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1. When was the first train steamed off in ? (a) Chenab (b) Jhelum (a) 1848 (b) 1853 (c) Sutlej (d) Indus (c) 1875 (d) 1880 11. Gorakhpur which has the longest railway 2. Which of the following is the headquarters of platform in the world is located in which of the the newly established railway zone ‘East Coast following states? Railways’? (a) (b) (a) Vishakhapatnam (b) (c) (d) Chhattisgarh (c) (d) 12. Which of the following stations has all the 3. Which train in India has the longest route three guages viz. broad, metre and narrow? length? (a) Lucknow (b) Chandigarh (a) Himgiri Express (b) (c) Shimla (d) Siliguri (c) (d) - 13. What is the width of broad guage railway line Thiruvanthapuram Express in India? 4. Where is the Railway Staff College located? (a) 5 feet 3 inches (b) 5 feet 6 inches (a) (b) (c) 4 feet 11 inches (d) 5 feet 4 inches (c) (d) Allahabad 14. Which state has the longest route kilometers 5. On which of the following is the longest railway of railway line in India? bridge in India located? (a) (b) (a) River Ganges (b) Vembanad Lake (c) (d) Uttar Pradesh (c) River Brahmaputra (d) Chilka Lake 15. Which of the following stations was formerly 6. In which of the following cities are located 3 known as Victoria Terminus? zonal headquarters of ? (a) Churchgate Railway Station (a) Guwahati (b) (b) Mumbai Central (c) (d) Kolkata (c) 7. Who of the following is known for having (d) Chhatrapathi Shivaji Terminus designed the first railway timetables? 16. , the world's oldest steam (a) George Bradman (b) George Bernard locomotive in regular operation, plies between (c) George Bradshaw (d) George Brummel New Delhi and - 8. Which of the following is the largest railway (a) Shimla (b) junction in India? (c) Kalka (d) Gwalior (a) Delhi (b) Bhatinda 17. Who of the following was the first Railway (c) Mathura (d) Allahabad Minister of independent India? 9. Which of the following is the eastern-most (a) John Mathai (b) Lal Bahadur Shastri division of the Indian Railways? (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Shanmugham Shetty (a) Tinsukia (b) Lumding 18. trains were introduced in (c) Rangiya (d) Katihar 1989 to commemorate the 100 th anniversary of 10. Over which of the following rivers is the which of the following personalities? world's highest railway bridge in Kashmir being (a) Swami Vivekanand (b) Mahatma Gandhi constructed? (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) Rabindranath Tagore

19. Who was the Governor General of India when (a) Maharashtra - - Andhra Pradesh - Railways were first introduced in India? (a) Lord Canning (b) Lord Dalhousie (b) Maharashtra - Karnataka - Goa - Kerala (c) Lord William Bentick (d) Lord Ripon (c) Maharashtra - Karnataka - Kerala - 20. In which city is the Wheel and Axle Plant of (d) Karnataka - Goa - Kerala - Tamil Nadu the Indian Railways located? 27. Which of the following zonal headquarters - (a) Kapurthala (b) Varanasi city combination is incorrect? (c) (d) Rae Barelly (a) South East Central - Bilaspur 21. What is the rank of India in the world in terms (b) North Western - of length of railroad network? (c) East Central - Hajipur (a) First (b) Second (d) West Central - Jabalpur (c) Third (d) Fourth 28. Which of the following zones administers the 22. Which of the following ran the first train from Hill Railway? Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853? (a) Konkan Railways (b) Western Railways (a) Bombay Baroda Railway (c) Central Railways (d) Southern Railways (b) The Scindia Railway 29. In which city is the Indian Railway Institute of (c) Central India Railway Financial Management (IRIFM) being set up as (d) Great Indian Peninsula Railway announced in the Railway Budget 2013? 23. The Maitree Express connects India with (a) Secunderabad (b) Lucknow which of the following countries? (c) Rae Barelly (d) Gurgaon (a) Myanmar (b) Pakistan 30. In which of the following cities is the National (c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal Rail Museum located? 24. Which of the following is the largest zone in (a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi terms of route kilometers? (c) Hyderabad (d) (a) Western Railways (b) Eastern Railways 31. The first Indian railway line was opened by (c) Northern Railways (d) Southern Railways the British : 25. Which of the following is the largest (a) From Delhi to Bombay marshalling yard in India (also the longest in (b) From Bombay to Thane Asia)? (c) From Calcutta to Allahabad (a) Mughalsarai (b) Mathura (d) From Bombay to Madras (c) Itarasi (d) Guntakal 32. Into how many zones is the Indian Railways 26. Through which of the following group of organized? states does the Konkan Railways run? (a) 17 (b) 15 (c) 14 (d) 16

Answers: 1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b) 6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (c) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (d)

13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (d) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (a) 19. (b) 20. (c) 21 .(d) 22. (d) 23. (c) 24. (c)

25. (a) 26. (b) 27. (b) 28. (c) 29. (a) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (a)