GK Indian Railways (100 with Answer)
1. Name the First Train
in India?
Answer: Red Hill Railway (1837)
2. India’s First Train
ran between?
Answer: Red Hills to Chintadripet bridge
(Madras)
Explanation: It was pulled by a rotary steam-engine locomotive
manufactured by William Avery and Built by Arthur Cotton. The railway was
primarily used for transporting laterite stone in Madras for road-building
works.
3. First Passenger Train
in India?
Answer: Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan (16
April 1853). It had 14-carriage and started at 3:35 pm.
4. India’s First
Passenger Train Ran Between?
Answer: Bombay’s Bori Bunder
station and Thane station (The journey took an hour and fifteen
minutes).
5. How Many People did
the First Passenger Train carry?
Answer: 400
6. Distance covered by
the first passenger train?
Answer: 34 Km (21 miles)
7. The First Passenger
Train in Eastern India ran from?
Answer: Howrah to Hoogly (15 August 1854)
Explanation: It was a distance of 39 Km (24 miles)
8. South India’s first
passenger train ran from?
Answer: Royapuram–Veyasarapady (Madras) to
Wallajah Road in Arcot (1 July 1856)
Explanation: It was a distance of 97 km (60 miles)
9. When was India’s
first tramway (horse-drawn) opened in Calcutta?
Answer: 24 February 1873
Explanation: The first tramway ran between Sealdah and
Armenian Ghat Street. It was a distance of 3.8 kilometers (2.4 miles)
10. First Railway to
introduce electric lighting as standard fixtures?
Answer: Jodhpur Railway (1902)
11. First Electric
signal lighting was introduced between?
Answer: Dadar and Currey Train Road in Bombay in the year 1920
12. The First Electric
Passenger train in India ran between?
Answer: Victoria Terminus (VT) and Kurla, 3 February 1925
(on 1,500 V DC overhead traction)
13. India’s first
automatic color-light signals became operational between?
Answer: Bombay VT to Byculla
14. When were Sleeping
accommodations introduced in coaches?
Answer: 1st August 1955
15. Fans and lights were
mandated for all compartments in all passenger classes on?
Answer: 1951
16. First Fully
Air-Conditioned (AC) Train was introduced between?
Answer: Howrah to Delhi (1956)
17. The first section
electrified with 25 kV AC traction?
Answer: Raj Kharswan to Dangoaposi (1960)
18. The first Indian
Metro?
Answer: Kolkata Metro
Explanation: Kolkata Metro was Inaugurated in 1984 by former Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi. The route covered 12 stations- 6 elevated, 6
underground.
19. India’s
first Metro Train ran from?
Answer: Esplanade to Bhowanipur (now the Netaji Bhawan station) in
Calcutta on 24 October 1984
20. When was
computerized ticketing and reservations introduced and where?
Answer: In 1986, New Delhi
21. India’s First
fastest train?
Answer: The Shatabdi Express (New Delhi and Jhansi in 1988)
Explanation: Railways Minister on that year was Madhavrao
Scindia
22. When was the first
Self-Printing Ticket Machine (SPTM) introduced?
Answer: 1990, New Delhi
23. When was
Air-conditioned, Three-tier coaches, and a Sleeper class introduced?
Answer: 1993
24. When did Indian
Railways (IR) begin Online Train Reservations and Ticketing?
Answer:3 August 2002
25. When was the Tatkal
system of ticketing Introduced?
Answer: 1997
26. India’s fastest
train with a maximum speed of 180 km/h?
Answer: Vande Bharat Express Train 18
27. Indian Railway
announced that the entire rail network would be electrified by?
Answer: 2022
28. When was the Railway
Budget separated from the general budget?
Answer: 1924
Explanation: Till 2016, the Railway Budget was presented every
year, a few days before the Union budget. Modi Government on 21
September 2016 approved the merger of the Railway and General
budgets from next year (2017), ending a 92 year old practice of a separate
budget for the nation’s largest transporter.
29. The First Railway
Budget was presented in the year? (British Raj)
Answer: 1925
30. First Railway Budget
for Independent India?
Answer: 1947
31. When did Modi
Government approve the merger of the Railway and General budgets
ending a 92 year old practice?
Answer: 21 September 2016
32. Who is the longest-serving Railway
Minister of India?
Answer: Jagjivan Ram
33. In which year did
Indian Railways endure a 20-day strike, which damaged the nation’s economy?
Answer: 1974
34. Longest Railway
Tunnel in India?
Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel
Explanation: This Railway Tunnel is located in the Pir Panjal Range
of the Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir which is 11 km long.
35. India’s First Female
Train Driver (Locopilot)?
Answer: Surekha Yadav (1988)
36. Who is known as the
father of Indian Railways?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
Explanation: Lord Dalhousie brought the railway system and postal stamps
to India and is often considered the founder or maker of modern
India.
37. Which Indian state
has no Railway Station?
Answer: Sikkim
Explanation: The nearest Railway Station for Sikkim is Siliguri and
New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal.
38. The
Oldest Running Train in the history of Indian Railways?
Answer: Kalka Mail (started in 1866)
39. Which Railway Station in India is
the World’s longest Railway Platform?
Answer: Gorakhpur Railway Platform
Explanation: The Platform is located in the city
of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Gorakhpur Railway Platform is 1366.33 meters
(4482.7 ft) with a ramp and 1355.40 meters (4446.9 ft) without a
ramp. Gorakhpur also serves as the headquarters of the North Eastern
Railway.
40. The largest suburban
railway network in India?
Answer: Kolkata Suburban Railway
41. Most Busiest Railway Station in India?
Answer: Howrah Junction Railway Station
42. Most Busiest Metro
Station in India?
Answer: Rajiv Chowk Metro Station
43. Which is the largest
metro in India?
Answer: Delhi Metro (285 stations as of April 2020)
44. Longest Train Route
in Indian?
Answer: Dibrugarh – Kanyakumari Vivek Express
Explanation: Kanyakumari Vivek Express runs for 82 hours 45 minutes
(3 and half-day). It has about 56 scheduled stops and starts from northern
Assam and goes all the way to the southern tip of India to Kanyakumari (Tamil
Nadu)
45. Which is India’s first AC Double
Decker train?
Answer: Howrah – Dhanbad AC Double Decker Express
46. Indian Railway’s
Subsidiaries?
Answer: Indian Railway is a major shareholder in 16 PSU, this
includes:
·
RVNL– Rail Vikas Nigam Limited
·
RCIL– RailTel Corporation of India Ltd
·
CONCOR– Container Corporation of India Ltd
·
CRIS– Centre for Railway Information Systems
·
PRCL– Pipavav Railway Corporation Ltd
·
RLDA– Rail Land Development Authority
·
IRFC– Indian Railway Finance Corporation
·
RITES– Rail India Technical and Economic Service
·
IRCON– Indian Railway Construction Company Limited
·
MRVC– Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation
·
KRCL– Konkan Railway Corporation Limited
·
DFCCIL– Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of
India Limited
·
IRCTC– Indian Railway Catering and Tourism
Corporation
·
IRSDC– Indian Railway Stations Development
Corporation
47. India’s first
Private Train?
Answer: Tejas Express
48. First Wi-Fi train in
India?
Answer: Howrah – Delhi Rajadhani Express
49. First Wi-Fi
Metro train in India?
Answer: Delhi Metro
50. First Railway
Station in India to have a free high-speed Wi-Fi facility?
Answer: Mumbai Central station
51. First Bullet Train
in India
Answer: It will be launched in 2022 by the National High-Speed Rail
Corporation Limited (NHSRCL). The train will run from Mumbai to Ahmedabad,
connecting various cities in between.
52. When was the
First Railway Track laid for Passenger Train?
Answer: 1847
53. Largest Railway Junction in India?
Answer: Mathura junction (Uttar Pradesh)
54. Which station has a
vast number of platforms?
Answer: Howrah Junction (23 Platforms)
55. What is the length of the railway track
in India?
Answer: About 121,407 km
Explanation: As of 2020 India has a route length of 67,368 Km
(41,861 miles) and a running track of 93,902 Km (58,348 miles).
56. First Railway Station in India?
Answer: Bori Bunder
Explanation: Bori Bunder is located in Mumbai, it was India’s first
passenger train station that ran from Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853.
It was built by the Great Indian Peninsular Railway and was rebuilt as Victoria
Terminus later in 1888, presently Known as Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus Victoria Terminus
57. India’s Oldest Working Locomotive that
is still in use?
Answer: Fairy Queen
Explanation: Fairy Queen is the world’s oldest working locomotive
that is still in use which was manufactured in 1855.
58. Most visited railway
museum in India?
Answer: National Rail Museum at New Delhi
59. The Most Expensive Luxury
Train in India?
Answer: The Maharaja’s Express
Explanation: It covers around 12 destinations. Some of the places
are the bathing Ghats of Varanasi, the Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, the Khajuraho
temples, Ranthambhore, etc.
60. The Slowest Train in
India?
Answer: Mettupalayam Ooty Nilgiri Passenger Train
Explanation: It is 16 times slower than the fastest
running train Gatimaan Express, running at a speed of 10 kph
61. Longest Station Name in India
Answer: Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta (in Andra Pradesh)
62. Shortest Station
Name in India?
Answer: IB railway station (in Odisha)
63. Where is the
Headquarters of the newly established railway zone ‘East Coast Railway’?
Answer: Bhubaneswar
64. Total Number of
Railway Stations in India?
Answer: 7321 stations
65. Which state has the
shortest railway route?
Answer: Mizoram
Explanation: Mizoram has the shortest railway
route of 2Km and a total track length of 6Km. The name of the railway station
is the Bairabi railway station, which is connected to the Silchar
railway station in Assam.
66. Which state has the
longest train route?
Answer: Uttar Pradesh (9167 Km)
67. Which State has
the highest number of stations identified for development under the Adarsh
Station Scheme?
Answer: West Bengal (383 stations)
68. How many stations
have been identified for development under the ‘Adarsh Station Scheme?
Answer: 1253 Stations
69. What is the assured
money to be given to the nominee of the confirmed/RAC and wait-listed railway
passenger whose death occurs in a railway accident as per the Optional Travel
Insurance Scheme launched in 2016?
Answer: 10 Lakh
70. India’s longest Pir
Panjal Railway Tunnel is located between?
Answer: Quazigund and Banihal
71. The popular train
‘Deccan Queen’ runs between?
Answer: Mumbai and Pune
72. Why are Fish plates
used in railway tracks?
Answer: To join two rails in a track
73. The first Tejas
Express was inaugurated on?
Answer: 24 May 2017
Explanation: This train runs between Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj Terminus to Karmali Goa. There are 4 Tejas Express in 2020.
74. In which year was
the Pamban bridge commissioned connecting India’s mainland to Rameswaram
island?
Answer: 1914
Explanation: It was opened on 24 February 1914. Pamban Bridge is
India’s first sea bridge and was the longest sea bridge in India until the
opening of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link in 2010.
75. Which zone
administers the Matheran Hill Railway?
Answer: Central Railways
76. Which Railway
Stations are designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
Answer: The Darjeeling
Himalayan Railway, The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and the Kalka–Shimla Railway are
collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name
“Mountain Railways of India”.
77. Which train is
India’s first train operated by private operators?
Answer: Lucknow – New
Delhi Tejas Express (4 October 2019)
78. In which city is the
Indian Railway Institute of Financial Management (IRIFM) being set up?
Answer: Secunderabad
(Telangana)
79. Where is the Indian
Railway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (IRIMEE) located?
Answer: Jamalpur, Bihar
80. How many zones do the
Indian Railways have?
Answer: 18 Zones
81. Which Railway
Zone Headquarters in India is situated at the highest elevation from
the mean sea level?
Answer: South
Western Railway
82. Which is the First
Railway Station in India to run fully on solar power?
Answer: Guwahati railway
station
83. Which railway
station has been renamed as ‘Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Nagar’ railway station?
Answer: Mughalsarai
84. Which place is the
National Rail and Transportation University (NRTI) located?
Answer: Vadodara, Gujarat.
85. Which Train is the
fully Unreserved Superfast train?
Answer: Antyodaya Express
86. Present Railway
Minister of 2020?
Answer: Piyush Goyal (on
service from 4 September 2017)
87. When
was India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered
train Inaugurated?
Answer: 13
January 2015 (Rewari – Rohtak)
88. Who developed the
UTS (Unreserved Ticketing System) mobile app?
Answer: Centre for Railway
Information System (CRIS)
89. Which railway
station is located at the highest altitude in India?
Answer: Ghum Railway
Station of the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
90. Indian Railway Track
Gauge?
Answer: 1,676 mm;
1,000 mm; 762 mm; 610 mm
Answer: 2016
92. Which year was the
building of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus) constructed?
Answer: 1888
Explanation: Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus is
a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was designed by Frederick William
Stevens and is one of the busiest railway stations in India
93. Who was the
Governor-General of India when Railways were first introduced in India?
Answer: Lord Dalhousie
(1848-1856)
94. Which is the longest
railway bridge in India and where?
Answer: Vembanad Rail
Bridge, Kerala (4.62 Km)
95. First international
train in India?
Answer: Maitree Express
(Kolkata to Dhaka)
96. How many Coaches
does the normal length of passenger train have?
Answer: 24
Explanation: Passenger train is average 650 meters in length
and has a coach length around 25 meters.
97. Where is the Wheel
and Axle Plant of the Indian Railways located?
Answer: Bangalore
98. Who designed the
First Railway Timetable?
Answer: George Bradshaw
99. What rank does India
hold in the world in terms of length of railroad network?
Answer: Fourth
100. Where is the
Headquarter of the Indian railway?
Answer: New Delhi
101. Which stations have all the three gauges viz. broad, meter, and narrow?
Answer: Siliguri Junction
102. Width of the 4
Gauges in India?
Answer:
·
Broad
Gauge: 1676 mm (5 feet 6
inches)- Most used
·
Standard
Gauge: 1435 mm ( 4 feet 8
inches)- Metros and Trams
·
Meter
Gauge: 1000 mm (3 ft 3
inch)- Nilgiri Mountain Railway
·
Narrow
Gauge: 762 mm (2 feet 6 inches)
and 610 mm (2 feet)- Toy Trains
103. When was the First
IPO (Initial Public Offering) of IRCTC launched?
Answer: It was open for subscriptions between 30 September and 4
October 2019. It was listed on the stock exchange on 14 October 2019 at ₹320
Explanation: The price band of IRCTC IPO was ₹315-320, it was
subscribed 112 times.
104. What is the full
form of IRFC?
Answer: Indian Railway
Finance Corporation
105. When was the First
IPO (Initial Public Offering) of IRFC launched?
Answer: It was open for
subscriptions between 18th January and 20th January
2021. It was listed on the stock exchange on 29th January 2021
at ₹24.9. The price band of IRFC IPO was ₹25-26
106. Who is the present
Railway Minister of India?
Answer: Ashwini Vaishnaw
(Since 7 July 2021)
107. How many ministers
are there from Ministers of State in the Ministry of Railways?
Answer: 2 Ministers
108. Name the minister
who were elected as the Ministers of State in the Ministry of Railways?
Answer: 1) Raosaheb Danve
2) Darshana Jardosh
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