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Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

The Indian Railways have a network of _______ stations.

  1. more than 7000

  2. more than 8000

  3. more than 5000

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.
Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

The Railways are providing employment to __________.

  1. Over 14 lakh employees

  2. Over 56 lakh employees

  3. Over 98 lakh employees

  4. Over 1.20 crore employees
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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. 

Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

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

  1. Delhi

  2. Gorakhpur

  3. Lucknow

  4. Kanpur
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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.


Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

Gauge is the term stating _______.

  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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
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

Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

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

  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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The Ganga plain is characterized by flat, uniform topography and a very high population density, making it ideal and profitable for railway construction.