Rail special

1) When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?
1984
2) Shatabdi Express train was started in
1988
3) At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?
Patiala
4) Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
Eastern Railway
5) The railway station situated in the extreme south is
Kanyakumari
6) A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called
island platform
7) When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?
1950
8) In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?
1957
9) Railway Staff College is situated at
Vadodara
10) Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organization situated?
Lucknow
11) Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?
Central railway – Bhopal
12) Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?
From Mumbai to Thane
13) When was the first train in Indian started?
1853
14) In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India was established?
Lord Dalhousie
15) station where the rail lines end, is called
terminal station
16) How much distance was traveled by first train of India?
34 km
17) what is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?
Fourth
18) What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?
3700 Km
19) The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at
Gorakhpur
20) When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?
15th Jan, 1958