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

(a) 1982
(b) 1989
(c) 1984
(d) 1992

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2.Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?

(a) Central Railway
(b) Northern Railway
(c) Eastern Railway
(d) Western Railway

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3.In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?

(a) 1954
(b) 1957
(c) 1959
(d) 1967

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4.Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

(a) South-Central Railway – Secunderabad
(b) Central railway – Bhopal
(c) South Railway – Chennai
(d) North Railway – New Delhi

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5.The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at

(a) Mumbai (V.T)
(b) Guwahati
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) New Delhi

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6.The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at

(a) Mumbai (V.T)
(b) Chennai
(c) Secundrabad
(d) Mumbai (Central)

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7.Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Insttitue situated?

(a) Nasik
(b) Baroda
(c) Jamalpur
(d) Pune

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8.Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

(a) Broad gauge
(b) Meter gauge
(c) Narrow gauge
(d) Special gauge

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9.The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places?

(a) Kapurthala
(b) Chittranjan
(c) Perambur
(d) Bangalore

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10.The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on

(a) November 1950
(b) October 1950
(c) September 1949
(d) October 1954

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11.Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?

(a) Mumbai (V.T)
(b) Mumbai (Church Gate)
(c) Gwalior
(d) Gorakhpur

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12. First Youth Olympic games will be held in—

(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) North Korea
(D) Singapore

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13. Who is the author of ‘Adhe-Adhure’ ?

(A) Mohan Rakesh
(B) Prem Chand
(C) Nirala
(D) Pant

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14.Light-year measures which of the following ?

(A) Intensity of light
(B) Mass
(C) Time
(D) Distance

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15.Besides hydrogen, which of the following elements is common in organic compounds ?

(A) Phosphorus
(B) Sulphur
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon

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16.The ‘Ocean of Storms’ is the name given to—

(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) A waterless area on moon surface
(D) None of these

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17.The capital of Pallavas was—

(A) Arcot
(B) Kanchi
(C) Malkhed
(D) Banavasi

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 18.‘Thinkpad’ is a laptop associated with which among the following companies ?

(A) HP
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) IBM

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19.Project Tiger was launched in—

(A) 1973
(B) 1976
(C) 1978
(D) 1983

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20.Medicine : Sickness : : Book : ?

(A) Ignorance
(B) Knowledge
(C) Author
(D) Teacher

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21.Pick out the odd in the following—

(A) Ashok—Assam
(B) Poonam—Punjab
(C) Gyanendra—Gujarat
(D) Anjana—Rajasthan

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22.561204 ×58 = ? ×55555

(A) 606
(B) 646
(C) 586
(D) 716

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23.The difference between the greatest number and the smallest number of 5 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 using all but once is—

(A) 32976
(B) 32679
(C) 32769
(D) None of these

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24.What is the meaning of beckoned ?

(A) Summon by sign or gesture
(B) Did not signal
(C) Did not call
(D) Invite

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25.The area of a rhombus with diagonals 12 cm and 20 cm is ……… sq cm.

(A) 120
(B) 12
(C) 20
(D) 240

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 26.The quotient in a division is 403. The divisor is 100 and the remainder is 58, the dividend is—

(A) 40458
(B) 34058
(C) 43058
(D) 40358

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27.What least number should be added to 2600 to make it a complete square ?

(A) 3
(B) 9
(C) 1
(D) 25

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28.The difference between 28% and 42% of a number is 210. What is 59% of this number ?

(A) 900
(B) 420
(C) 885
(D) None of these

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29.I want to see the Principal, …… I have something to tell him urgently.

(A) so
(B) for
(C) since
(D) and

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30.The first division of Congress took place in—

(A) Surat
(B) Kolkata
(C) Allahabad
(D) Chennai

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31.What is ginger ?

(A) Flower
(B) Root
(C) Stem
(D) Leaf

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32.Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the following places ?

(A) Udaigiri
(B) Dhauli
(C) Balasore
(D) Barabaki

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33.Who was the first Railway Minister who resigned due to a train accident?

(A) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(B) John Mathai
(C) Asaf Ali
(D) none of these

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34.Where is Rail Coach Factory located?

(A) Patiala
(B) Parambur
(C) Chittaranjan
(D) Kapurthala

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35.Where is the Railway Staff College located?

(A) Pune
(B) Delhi
(C) Vadodara
(D) Allahabad

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36.On which of the following is the longest railway bridge in India located?

(A) River Ganges
(B) Vembanad Lake
(C) River Brahmaputra
(D) Chilka Lake

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37.Who of the following is known for having designed the first railway timetables?

(A) George Bradman
(B) George Bernard Shaw
(C) George Bradshaw
(D) George Brummel

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38.Which of the following is the largest railway junction in India?

(A) Delhi
(B) Bhatinda
(C) Mathura
(D) Allahabad

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39.Gorakhpur which has the longest railway platform in the world is located in which of the following states?

(A) Odisha
(B) West Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Chhattisgarh

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40.What is the width of broad guage railway line in India?

(A) 5 feet 3 inches
(B) 5 feet 6 inches
(C) 4 feet 11 inches
(D) 5 feet 4 inches

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41.Fairy Queen, the world’s oldest steam locomotive in regular operation, plies between New Delhi and –

(A) Shimla
(B) Alwar
(C) Kalka
(D) Gwalior

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42.Who was the Governor General of India when Railways were first introduced in India?

(A) Lord Canning
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) Lord William Bentick
(D) Lord Ripon

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43. In which city is the Wheel and Axle Plant of the Indian Railways located?

(A) Kapurthala
(B) Varanasi
(C) Bangalore
(D) Rae Barelly

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44.Which of the following ran the first train from Bori Bunder to Thane in 1853?

(A) Bombay Baroda Railway
(B) The Scindia Railway
(C) Central India Railway
(D) Great Indian Peninsula Railway

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45.Which of the following is the largest marshalling yard in India (also the longest in Asia)?

(A) Mughalsarai
(B) Mathura
(C) Itarasi
(D) Guntakal

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46.Which of the following zonal headquarters – city combination is incorrect?

(A) South East Central – Bilaspur
(B) North Western – Jodhpur
(C) East Central – Hajipur
(D) West Central – Jabalpur

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47.What is the rank of India in the world in terms of length of railroad network?

(A) First
(B) Second
(C) Third
(D) Fourth

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48.Shatabdi Express trains were introduced in 1989 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of which of the following personalities?

(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) Rabindranath Tagore

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49.Which of the following stations has all the three guages viz. broad, metre and narrow?

(A) Lucknow
(B) Chandigarh
(C) Shimla
(D) Siliguri

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50.Which of the following is the headquarters of the newly established railway zone ‘East Coast Railways’? 

(A) Vishakhapatnam
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bhubaneswar

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