Indian Railway - Study Mode

[#461] Booked speed of a train is ________ percent less than maximum permissible speed
Correct Answer

(B) 10

[#462] Indian Railway’s Jamalpur Workshop is located at?
Correct Answer

(C) Bihar

Explanation

Solution: Indian Railway’s Jamalpur Workshop is located at Bihar.

[#463] India's first rail auto hub will be located in:
Correct Answer

(B) Chennai

Explanation

Solution: India's first rail-auto transportation and logistics hub will come up in Walajabad, near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

[#464] Mountain Railways of India refer to the railway lines built in the mountains of India in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, during the British Raj, even being run today by the Indian Railways. How many railway lines refer to the Mountain Railways of India ?
Correct Answer

(A) 3

Explanation

Solution: Mountain Railways of India: (i) Darjeeling Himalayan Railways (DHR) - inscribed by UNESCO in 1999 : The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway consists of 88.48 kilometres of 2 feet (0.610 metre) gauge track that connects New Jalpaiguri with Darjeeling, passing through Ghoom at an altitude of 2,258 metres. The innovative design includes six zigzag reverses and three loops with a ruling gradient of 1:31. (ii) Nilgiri Mountain Railways (NMR) inscribed in 2005: This railway, scaling an elevation of 326 metre to 2,203 metre, represented the latest technology of the time and uses unique rack and pinion traction arrangement to negotiate steep gradient. (iii) Kalka Shimla Railway (KSR) inscribed in 2008: The world’s highest multi-arch gallery bridge and the world’s longest tunnel (at the time of construction) of KSR were the testimony of the brilliance engineering skills applied to make a dream a reality.

[#465] What is the position of the Indian Railway under one management are also credited with having a multi gauge and multi traction system?
Correct Answer

(B) Second

Explanation

Solution: Second position