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Questions Related to social studies

The movement of goods was speeded up by the development of _________.

  1. Railways

  2. Roadways

  3. Airways

  4. Waterways


Correct Option: A

Which station is not situated on the Mumbai-Delhi railroute on western railway?

  1. Jhansi

  2. Surat

  3. Vadodara

  4. Ratlam


Correct Option: A

Rail services started in India______.

  1. 1853 A.D

  2. 1854 A.D

  3. 1856 A.D

  4. 1857 A.D


Correct Option: A

Which one is not rail-line on the basis of width of Gauge?

  1. Metro-rail

  2. Broad-guage

  3. Metre-guage

  4. Narrow-guage


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Track gauge is the spacing of the rails on a railway track. Based on the width of gauge, it is classified into the standard gauge, minimum gauge, broad gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge, medium gauge, etc. Metro rail is a rapid transit high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas

The longest train route in Indian sub-continent is ______.

  1. Kanniyakumari to Dibrugarh

  2. Guwahati to Tiruvananthpuram

  3. New Delhi to Chennai

  4. Gorakhpur to Cochin


Correct Option: A

The commodity which accounts for the maximum volume of goods transported by the railways in India is ______.

  1. iron and steel

  2. coal

  3. mineral oil

  4. metallic ores (other than iron ore)


Correct Option: B

Which of the following Railway zones and theirĀ Headquarters is not correct?

  1. North-Eastern-Gorakhpur

  2. South-Central-Chennai

  3. Eastern-Kolkata

  4. Western-Mumbai


Correct Option: B

Railways are more in North Indian plains because______.

  1. the area is more productive

  2. it is densely populated

  3. the region offers least physical resistance

  4. All the above


Correct Option: D

Indian railway network is the ____ largest in the world in size.

  1. Second

  2. Third

  3. Fourth

  4. Fifth


Correct Option: C

The width of the broad gauge track in Indian railway is _______.

    1. 676 m
    1. 114 m
    1. 98 m
    1. 55 m

Correct Option: A