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Railway Zones & Ports in India Assignment.Pages ! Railway Zones & Ports in India 1. Which of the following is the headquarters of the newly established railway zone ‘South Coast Railways’? a) Vishakhapattnam b) Kolkata c) Hyderabad d) Bhubaneswar 2. Which train in India has the longest route length? a) Howrah - Jammu Tawi Himgiri Express b) Kanyakumari - Jammu Tawi Himsagar Express c) Kanyakumari - Dibrugarh Vivek Express d) Guwahati-Thiruvanthapuram Express 3. In which of the following cities are located 3 zonal headquarters of Indian Railways? a) Guwahati b) Mumbai c) New Delhi d) Kolkata 4. Gorakhpur which has the longest railway platform in the world is located in which of the follow- ing states? a) Odisha b) West Bengal c) Uttar Pradesh d) Chhattisgarh 5. 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 6. 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 7. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at a) Mumbai (CST) b) Chennai c) Secundrabad d) Mumbai (Central) 8. Which state has the longest route kilometers of railway line in India? a) Maharashtra b) Andhra Pradesh c) Rajasthan d) Uttar Pradesh 9. First Indian train was started? a) Kolkata to Mumbai b) Thane to Lucknow c) Mumbai to Thane ! Railway Zones & Ports in India d) Mumbai to New Delhi 10. ________Zone is the largest in India Railway? a) Central Railway b) Northern railway c) Western Railway d) Western Railway 11. Indian Railway Nationalized in which year? a) 1951 b) 1950 c) 1952 d) 1953 12. The headquarter of Central Railway situated at? a) Mumbai( Central) b) Mumbai (Church Gate) c) Gwalior d) Gorakhpur 13. Metro Railway under Indian Railway is Functioning in which of the Following State? a) Gujarat b) Maharashtra c) West Bengal d) Tamil Nadu 14. How many Zones are there in Indian Railways ? a) 16 b) 17 c) 18 d) 19 15. Who is called the father of Indian Railways? a) M.Visweswariah b) Lord Ripon c) Lord Dalhousie d) Lord Curzon 16. Who presented the first railway budget of Independent India? a) John Mathai b) Shanmukham Chetty c) Lalu Prasad Yadav d) Mamata Banerjee 17. Which of the following is world-class international container handling port? a) Jawaharlal Nehru Port b) Mumbai Port c) Cochin Port d) New Mangalore Port 18. Which of the following is the tidal port? a) Kandla Port b) Kochi Port c) Tuticorin Port d) Both a and d 19. Which is the artificial port and second busiest port in India after Mumbai? ! Railway Zones & Ports in India a) New Mangalore b) Chennai Port c) Visakhapattanam Port d) Paradip 20. Where is Kandla port located? a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Gujarat 21. Where is Tuticorin Port located? a) Kerala b) Karnataka c) Maharashtra d) Tamil Nadu 22. Where is Haldia port located? a) West Bengal b) Karnataka c) Telangana d) Gujarat 23. Which state houses the Paradip Port? a) Maharashtra b) Gujarat c) Goa d) Odisha 24. Where is Vizag port located? a) Tamil Nadu b) Andhra Pradesh c) Telangana d) Maharashtra 25. Where is Nhava Sheva port located? a) Goa b) Gujarat c) West Bengal d) Maharashtra.
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