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Indian Railway Important GK questions

First railway minister of India?
Answer: Jhon Mathai

1. Where is Railway Staff College situated ?
Answer: Baroda


2. What is the width of Broad gauge rail ?
Answer: 1.676


3. Which is the First Electric Train in India ?
Answer: Deccan Queen (Kalyan - Pune)


4. When did Life Line Express (Jeevan Rekha) Started ?
Answer: In 1991


5. Which year is declared as "Year of Rail Users" by the Indian Railways ?
Answer: 1995


6. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel ?
Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)



7. Which is the Longest Railway platform in the World ?
Answer: Gorakhpur station platform (UP)


8. Which is the train running between India and Bangladesh ?
Answer: Maitree Express


9. Which are the states have no Railway ?
Answer: Meghalaya and Sikkim (building new railway lines)


10. Which is the Worlds oldest working steam locomotive engine (train) ?
Answer: Fairy Queen runs in India


11.  What is the width of Narrow gauge rail ?
Answer: 0.762


12. Where is the Headquarters of Konkan railway ?
Answer: Bilapur


13. Which is the fastest train in India ?
Answer: Shatabdi Express


14. In which year Indian Railway board established ?
Answer: 1905


15. Which is the first Railway station in India ?
Answer: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Victoria terminal)
* 16. Who is the first Indian to present Railway Budget  ?
Answer: John Mathai


* 17. Who is the first railway minister in India ?
Answer: John Matthai 


* 18. Who is the first lady Railway minister of India ?
Answer: Mamta Benergy


* 19. Which is the highest railway station in India ?
Answer: Ghum railway station


* 20. Which is the longest Railway bridge in India ?
Answer: Vallarpadam Bridge (kerala)


* 21. What is the slogan of Indian Railway ?
Answer: lifeline of the nation


* 22. Where is the Museum of Indian Railway situated?
Answer:  Chanakyapuri (New Delhi)

* 23. first indian double-decker train coach factory situated?
Answer: Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala

*24. which is  the longest train route in India?
Answer: Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari Vivek Express

*25. khulna kolkata train runs between which countries?
Answer: India and Bangladesh 



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53 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 8, 2012 at 9:03 PM

    G.k mean govt job and govt job mean life sattle so i heartly thanks.

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  2. HARINovember 9, 2012 at 12:13 PM

    Thanks

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  3. HARIJanuary 4, 2013 at 8:28 PM

    gk questions

    Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in the world ?

    Answer: Gotthard Base Tunnel

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  4. UnknownFebruary 15, 2013 at 1:52 AM

    Wow great questions....u've almost covered all the areas....thnks a ton..........

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 21, 2013 at 2:07 PM

    Now the longest railway platform is Gorakhpur not Kharagpur!

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    1. HARIFebruary 21, 2013 at 2:42 PM

      thank you very much sir
      I thought both are same. Gorakhpur is in UP and Kharagpur is in WB


      Thank you

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    2. AnonymousAugust 19, 2013 at 9:43 PM

      from which date/year?? how long Gorakhpur platform is??

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    3. UnknownJune 5, 2014 at 12:06 AM

      1.6km

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    4. UnknownFebruary 3, 2016 at 12:07 PM

      NO,Its 1300 meters
      & Kharagpur is of 1074 m

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    5. blogs from chhattisgarhMarch 21, 2016 at 5:36 PM

      On 6 October 2013, Gorakhpur became the world's longest railway platform, after inauguration of the remodelled Gorakhpur Yard, with a stretch of around 1.35 kilometres (0.84 mi).

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  6. HARIMarch 4, 2013 at 8:03 PM

    Railway gk questions

    Which is the slowest train in India ?
    Answer: Nilgiri mountain train

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  7. AnonymousMarch 16, 2013 at 3:39 PM

    Thanks a lot

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  8. AnonymousApril 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM

    THANKS, IT IS REALLY HEALPFL TO LOTS OF PEOPLE

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  9. AnonymousJune 16, 2013 at 1:21 PM

    it is really helpful thanks a lot friend

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  10. jaanviJune 19, 2013 at 7:13 PM

    Sir, mera rpf constable exam me invigilator ke sign omr sheet par nahi ho paye hai but attendence sheet aur omr sheet par mere sign aur finger stamp hai kya mere copy check hogi kya kahi complaint kar sakti hoon - jaanvi from up

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  11. AnonymousJuly 25, 2013 at 10:47 PM

    thanks a lot
    it is very helpful :)

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  12. AnonymousAugust 14, 2013 at 9:48 AM

    thank you!

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  13. UnknownAugust 16, 2013 at 4:15 PM

    Ist Railway Minister after independence John Mathai, as per Wikipedia

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  14. UnknownAugust 20, 2013 at 8:59 AM

    good collection
    thank you

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  15. HARIAugust 31, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    What is the mascot of Indian railway?

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    nice

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  17. SanaOctober 22, 2013 at 5:23 PM

    Thanks..............

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  18. مسرور جامیOctober 24, 2013 at 8:23 AM

    hay why have you not told about current ministers of railway.
    But however fine

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  19. UnknownDecember 8, 2013 at 5:41 AM

    Very important for me

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  20. UnknownJanuary 15, 2014 at 9:38 PM

    Gorakpur width 1.3 km kharaghpur width 1.072 km so gorakhpur in up is the longest platform in the world.

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  21. vinayrangapuriFebruary 4, 2014 at 5:20 PM

    thanks

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  22. UnknownNovember 27, 2014 at 3:55 PM

    thanks

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  23. UnknownDecember 15, 2014 at 6:36 PM

    thanks

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  24. UnknownApril 24, 2015 at 9:57 AM

    Q No.12 headquarters of KONKAN RAILWAY
    Answer is NAVI MUMBAI

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  25. UnknownNovember 30, 2015 at 1:33 PM

    Nic knowledge

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  26. UnknownNovember 30, 2015 at 1:36 PM

    Nic knowledge

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  27. gautamDecember 29, 2015 at 9:03 PM

    great question

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  28. UnknownJanuary 14, 2016 at 2:37 PM

    sir me rrb goods gaird me exaim dena chahata hnu, kya ye quastion ayega

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  29. Siba singhMarch 4, 2016 at 6:53 AM

    It is the very importan t for railway job "mind it"

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  30. Siba singhMarch 4, 2016 at 6:54 AM

    Thnx

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  31. UnknownMarch 10, 2016 at 12:43 PM

    Thanks

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  32. AnonymousMarch 22, 2016 at 12:39 AM

    Plz tell me who is the father of railway
    In india and in world...

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    1. SreeMarch 22, 2016 at 8:05 PM

      George Stephenson known as "Father of Railways" who started first public steam railway. Lord Dalhousie started Railway in India.

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  33. subbarajuMarch 22, 2016 at 10:55 AM

    thanks a lot

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  34. UnknownMarch 25, 2016 at 7:11 AM

    Which railway minister present many time rail buget??
    Ans-Lalu prasad yadav

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  35. UnknownMarch 30, 2016 at 11:08 AM

    Where is the Headquarters of Konkan railway ?ans-navi mumbai

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  36. UnknownApril 6, 2016 at 11:20 AM

    thanks

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  37. UnknownJanuary 5, 2017 at 9:25 AM

    Gatimaan is the fastest train.

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  38. UnknownApril 2, 2018 at 5:19 PM

    Present minster of railway

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  39. SreeMay 21, 2018 at 6:47 AM

    Who is known as metro man of india?
    Answer: E sreedharan

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