Question Bank HOW GOOD YOU KNOW INDIAN RAILWAYS-1 The Hermes SJ March 20, 2024March 23, 2024 0 Comments How Good You Know Indian Railways 1 / 50 Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas? Broad gauge Special gauge Meter gauge Narrow gauge 2 / 50 Which railway station entered Limca Book of Records 2018 for having all - women staff? Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station Jabalpur Railway Station Matunga railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station 3 / 50 How much distance was travelled by first train of India? 34 32 36 45 4 / 50 Which is the shortest station name in Indian Railways? Ib Bc Goa Dt 5 / 50 Which road suburban railway station in Mumbai has been rechristened as Prabhadevi station? Boisar Andheri Churchgate Elphinstone 6 / 50 Which of the following is the largest zone in terms of route kilometers? Eastern Railways Northern Railways Western Railways Southern Railways 7 / 50 India’s first - ever railways disaster management centre will come up in which city? Kolkata Lucknow Bangaluru Bhopal 8 / 50 Matheran Hill Railway is a narrow gauge heritage railway located in which state? Tamil Nadu Maharashtra Meghalaya Uttarakhand 9 / 50 Through which of the following group of states does the Konkan Railways run? Maharashtra - Karnataka - Andhra Pradesh - Kerala Maharashtra - Karnataka - Kerala - Tamil Nadu Karnataka - Goa - Kerala - Tamil Nadu Maharashtra - Karnataka - Goa 10 / 50 Presentation of the first ever railway budget in India held in 1925 1932 1923 1928 11 / 50 In how many zones Indian Railway has been divided? 14 17 20 18 12 / 50 Indian Railway will publish new Magazine in all regional language. The name of that Magazine is Rail Line Rail Karmik Rail Prakashan Rail Bandhu 13 / 50 The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places? Chittranjan Perambur Mumbai Kota 14 / 50 Diesel locomotives are built in? Bangalore Hubli Varanasi Bhopal 15 / 50 The first - ever Indian Railways Human Resources Round Table Conference has started in which city? Bhopal Pune New Delhi Mumbai 16 / 50 Consider the following statements with regard to ‘Ad Hoc’ Committees of the parliament:1)They are temporary in nature and appointed for a specific purpose2)Railway Convention Committee is an ad hoc committeeWhich among the above statements is / are correct? Only 1 is correct Only 2 is correct Both 1 & 2 are correct Neither 1 nor 2 is correct 17 / 50 Which is the India's first double Decker train? Ahmedabad - Mumbai Central Double Decker Express Samjhauta Express Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express Howrah – Dhanbad Double Decker Express 18 / 50 In which institution the training of electric work is being given? Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Railway Staff College 19 / 50 With respect to ‘Operating ratio’ in Railways, which of the following statement is/are correct?1)The higher is the ‘Operating Ratio’; the better is the economic condition of railways.2) ‘Operating ratio’ of Indian Railways is high on account of social service obligation imposed in Budget.Select the correct option from the codes given below Only 1 Only 2 Both 1 & 2 Neither 1 nor 2 20 / 50 In which year the practice of presenting the railway budget separate from the general budget (or vice versa in true sense) started in India? 1920 1930 1924 1934 21 / 50 Railway Staff College is situated at Bangalore Vadodara Bhopal Mumbai 22 / 50 The Mughalsarai junction has recently renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyaya railway station. It is located in which state? Bihar UP MP CG 23 / 50 Which railway station has become the India’s first station to run by all women staff? Jabalpur railway station Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station Matunga railway station Rani Kamlapati railway station 24 / 50 The Ministry of Railways has signed MoU with which Union Ministry to augment services in Railway hospitals? Ministry of Women and Child Development Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry of AYUSH Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation 25 / 50 The Indian Railways has launched which virtual server to optimise server usage and faster connectivity? RailSagar RailSilver RailKarmik RailCloud 26 / 50 Kacheguda railway station has declared the India’s first Energy - Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station. It is situated in which city? Checnnai Hyderabad Kochi Mumbai 27 / 50 Indian Railway will be provided a device to their Gang Men which would be wireless enabled and will intimate them about approaching trains. The Device will be called: Surakhsha Shaktimaan Rakshak Rail Rakshak 28 / 50 The world’s highest railway bridge will come up over which Indian River? Godavari Ganga Chenab Narmada 29 / 50 TCAS full form is: Train Collision Advance System Train Complement Accident Software Traffic Collision Avoidance System Train Collision Avoidance Software 30 / 50 In which year Indian Railway was nationalized? 1955 1950 1951 1952 31 / 50 Consider the following statements with respect to Railway Freight corridor projects in India:1)The Eastern freight corridor extends from Dankuni in Bengal to Ludhiana in Punjab and it is funded by World Bank2)The Western freight corridor extends from Jawaharlal Nehru port in Mumbai to Dadri near Delhi and it is funded by Japan International Cooperation AgencyWhich of the above is/are correct? 1 Only 2 Only Both 1 & 2 Neither 1 nor 2 32 / 50 Seikan Tunnel which is a Railway tunnel with less than half length under seabed is located in which country? Japan India South Korea China 33 / 50 Which of the following zones administers the Matheran Hill Railway? Konkan Railways Southern Railways Western Railways Central Railways 34 / 50 Which city is hosting the International Conference on Green Initiatives & Railway Electrification? Kochi Guwahati Chennai New Delhi 35 / 50 Cancellation facility through ________ helpline number will be provided using 'One Time Password' sent on registered phone number. 139 144 209 108 36 / 50 Who of the following is known for having designed the first railway timetables? George Bernard Shaw George Bradman George Brummel George Bradshaw 37 / 50 Gorakhpur which has the longest railway platform in the world is located in which of the following states? Odisha UP MP CG 38 / 50 Which of the following has become the India’s first railway station to have sanitary napkin vending machine? Thane railway station Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station Kolkata railway station Bhopal railway station 39 / 50 Which of the following committee gave recommendations on separation of Policy - making, Regulation & Operations in Indian Railways and setting up of a Railway Regulatory Authority of India Rangarajan committee Bibek Deberoy committee Rajinder Sachar Committee Mihir Shah Committee 40 / 50 The shuttle train service between Lahore and ________ railway station resumed its operation on 15 December after a gap of 22 years. Islamabad Wagah Amritsar Faridkot 41 / 50 What was the main source of earning of Railway? Goods fair Passenger fair Catering None of thses 42 / 50 Indian railways has installed Asia’s largest Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system in which state? West Bengal Tamil Nadu Maharshtra Uttar Pradesh 43 / 50 The first Shatabdi express was introduced between which of the following locations? Bombay and Thane New Delhi and Jhansi Bombay and Kolkata New Delhi and Chennai 44 / 50 Shatabdi Express train was started in ________. 1984 1986 1988 1985 45 / 50 In which Governor - General's reign railway lines in India were established? Lord William Bentick Lord Dalhousie Lord Kenning Lord Cornwallis 46 / 50 When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway? 1960 1965 1961 1969 47 / 50 Indian Railways is constructing the country’s longest railway tunnel and tallest bridge in which of the following states? Jammu & Kashmir & Assam Manipur and Jammu & Kashmir B. Jammu & Kashmir & Assam Assam and Maharashtra Maharashtra and Jammu & Kashmir 48 / 50 Consider the following statements about Railway Convention Committee:1)The Chairman of the Committee is appointed by the Speaker from amongst the members of the Committee2) The Committee reviews the rate of dividend which is payable by the Railway Undertaking to the General RevenuesWhich of the above statements is/are correct? 1 Only Both 1 & 2 2 Only Neither 1 nor 2 49 / 50 What is the width of broad gauge railway line in India 5 feet 3 inches 4 feet 11 inches 5 feet 4 inches 5 feet 6 inches 50 / 50 Which of the following stations has all the three gauges viz. broad, metre and narrow? Siliguri Shimla Chandigarh Jabalpur Your score is The average score is 37% 0% Restart quiz Post Views: 666