1) When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started? (a) 1982 (b) 1989 (c) 1984 (d) 1992 Ans: C 2) Shatabdi Express train was started in (a) 1984 (b) 1988 (c) 1990 (d) 1985 Ans: B 3) At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established? (a) Jamshedpur (b) Patiala (c) Perambur (d) Varanasi Ans: B 4) Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways? (a) Central Railway (b) Northern Railway (c) Eastern Railway (d) Western Railway Ans: C 5) The railway station situated in the extreme south is (a) Chennai (b) Cochin (c) Kanyakumari (d) Trivandrum Ans: C 6) A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called (a) dock platform (b) passenger platform (c) island platform (d) goods platform Ans: C
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7) When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done? (a) 1952 (b) 1950 (c) 1951 (d) 1954 Ans: B 8) In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established? (a) 1954 (b) 1957 (c) 1959 (d) 1967 Ans: B 9) Railway Staff College is situated at (a) Bangalore (b) Secundrabad (c) Chennai (d) Vadodara Ans: D 10) Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organization situated? (a) Lucknow (b) Bangalore (c) Pune (d) New DelhiAns: A 11) Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true? (a) South Central Railway Secunderabad (b) Central railway B hopal (c) South Railway Chennai (d) North Railway -
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New Delhi Ans: B 12) Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started? (a) from Calcutta to Delhi (b) From Mumbai to Thane (c) From Mumbai to Surat (d) From Mumbai to Madras Ans: B 13) When was the first train in Indian started? (a) 1851 (b) 1852 (c) 1853 (d) 1854 Ans: C 14) In which Governor General's reign railway lines in India was established? (a) Lord William Bentick (b) Lord Cornwallis (c) Lord Kenning (d) Lord D alhousie Ans: D 15) station where the rail lines end, is called (a) junction station (b) way side station (c) block station (d) terminal station Ans: D 16) How much distance was traveled by first train of India? (a) 33 km (b) 36 km (c) 34 km (d) 46 km Ans: -
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C 17) what is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines? (a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth Ans: D 18) What is the length of North Eastern Frontier Rail way (NEFR)? (a) 4300 Km (b) 3700 Km (c) 4290 km (d) 5298 km Ans: B 19) The headquarters of North Eastern railway is situated at (a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) New Delhi Ans: C 20) When was the North Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) e stablished? (a) 15th Jan, 1958 (b) 15th Jan, 1955 (c) 2nd Jan, 1956 (d) 14th April, 1952 Ans: A 21) The headquarters of North Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is (a) Calcutta (b) Maligaon (Guwahati) (c) Chennai (d) Gorakhpur Ans: -
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B 22) In wh ich of the following cities, the first sub way train was started? (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Calcutta (d) Chennai Ans: C 23) General Manger is responsible for (a) Railway Board (b) Railway Ministry (c) Both railway Board and Railway Ministry (d) None of these Ans: A 24) The headquarters of South Central Railways is situated at (a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Chennai (c) Secundrabad (d) Mumbai (Central) Ans: C 25) The headquarters of Northern Railway is at (a) New Delhi (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) Mumbai (V.T) Ans: A 26) The headquarters of South Railways is situated at (a) Calcutta (b) Chennai (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai Ans: B 27) In which institution the training of electric work is being given? (a) Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical a nd Electrical Engineering
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(b) Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering (c) Railway Staff College (d) Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Ans: B 28) Who invented the railway engine? (a) Charles Babbage (b) Isaac Newton (c) James Watt (d) George Stephenson Ans: D 29) Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical