Indian Railways Geography - Dedicated Freight Corridors & Zones

Correct Answer: (A) 1853

In the tenure of Lord Dalhousie, country's first railway was built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), opened on 16 April, 1853 between Bombay to Thane. The train travelled a distance of 34 kilometres from Bori bunder station (Mumbai) to Thane.

Correct Answer: (B) 5 1/2 ft

Indian Railway uses three types of gauges :
(1) Meter gauge - The distance between two bars is 1 metre or 1000 mm.
(2) Broad gauge - The distance between two bars is 1.676 metres or 1676 mm.
(3) Narrow gauge - The distance between two bars is 610 mm.

Correct Answer: (A) Mumbai - Ahmedabad

Former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had approved the plan to introduce Bullet train between Mumbai & Ahmedabad in December 2004. There was an agreement with Japan for this project. Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) submitted a plan for Bullet train between Mumbai and Ahmedabad in June 2015.

Correct Answer: (B) South-Eastern Railway : Bhubaneshwar

The headquarter of South-Eastern Railway is located in Kolkata while the headquarter of Eastern Coastal Railway is located in Bhubaneswar. Thus, option (b) is not correctly matched.

Correct Answer: (B) 3 only

The headquarter of North-Western Railway is located in Jaipur, not in Jodhpur. Hence statement (1) is not correct. 'Ind-rail pass' does not only provide excellent value for money but also enhances the charm of holidays from abroad. It offers the foreign tourist NRI's to travel as they like, over the entire Railways without any route restriction within the period of validity of Ind-rail pass. Hence, statement (2) is also incorrect. The Fairy Queen is the oldest working steam Locomotive in the world, built in 1855. It was completely overhauled in 1996 and resumed commercial operations in 1997. Hence statement (3) is correct. Therefore option (b) is correct.

Correct Answer: (D) Bihar

Rail transport in Bihar started in the year 1860-62 when East India Company laid the main lines of Railway going from banks of the Ganges to Kolkata. According to the data of 2015-16 the length of the railway line in Bihar is 3730.57 km. Currently, Indian Railway has been divided among 17 zones (Headquarters). Among these headquarters of Indian Railway in Bihar, only the East Central Railway located at Hajipur. Hajipur Headquarters started functioning since 1 October, 2002. Of the 17 railway zones in India, the lines of 5 Headquarters passing through Bihar, are as follows :
1. North East Railway 2. Eastern Railway
3. South-Eastern Railway 4. North-Eastern Railway
5. East Central Railway.
Sikkim is the only State and Andaman and Nicobar is only Union Territory where there is no railway.

Correct Answer: (A) Allahabad

The headquarter of the North Central Railway is situated in Prayagraj (Allahabad). The North Central Railway, in the present form, came into existence on 1 April, 2003. The headquarter of the North Railway Zone is located at New Delhi while the headquarter of the Western Central Railway zone is situated in Jabalpur.

Correct Answer: (D) 3 1 4 2

The correct match of lists mentioned in the question is as follows:
Rail Coach Factory – Kapurthala
Wheel and Axle Plant – Bangaluru
Diesel Locomotive Works – Varanasi
Integral Coach Factory – Perambur

Correct Answer: (B) Manduadih

Chittaranjan Locomotive Works – Electric locomotive- 1950 (Chittaranjan)
Diesel Locomotive Works – Diesel Electric locomotive, 1961 (Manduadih, Varanasi)
Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company Ltd. (Jamshedpur) - Steam Locomotive-1948
Integral Coach Factory (Perambur, Chennai) - Rail Coaches-1955
Hence, option (b) is the correct answer.

Correct Answer: (D) Rewari – Rohtak section

First CNG train was launched on Rewari-Rohtak section of Northern Zone. It is based on the dual fuel system– diesel and CNG. Introduction of CNG train will reduce greenhouse gas emission and also the consumption of diesel.

Correct Answer: (B) Gujarat

Gujarat is the first State where the Railway track was made on PPP (Public-Private Partnership) model. The Gandhidham–Tuna–Tekra rail line, built under PPP model was commissioned on 14 July, 2015. It was built by Kandla Port Trust.

Correct Answer: (A) Siliguri and Darjeeling

The Mountain Railways of India are outstanding examples of hill railways. The Mountain Railway of India consists of three railways: the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway located in the foothills of the Himalayas in West Bengal (Northeast India), the Nilgiri Mountain Railways located in the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu (South India) and the Kalka Shimla Railway located in the Himalayan foothills of Himachal Pradesh (Northwest India). The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri Mountain Railway and the Kalka-Shimla Railway have collectively been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999.

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