1. When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?

1982

1989

1984

1992


2. Shatabdi Express train was started in

1984

1988

1990

1985


3. At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?

Jamshedpur

Patiala

Perambur

Varanasi


4. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?

Central Railway

Northern Railway

Eastern Railway

Western Railway


5. The railway station situated in the extreme south is

Chennai

Cochin

Kanyakumari

Trivandrum


6. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called

dock platform

passenger platform

island platform

goods platform

7. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

1952

1950

1951

1954


8. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?

1954

1957

1959

1967


9. Railway Staff College is situated at

Bangalore

Secundrabad

Chennai

Vadodara


10. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?

Lucknow

Bangalore

Pune

New Delhi


11. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

South-Central Railway Secunderabad

Central railway Bhopal

South Railway Chennai

North Railway New Delhi


12. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?

From Calcutta to Delhi

From Mumbai to Thane

From Mumbai to Surat

From Mumbai to Madras

13. When was the first train in Indian started?

1851

1852

1853

1854

14. In which Governor-General's reign railway lines in India were established?

Lord William Bentick

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Kenning

Lord Dalhousie


15. A station where the rail lines end, is called

junction station

way-side-station

block station

terminal station


16. How much distance was travelled by first train of India?

33 km

36 km

34 km

46 km


17. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?

First

Second

Third

Fourth


18. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway

4300 Km

3700 Km

4290 km

5298 km


19. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at

Mumbai

Guwahati

Gorakhpur

New Delhi


20. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?

15th Jan, 1958

15th Jan, 1955

2nd Jan, 1956

14th April, 1952

21. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is

Calcutta

Maligaon (Guwahati)

Chennai

Gorakhpur


22. In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was started?

Mumbai

Delhi

Calcutta

Chennai

23. General Manger is responsible for

Railway Board

Railway Ministry

Both railway Board and Railway Ministry

None of these


24. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at

Mumbai

Chennai

Secundrabad

Mumbai (Central)


25. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at

New Delhi

Guwahati

Gorakhpur

Mumbai

26. The headquarters of South Railways is situated at

Calcutta

Chennai

Delhi

Mumbai


27. 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

Railway Staff College

Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering


28. Who invented the railway engine?

Charles Babbage

Isaac Newton

James Watt

George Stephenson

29. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Insttitue
situated?

Nasik

Baroda

Jamalpur

Pune

30. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?

Gujarat

Maharashtra

West Bengal

Tamil Nadu


31. The zone with the minimum length is

North-Eastern Railway

North-Eastern Frontier Railway

South-East Railway

South-Central Railway

32. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute situated?

Pune

Chennai

Nasik

Sikandrabad

33. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?

Three

Four

Five

Six

34. What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?

First

Second

Third

Forth

35. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

Broad gauge

Meter gauge

Narrow gauge

Special gauge


36. Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?

Jammutavi

Amritsar

Pathancoat

Guwahat


37. How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?

One

Two

Three

Four


38. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at

Perambur

Varanasi

Kapurthala

Bangalore


39. The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in

1974

1961

1971

1973

40. The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following
places?

Kapurthala

Chittranjan

Perambur

Bangalore

41. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many regions?

7

9

8

10


42. Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for
Konakan Railway Project?

Kerala

Tamil Nadu

Gujarat

Andhra Pradesh


43. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?

1988

1972

1982

1965

44. When was the Central Railway established?

5th Nov 1951

14th Nov 1951

14th April 1951

16th August, 1951


45. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?

Northern region

Western region

North-Western region

Central Region

46. The largest national enterprise of India is

Indian Railway

Indian Shipyard

Airways

None of these


47. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on

November 1950

October 1950

September 1949

October 1954


48. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?

Chittranjan

Kapurthala

Bangalore

Perambur

49. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?

1965

1963

1967

1965

50. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?

Mumbai

Mumbai (Church Gate)

Gwalior

Gorakhpur