This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Transport > Railways – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Railways Quiz 3 (45 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I am the fastest railway in India, I have been speeding since 1 April 2018, Who am I? A) Vande Bharat express. B) Gatimaan Express. C) None of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gatimaan Express. 2. Which is the slowest train in India? A) Madhuri express. B) Delhi Shatabdi railways. C) The Nilgiri Express. D) Dalhousie railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nilgiri Express. 3. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines? A) Fourth. B) Third. C) Second. D) First. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fourth. 4. Which state of India has no railway line? A) Sikkim. B) Assam. C) Meghalaya. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meghalaya. 5. What is the lifespan of the arch of Chenab Bridge? A) 34 years. B) 120 years. C) 56 years. D) 100 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 120 years. 6. When was the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway declared as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO? A) July 2000. B) October 2000. C) December 1999. D) May 1997. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) December 1999. 7. Who proposed the first Indian railways A) Queen Victoria. B) Lord Dalhouisie. C) Heythen Hardwall. D) Greg Mathew. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lord Dalhouisie. 8. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at A) Kolkata. B) New Delhi. C) Gorakhpur. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gorakhpur. 9. Which is the cleanest railway station in India? A) Rajkot. B) Bilaspur. C) Jaipur. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jaipur. 10. On which of the following is the longest railway bridge in India located? A) Chilka Lake. B) River Brahmaputra. C) Vembanad Lake. D) River Ganges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vembanad Lake. 11. What is the name of present (as of July2020) railway minister of India? A) Suresh Prabhu. B) Piyush Goyal. C) Ravi Shankar Prasad. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Piyush Goyal. 12. What was the size of the Indian Railway A) 69, 388 KM. B) 60, 313 KM. C) 67, 956 KM. D) 65, 456 KM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 67, 956 KM. 13. World's most luxurious train runs in India.Which train is that? A) Palace On Wheels. B) Golden Chariot. C) Maharajas Express. D) Deccan Odyssey. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maharajas Express. 14. Which is the India's first double Decker train? A) Delhi-Jaipur. B) Howrah-Dhanbad. C) Ahmedabad-Mumbai. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Howrah-Dhanbad. 15. The First train on Indian soil ran between Bombay and Thane on ..... A) 17 April 1853. B) 16 April 1853. C) 13 April 1853. D) 14 April 1853. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 16 April 1853. 16. ..... Zone is the largest in Indian Railways A) Central Railway. B) Northern Railway. C) Eastern Railway. D) Western Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Eastern Railway. 17. Where is the India's Longest Railway bridge and what its name? A) Indira Gandhi Bridge. B) Vembanad Bridge-Kerala. C) Chenab Bridge-Jammu and Kashmir. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vembanad Bridge-Kerala. 18. What city the train ran between? A) Calcutta-New-Delhi. B) New-Dehli-Bombay. C) Bombay-Agra. D) Bombay-Thane. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bombay-Thane. 19. Which Luxury tourist Train voted "The World Leading Luxury" 7 times in a row? A) Rajdhani Express. B) The Maharajas' Express. C) Shatabdi Express. D) The Darjeeling Himalayan Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Maharajas' Express. 20. Who is known as the father of Indian Railways? A) Lord Dalhousie. B) Mahatma Gandhi. C) George Stephenson. D) Zhan Tianyou. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lord Dalhousie. 21. Which is the Oldest train in India A) Rajdhani Express. B) Tejas Express. C) Kalka Mall. D) Sheshnaag. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kalka Mall. 22. Railway was founded in which country? A) The United Kingdom. B) Europe. C) Japan. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The United Kingdom. 23. When did the country's first train run? A) 1864. B) 1871. C) 1832. D) 1852. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1852. 24. Indian railways serve approximately how many passengers everyday? A) 23 million. B) 54 million. C) 72 million. D) 10 million. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 23 million. 25. Where is the highest railway bridge in the world? A) Mahatma Gandhi Setu. B) Pamban Bridge. C) Chenab Bridge. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chenab Bridge. 26. How old is Indian Railways? A) 180 yrs. B) 168 yrs. C) 178 yrs. D) 158 yrs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 168 yrs. 27. Which is the longest rail route in India? A) Mangalore to Jammu. B) Tirunelveli to Jammu. C) Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari. 28. What is the other name of Vande Bharat Express A) Train 15. B) Rail 4. C) Train 18. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Train 18. 29. How many years has the Indian Railways been operating? A) 100. B) 153. C) 167. D) 98. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 167. 30. The country's first train was named as A) New Delhi-Bhopal Shatabdi. B) Mumbai Suburban Railway. C) Red Hill. D) Bori Bunder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red Hill. 31. What city was the first ever Indian train made in? A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Madras. D) Pune. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madras. 32. Who was the first female railway minister of India? A) Mayawati. B) Mamata Banerjee. C) Sonia Gandhi. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mamata Banerjee. 33. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called A) Dock platform. B) Passenger platform. C) Goods platform. D) Island platform. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Goods platform. 34. What is the width of broad gauge railway line in India? A) 3 ft 6 in. B) 5 ft 6 in. C) 4 ft 8 1/2 in. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 ft 6 in. 35. How long is the Karbude tunnel? A) 90, 9 km. B) 6, 5 km. C) 10, 2 km. D) 700 m. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6, 5 km. 36. Between which destinations was the first Indian train started? A) From Mumbai to Thane. B) From Mumbai to Madras. C) From Calcutta to Delhi. D) From Mumbai to Surat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From Mumbai to Thane. 37. Which film includes a scene covering the famous Kakoritrain robbery undertaken by the revolutionaryactivists in 1925. A) The Burning Train. B) Airlift. C) Rang De Basanti. D) Roohi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rang De Basanti. 38. When and where was the first proposal for railway made? A) Kolkata, 1835. B) Thiruvananthapuram, 1850. C) Madras, 1832. D) Delhi, 1828. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Madras, 1832. 39. AN ELECTRIC TRAIN IS POWRED BY? A) CHARGER. B) ELECTRICITY. C) WATER. D) NONE OF THE ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ELECTRICITY. 40. Which is the luxurious tourist train run in Rajasthan A) Golden chariot. B) Palace on wheels. C) Maharaja express. D) Rajdhani express. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palace on wheels. 41. What is the capacity of an electric train? A) 30 M. B) 25 M. C) 10 M. D) 20 M. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 25 M. 42. Who was the first railway minister of India? A) George Fernandes. B) N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar. C) John Mathai. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) John Mathai. 43. Who among the following is known as the father of Indian Railways? A) Lord Ripon. B) Lord Ripon. C) M.Visweswariah. D) Lord Dalhousie. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lord Dalhousie. 44. Which is the Longest train in India A) Tejas Express. B) Sheshnaag. C) Rajdhani Express. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sheshnaag. 45. India's first indigenously designed locomotive-less (engine less) train known as- A) Train 28. B) Train 20. C) Train 18. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Train 18. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesRailways Quiz 1Railways Quiz 2Ports QuizTransport And Communication In India QuizTransport And Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books