This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Transport > Railways – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Railways Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The monorail was first started in India at what place? A) Delhi. B) Pune. C) Kolkata. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 2. Which zone is the largest in Indian Railways? A) Eastern Railway. B) Northen Railways. C) Central Railways. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northen Railways. 3. Which is the longest track in India A) Kashmir to Assam. B) Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. C) Kerla to Punjab. D) Delhi to Bombay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. 4. How many trains run in India? A) 15, 900. B) 13, 523. C) 11, 115. D) 19, 584. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13, 523. 5. Present High Speed Train in India A) Rajdhani Express. B) Vande Bharat Express. C) Gatimaan Express. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vande Bharat Express. 6. Which is the longest railway station in India? A) Gorakhpur Railway Station. B) Bilaspur Railway Station. C) Trivandrum Central, Kerala. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gorakhpur Railway Station. 7. What is the length of the Vembanad Bridge? (longest railway bridge of India) A) 3309 metres. B) 2556 metres. C) 4620 metres. D) 5000 metres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 4620 metres. 8. Which is the fastest train in Indian Railway? A) Gatimaan Express. B) Mumbai-Rajdhani Express. C) Shatabdi Express. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatimaan Express. 9. When did the first electric train ever run in India? A) January 4, 1928. B) December 1, 1924. C) March 2, 1926. D) February 3, 1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) February 3, 1925. 10. Who among the following is a first female locopilot (train driver) of the Indian Railways in India? A) Rajashree Sachdev. B) Surekha Shankar Yadav (Surekha Yadav. C) Ritu Chauhan. D) Bhavani Kumari. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surekha Shankar Yadav (Surekha Yadav. 11. Indian Railways was found by A) Lord Hardinge. B) Suneet Sharma. C) Vinod Kumar Yadav. D) Goverment of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Hardinge. 12. When was the first local train made in India A) 16 April 1850. B) 16 April 1852. C) 16 April 1853. D) 16 April 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 16 April 1853. 13. How many zones are there in Indian Railways A) 25. B) 12. C) 17. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 18. 14. In which year the first proposal for Railway was introduced in India? A) 1845. B) 1852. C) 1815. D) 1832. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1832. 15. What is your sister A) 6. B) 4. C) 2. D) 8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6. 16. This is India's first sea bridge A) London bridge. B) Indira Gandhi bridge. C) Pamban bridge. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pamban bridge. 17. Which of the following is the longest Railway tunnel in the world? A) Yulhyeon Tunnel. B) Gotthard Base Tunnel. C) Channel Tunnel. D) Seikan Tunnel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gotthard Base Tunnel. 18. First Railway to introduce electric lighting as standard fixtures? A) Jodhpur Railway. B) Vande Bharat Express Train 18. C) Kanyakumari Vivek Express. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jodhpur Railway. 19. Which is The only train which runs between India and Pakistan? A) Samjhauta Express. B) Deccan Queen. C) Shatabdi express. D) Vidharbha express. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Samjhauta Express. 20. In which city, railway coaches are manufactured? A) Ludhiana. B) Patiala. C) Kapurthala. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kapurthala. 21. When was the first train steamed off in India? A) 1880. B) 1848. C) 1853. D) 1875. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1853. 22. How many passengers travel in trains everyday? A) 700 million. B) 900 million. C) 13 million. D) 7 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13 million. 23. Which State has the highest number of stations identified for development under the Adarsh Station Scheme? A) Uttar Pradesh. B) West Bengal. C) Jammu and Kashmir. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West Bengal. 24. Who is the First Railway Minister of India A) Piyush Goyal. B) Nirmala Sitaram. C) Lord Dalhousie. D) John Mathai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Mathai. 25. Meaning restless in Bengali it is non stop long distance train A) Duronto. B) Vivek express. C) Jamalpur express. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Duronto. 26. Also known as India's wonder woman she is Indian first commando trainer is an expert in close quarters battle and is involved in training various Indian forces who is she? A) Seema Rao. B) Nirupama Rao. C) Kiran Bedi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seema Rao. 27. Which train is the fastest train in India? A) Gatimaan Express. B) Rajdhani Express. C) Tejas Express. D) Andhra Pradesh Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatimaan Express. 28. Which country has the fastest train? A) Spain. B) Germany. C) Japan. D) China. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) China. 29. Which is the longest railway bridge in India? A) Vembanad Bridge. B) Nehru Setu or Upper Son Bridge. C) Bogibeel Rail Road Bridge. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bogibeel Rail Road Bridge. 30. India's Non AC Double Decker Train is? A) Uday Express. B) Flying Ranee Express. C) Mumbai-Ahmedabad IRCTC Double Decker Express. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flying Ranee Express. 31. Which is the longest bridge in India? A) PAMBAN BRIDGE. B) VEMBANAND BRIDGE. C) PULASKI BRIDGE. D) BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) VEMBANAND BRIDGE. 32. Who is the Metro Man of India? A) T.N. Seshan. B) Mangu singh. C) Elattuvalapil Sreedharan. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elattuvalapil Sreedharan. 33. What is the name of Mumbai CSMT before 30-40 years A) Victoria Terminus. B) Victoria Station. C) Bombay CSMT. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Victoria Terminus. 34. Is wiley celebrated on full moon night in Visakha A) Onam. B) Buddha jayanti. C) Ugadi. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Buddha jayanti. 35. In which month was the first Indian Train ran? A) May. B) October. C) July. D) April. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) April. 36. Which place is the headquarters of Eastern Railways A) Patna. B) Howrah. C) Bhubaneshwar. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kolkata. 37. Which Railway station, one of the busiest railway stations in India, has got Gold Rating by the Indian Green Building Council? A) Vijayawada railway station. B) Tirupati railway station. C) Howrah Junction railway station. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vijayawada railway station. 38. First international train in India? A) Sampark Kranti Express. B) Rajdhani Express. C) Avantika Express. D) Maitree Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maitree Express. 39. Which of the following is the world's busiest metro system? A) Seoul Subway, South Korea. B) Beijing Subway, China. C) Shanghai Metro, China. D) Tokyo Subway, Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tokyo Subway, Japan. 40. Who presented the first railway budget of Independent India? A) John Mathai. B) Shanmukham Chetty. C) Lalu Prasad Yadav. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Mathai. 41. Which was the First Passenger Train in India? A) Siddhi, Babar, and Sultan. B) Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sahib, Sindh, and Sultan. 42. How fast is the fastest train in India A) 99mph. B) 100mph. C) 50mph. D) 200mph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 99mph. 43. Where was the first metro rail started in India? A) New Delhi. B) Telangana. C) Mumbai. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kolkata. 44. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway? A) New Delhi. B) Kharagpur. C) Mumbai. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumbai. 45. Which is the world's largest platform? A) Kollam junction. B) Kharagpur railway station. C) CSMT. D) Gorakhpur railway station. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gorakhpur railway station. 46. Which of the following Railways line runs parallel to the Arabian Sea, offering views along the coast? A) Southern Railway. B) Western Railway. C) Konkan Railway. D) Central Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Konkan Railway. 47. Who is talking in the video? A) A blogger woman. B) A reporter. C) A teenager. D) A young couple. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A blogger woman. 48. Which Indian state has no Railway Station? A) Sikkim. B) Assam. C) Odisha. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikkim. 49. Which fuel does trains use? A) LPG. B) Diesel. C) CNG. D) Petrol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diesel. 50. How many stations are there in Mumbai? A) 130. B) 100. C) 112. D) 115. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 112. 51. Which of the following is the largest railway junction in India? A) Delhi. B) Bhatinda. C) Mathura. D) Allahabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mathura. 52. India's first railway proposals was made in ..... A) Madras. B) Kerala. C) Mumbai. D) Cochin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madras. 53. How many times was the Maharanjas Express Train voted to be "The Worlds Leading Luxury? A) 7. B) 5. C) 3. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 7. 54. The Oldest Running Train in the history of Indian Railways? A) Kalka Mail (1866). B) Tejas Express (1854). C) Grand Trunk Express (1964). D) Fairy Queen (1943). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kalka Mail (1866). 55. Over which of the following rivers is the world's highest railway bridge in Kashmir being constructed? A) Jhelum. B) Chenab. C) Sutlej. D) Indus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chenab. 56. What is the symbol of Indian Railways? A) Horse. B) Tiger. C) Elephant. D) Lion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elephant. 57. When did Indian Railway Act Passed? A) 1865. B) 1989. C) 1888. D) 1890. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1989. 58. Which of the following railway tunnel in India is the longest? A) Pir Panjal Tunnel. B) Parsik tunnel. C) Chenani Nashri Tunnel. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pir Panjal Tunnel. 59. How many people Indian Railways employs? A) 1, 55 millions of people. B) 10 people. C) 2, 55 millions of people. D) 354 people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1, 55 millions of people. 60. The Vande Bharat rail runs at a speed of ..... kilometres per hour. A) 180 km/h. B) 100 km/h. C) 130 km/h. D) 200 km/h. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 130 km/h. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesRailways Quiz 2Railways Quiz 3Ports QuizTransport And Communication In India QuizTransport And Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books