanad Lake

C. River Brahmaputra

D. Chilka Lake

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6. In which of the following cities are located 3 zonal headquarters of Indian Railways?

A. Guwahati

B. Mumbai

C. New Delhi

D. Kolkata

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7. Who of the following is known for having designed the first railway timetables?

A. George Bradman

B. George Bernard

C. George Bradshaw

D. George Brummel

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8. Which of the following is the largest railway junction in India?

A. Delhi

B. Bhatinda

C. Mathura

D. Allahabad

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9. Which of the following is the eastern-most division of the Indian Railways?

A. Tinsukia

B. Lumding

C. Rangiya

D. Katihar

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10. Over which of the following rivers is the world's highest railway bridge in Kashmir being constructed?

A. Chenab

B. Jhelum

C. Sutlej

D. Indus

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11. Gorakhpur which has the longest railway platform in the world is located in which of the following states?

A. Odisha

B. West Bengal

C. Uttar Pradesh

D. Chhattisgarh

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12. Which of the following stations has all the three guages viz. broad, metre and narrow?

A. Lucknow

B. Chandigarh

C. Shimla

D. Siliguri

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13. What is the width of broad guage railway line in India?

A. 5 feet 3 inches

B. 5 feet 6 inches

C. 4 feet 11 inches

D. 5 feet 4 inches

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14. Which state has the longest route kilometers of railway line in India?

A. Maharashtra

B. Andhra Pradesh

C. Rajasthan

D. Uttar Pradesh

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15. Which of the following stations was formerly known as Victoria Terminus?

A. Churchgate Railway Station

B. Mumbai Central

C. Lokmanya Tilak Terminus

D. Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus

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16. Fairy Queen, the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation, plies between New Delhi and -

A. Shimla

B. Alwar

C. Kalka

D. Gwalior

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17. Who of the following was the first Railway Minister of independent India?

A. John Mathai

B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Shanmugham Shetty

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18. Shatabdi Express trains were introduced in 1989 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of which of the following personalities?

A. Swami Vivekanand

B. Mahatma Gandhi

C. Jawaharlal Nehru

D. Rabindranath Tagore

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19. Who was the Governor General of India when Railways were first introduced in India?

A. Lord Canning

B. Lord Dalhousie

C. Lord William Bentick

D. Lord Ripon

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20. In which city is the Wheel and Axle Plant of the Indian Railways located?

A. Kapurthala

B. Varanasi

C. Bangalore

D. Rae Barelly

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21. What is the rank of India in the world in terms of length of railroad network?

A. First

B. Second

C.Third

D. Fourth

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22. Which of the following ran the first train from Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853?

A. Bombay Baroda Railway

B. The Scindia Railway

C. Central India Railway

D. Great Indian Peninsula Railway

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23. The Maitree Express connects India with which of the following countries?

A. Myanmar

B. Pakistan

C. Bangladesh

D. Nepal

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24. Which of the following is the largest zone in terms of route kilometers?

A. Western Railways

B. Eastern Railways

C. Northern Railways

D. Southern Railways

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25. Through which of the following group of states does the Konkan Railways run?

A. Maharashtra - Karnataka - Andhra Pradesh- Kerala

B. Maharashtra - Karnataka - Goa - Kerala

C. Maharashtra - Karnataka - Kerala - Tamil Nadu

D. Karnataka - Goa - Kerala - Tamil Nadu

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26. Which of the following is the largest marshalling yard in India (also the longest in Asia)?

A. Mughalsarai

B. Mathura

C. Itarasi

D. Guntakal

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27. Which of the following zonal headquarters - city combination is incorrect?

A. South East Central - Bilaspur

B. North Western - Jodhpur

C. East Central - Hajipur

D. West Central - Jabalpur

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28. Which of the following zones administers the Matheran Hill Railway?

A. Konkan Railways

B. Western Railways

C. Central Railways

D. Southern Railways

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29. In which city is the Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) being set up as announced in the Railway Budget 2013?

A. Secunderabad

B. Lucknow

C. Rae Barelly

D. Gurgaon

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30. In which of the following cities is the National Rail Museum located?

A. Mumbai

B. New Delhi

C. Hyderabad

D. Chennai

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31. The first Indian railway line was opened by the British :

A. From Delhi to Bombay

B. From Bombay to Thane

C. From Calcutta to Allahabad

D. From Bombay to Madras

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32. Into how many zones is the Indian Railways organized?

A. 17

B. 15

C. 14

D. 16

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