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Railfans_SBC_Quiz_1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who among the following is a first female locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India?

a)

Rajashree Sachdev

b)

Bhavani Kumari

c)

Ritu Chauhan

d)

Surekha Shankar Yadav (Surekha Yadav)

2.

Which of the following is the highest railway system in the world?

a)

Qingzang Railway, China

b)

Ferrocarril Central Andino, Peru

c)

Rio Mulatos-Potosi Line, Bolivia

d)

PeruRail, Peru

3.

Which of the following Railways line runs parallel to the Arabian Sea, offering views along the coast?

a)

Central Railway

b)

Konkan Railway

c)

Southern Railway

d)

Western Railway

4.

Which of the following railway station has the world's longest railway platform in India?

a)

Gorakhpur Railway Station

b)

Kollam Junction, Kharagpur

c)

Bilaspur Railway Station

d)

None of the above

5.

Which of the following is the busiest suburban railway network in India?

a)

Chennai Suburban Railway

b)

Lucknow - Kanpur Suburban Railway

c)

Kolkata Suburban Railway

d)

Mumbai Suburban Railway

6.

Who among the following is known as the father of Indian Railways?

a)

Lord Dalhousie

b)

Lord Ripon

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

M.Visweswariah

7.

Which of the following is the longest train route in the Indian Subcontinent?

a)

Thiruvananthapuram – Silchar Superfast Express

b)

Himsagar Express – Jammu Tawi to Kanyakumari

c)

Vivek Express – Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari

d)

Ten Jammu Express – Tirunelveli Jammu

8.

Which is the India’s first double Decker train?

a)

Guwahati Thiruvananthapuram Express

b)

Ernakulam Hazrat Nizamudin Duronto

c)

Ahmedabad Mumbai Central Double Decker Express

d)

Samjhuata Express

9.

A set of two independently powered axles on a bogie is indicated

a)

Co

b)

Bo

10.

___ is a measure of how large a load the loco can pull and set in motion from a standstill

a)

Stationary effort

b)

Effective effort

c)

Tractive effort

d)

Track effort

11.

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

a)

George Bradman

b)

George Bradshaw

c)

George Brummel

d)

George Bernard Shaw

12.

How much money was invested in the construction of Victoria terminus?

a)

16 lakhs

b)

15 lakhs

c)

20 lakhs

d)

10 lakhs

13.

Which state has the longest route kilometers of railway line in India?

a)

Maharashtra

b)

Andhra Pradesh

c)

Rajasthan

d)

Uttar Pradesh

14.

Headquarters of which one among the following Railway Zones in India is situated at the highest elevation from the mean sea level?

a)

SER

b)

CR

c)

WR

d)

SWR

15.

First Indian train was started?

a)

KOL to MUM

b)

Thane to Dadar

c)

Mumbai to Thane

d)

Mumbai to Bandra

16.

Fairy Queen, the world's oldest steam locomotive in regular operation, plies between New Delhi and

a)

Kalka

b)

Simla

c)

Alwar

d)

Gwalior

17.

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

18.

When did the manufacturing of steam engines, stop?

a)

1971

b)

1972

c)

1973

d)

1974

19.

Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?

a)

Lucknow

b)

Bangalore

c)

Pune

d)

Meerut

20.

In which year Indian Railway board established?

a)

1858

b)

1879

c)

1929

d)

1859