Deck 4: Indian Railway: From Headquarters to Historic Moments and Milestones

Question 1

The headquarters of North-Eastern Railway is situated at

A)New Delhi
B)Mumbai
C)Gorakhpur
D)Kolkata

Answer 1

Gorakhpur

Question 2

Which is the first engine less Train in India?

A)Train 16
B)Train 18
C)Train 20
D)Train 22

Answer 2

Train 18

Question 3

Which Railway line runs parallel to the Arabian Sea?

A)Central railway
B)Eastern Railway
C)Konkan Railway
D)None of these

Answer 3

Konkan Railway

Question 4

What is the width of meter gauge railway line in India?

A)2 m
B)1.7 m
C)1 m
D)0.7 m

Question 5

First railway station in India to have free high-speed Wi-Fi Internet facility?

A)Chennai Central station
B)Mumbai Central railway station
C)Howrah Station
D)New Delhi Station

Question 6

Which is the oldest Railway station currently operational in India?

A)Royapuram Station
B)Howrah Station
C)Bhubaneswar Station
D)New Delhi Station

Question 7

Which is the largest Railway yard in India?

A)Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay
B)Mathura
C)Itarasi
D)Guntakal

Question 8

Last Railway station in Western India?

A)Naliya near Bhuj in Gujarat.
B)Porbanar in gujrat
C)Okha in Gujrat
D)Warka in gujrat

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

A)Lord Dalhousie
B)Lord Canning
C)John Ibrahim
D)None of these

Question 11

Who of the following was the architect of the famous Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)?

A)Harbert Baker
B)F.W Stevens
C)Smith
D)Farnandish

Question 12

When was the first underground Railway (Metro Railway) started in India?

A)1948
B)4958
C)1984
D)1988

Question 13

DMRC stands for

A)Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
B)Delhi Metro Rail Company
C)Delhi Metro Rail Construction
D)None of these

Question 14

When was first Metro train started in Delhi?

A)2000B.
B)2002
C)2004
D)2006

Question 15

Who invented the Railway engine first?

A)Charles Babbage
B)George Stephenson
C)James Watt
D)Isaac Newton

Question 16

The headquarters of South-Central Railways is

A)Secunderabad
B)Chennai
C)Mumbai
D)Delhi

Question 17

What is the name of present (as of May 2020) Railway minister of India?

A)Piyush Goyal
B)Ravi Shankar
C)Neha Mukarjee
D)Nikita Gosh

Question 18

Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

A)Narrow Gauge
B)Meter Gauge
C)Broad Gauge
D)Special Gauge

Question 19

What is the width of broad gauge Railway line in India?

A)4 feet 5 inchs
B)5 feet 6 inchs
C)6 feet 5 inchs
D)7 feet 6 inch

Question 20

Which is the longest platform in World?

A)Howrah Station
B)Kharagpur Railway Platform
C)Gorakhpur Railway Platform
D)None of these

Question 21

Which Indian railway station has the largest number of platforms?

A)Howrah Junction
B)Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
C)Bhubaneswar Junction
D)Tata Nagar Junction

Question 22

Which is the India's first double Decker train?

A)Ahmedabad-Mumbai
B)Howrah-Dhanbad
C)Delhi - Mumbai
D)Bhubaneswar-Howrah

Question 23

When did Life Line Express (Jeevan Rekha) Started?

A)1990
B)1991
C)1995
D)1999

Question 24

Fish plates are used in railway tracks to

A)fix rails to the sleepers
B)fix sleepers to the ground
C)Join two rails
D)join two coaches

Question 25

Deccan Queen is a popular Train which runs between

A)Mumbai to Pune
B)Howrah to Mumbai
C)Pune to New Delhi
D)Howrah to Mumbai.