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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

For going to Kashmir, the railway route is ______________.

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  1. Northern Railway

  2. North-East Railway

  3. Eastern Railway

  4. Western Railway

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Correct Option: A

Underground metro rail network had developed in which of the following cities first?

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  1. Delhi

  2. Kolkata

  3. Mumbai

  4. Bangalore

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

  • Frist underground metro rail was started in the year 1984 in Kolkata.  The rail served on a single line only, between Esplanade and Netaji Bhawan.
  • In 2010 Kolkata underground metro railway was added to the present 16 railway zones and hence making Indian railway zones into 17.

A very well developed suburban railway service can be seen in which of the following metropolitan cities?

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  1. Allahabad

  2. Ahmadabad

  3. Nagpur

  4. Mumbai

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Suburban rail is defined as a rail service between a central business district and suburbs that carry a large number of people on a daily basis. They usually have nine coaches or sometimes twelve to handle rush hour traffic.

Mumbai suburban rail is very developed. It is spread over 465 kilometres with 2342 trains carrying about 7 million people daily.

The busiest railway junction in Eastern India is ____________.

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  1. Howrah

  2. Kolkata

  3. Bhuvaneshwar

  4. Patna

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The busiest railway junction in eastern India is the Howrah junction railway station. It is the largest, oldest and busiest railway junction in eastern India with 23 platforms. It is located on the left bank of Hooghly River. A total of 274 passenger trains pass through this station making it the busiest railway station of India.

Which of the following factors does not influence the construction of railways in a region?

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  1. Climatic condition

  2. Relief condition

  3. Economic condition

  4. Distribution of population

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Construction of railways are influenced by a number of factors. Some of them are :

  • Economic conditions: laying of railways is highly dependent on economic conditions of the country because it involves huge budget to lay and maintain railways. 
  • Relief conditions play an important role in every developmental step including railways. 
  • Distribution of population is another important influential factor because railways are laid keeping in mind the distribution of population. 

The only factor that do not influence is climatic conditions because irrespective of climatic conditions railways are laid and used by people.

Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express are __________.

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  1. Express postal services

  2. Express waterways

  3. Express rail services

  4. Express metro railways

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express are express train services in India.

  • Rajdhani and Shatabdi express trains are passenger trains and the fastest trains.
  • Shatabdi express trains run short to medium distances while Rajdhani express covers long distances connecting metropolitans of the country.