(Important for RRB NTPC 2016)

Shared by: Ram Mohan

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1. When was the first underground railway (Metro
Railway) started?
Ans: 1984

2. Shatabdi Express train was started in–
Ans : 1988

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

4. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
Ans : Eastern Railway

5. The railway station situated in the extreme
south is–
Ans: Kanyakumari

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

7. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways
done?
Ans : 1950

8. In which year Research, Design and Standard
organization was established?
Ans: 1957

9. Railway Staff College is situated at–
Ans : Vadodara

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

11. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways
and their headquarters not true?
Ans : Central railway - Bhopal

12. Between which of the destinations the first
Indian train was started?
Ans : From Mumbai to Thane

13. When was the first train in Indian started?
Ans : 1853

14. In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines
in India were established?
Ans : Lord Dalhousie

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

16. How much distance was traveled by first train
of India?
Ans : 34 km

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

18. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier
Railway (NEFR)?
Ans : 3700 Km

19. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is
situated at–
Ans : Gorakhpur

20. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway
(NEFR) established?
Ans : 15th Jan, 1958

21. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier
Railway (NEFR) is–
Ans : Maligaon (Guwahati)

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

23. General Manger is responsible for–
Ans : Railway Board

24. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is
situated at–
Ans : Secundrabad

25. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at–
Ans : New Delhi

26. The headquarters of South Railways is situated
at–
Ans : Chennai

27. In which institution the training of electric
work is being given?
Ans : Indian Railways Institute of Electrical
Engineering

28. Who invented the railway engine?
Ans : George Stephenson

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

30. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the
following Indian States?
Ans : West Bengal

31.The zone with the minimum length is
Ans : North-Eastern Frontier Railway

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

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

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

35. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?
Ans : Narrow gauge

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

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

38. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at–
Ans : Varanasi

39. The manufacturing of steam engine in
Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in–
Ans : 1971

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

41. Indian Railways which is the largest of the
Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many
regions?
Ans : 9

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

43. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which
year?
Ans : 1982

44. When was the Central Railway established?
Ans : 5th Nov 1951

45. Rajasthan is under which of the following
railway zones?
Ans : Western region

46. The largest national enterprise of India is–
Ans : Indian Railway

47. The first locomotive which was manufactured in
Chittaranjan on–
Ans : November 1950

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

49. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map
of Indian Railway?
Ans : 1965

50. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway
situated?
Ans : Mumbai (V.T)