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The Indian Railways have a network of _______ stations.

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  1. more than 7000

  2. more than 8000

  3. more than 5000

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  • Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853from Mumbai to Thane
  • Indian Railways Nationalized in 1951
  • The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
  • The Indian railway system is the largest in Asia and fourth in the world based on rail transport network size after the USA, China, and Russia
  • It is a single undertaking in the country
  • It has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia
  • The number of stations at present is in between 8000 to 8500
  • The total length of the Indian railway is 115,000 km
  • At present Indian railway have 9549 locomotives 55,339 passenger services  vehicle 6560 other coaching vehicles and 239321 wagons
  • Indian Railways is divided into 17 zones, which are further sub-divided into 68 divisions
  • Each zone is headed by a general manager.

The Railways are providing employment to __________.

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  1. Over 14 lakh employees

  2. Over 56 lakh employees

  3. Over 98 lakh employees

  4. Over 1.20 crore employees

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

At present, it is one of the largest and busiest railway networks in the world, transporting over 1.8 crore passengers and more than 20 lakh tonnes of freight daily. It is the world's largest employer, with more than 14 lakh employees. 

The largest public sector undertaking in India is ___________.

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  1. The Railways

  2. The Airways

  3. The Roadways

  4. The Waterways

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Correct Option: A

The principal mode of transportation of freight and passengers in India are __________.

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  1. Inland waterways

  2. Airways

  3. Railways

  4. Roadways

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Railways also make it possible to conduct multifarious activities like business, sightseeing, pilgrimage along with transportation of goods over longer distances. 

In India, the first steam engine travelled between ______ and  _____ in 1853.

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  1. Nagpur; Pune

  2. Chittaranjan; Jalpaigudi

  3. Mumbai;Pune

  4. Mumbai;Thane

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
The Indian Railways is the largest public sector undertaking in the country. The first train steamed off from Mumbai to Thane in 1853, covering a distance of 34 km.

Which of the following cities is not located on Varanasi-Chennai rail-route?     

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  1. Hyderabad

  2. Nagpur

  3. Jabalpur

  4. Allahabad

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

D. Allahabad

Train moving between Varanasi to chennai often covers stations like Satna, Katni, Jabalpur , Itarsi, Nagpur, Balharshah , Warangal, Hydrabad , Ongole etc.


Which of the following city is not located on Delhi-Kolkata rail route?

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  1. Kanpur

  2. Allahabad

  3. Gaya

  4. Varanasi

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

D. Varanasi

Major cities on the route of Delhi Kolkata are :

  1. Aligarh
  2. Tundla
  3. Kanpur
  4. Allahabad
  5. Mughal Sarai
  6. Gaya
  7. Dhanbad

The 'Head Quarters' of North East Railway is at _____________.

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  1. Delhi

  2. Gorakhpur

  3. Lucknow

  4. Kanpur

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

B. Gorakhpur

The North Eastern Railway is one of the 16 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur. The North Eastern Railway was formed on 14 April 1952 by combining two Railway systems the Oudh and Tirhut Railway and Assam Railway and the Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. The Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953.


Gauge is the term stating _______.

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  1. The place where there is provision of loading and unloading of ships

  2. The place on the sea coast

  3. The high pedestal built along the coastline

  4. The width between the two rails of the railway line

  5. None of thesen

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The gauge of the railway track is a clear minimum distance between the inner sides of two tracks. There broadly three types of gauge in India. They are 

  • Broad Gauge
  • Metre Gauge
  • Narrow gauge

Indian Railway network is mostly concentrated in the Ganga plain because ________.

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  1. of concentration of industries

  2. of high agricultural productive

  3. a few number of bridges were required to be bridged

  4. of topographical uniformity and high density of population

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Correct Option: D