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1.Who told this regarding railways' contribution for Indian people : ".... railways propagate evil.....Good travels at a snail’s pace – it can, therefore have little to do with the railways".
Babu Bholanath Sen. Keshab Chandra Sen M.K.Gandhi Rabindranath Tagore 2. The first railway's own power plant was set up in 1895, with a non condensing reciprocating steam engine to drive 220 volt DC dynamos. Where was this ?
Matunga Workshop Jamalpur Workshop Kharagpur Workshop Parel Workshop
3. The first train in India was steamed off from Bori Bunder to Thane on 16th. April,1853 with great pomp and ceremony. Who presided the function ?
Lord Curzon Lord Falkland(Governor of Bombay Presidency) Jamshetji Jeejibhoy Lady Falkland
4. Which Train in pre-independence days was known as Viceroy's train ?
Kalka-Simla toy train Kalka Mail Darjeeling toy train Matheran toy train
5. Which was the first Narrow Gauge (2' 6") railway in India
Kalka Simla Railway Baroda State Railway Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Rajputana Malwa Light Railway
6. Colour light Signal was first introduced in India in
East Indian Railway Madras & Southern Marhatta Railway Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bengal Nagpur Railway 7. Air Cooled Coaches with Ice Boxes were introduced long back in all prestigious trains in India, but first AC coach was manufactured & introduced in 1936. Where was this manufactured and in which Railway ?
Liluah in EIR Matunga in GIPR Parel in BBCIR Golden Rock in SIR
8. Vacuum brake was introduced in IR in which year ?
1865 1879 1895 1905
9. Hundreds of books have written regarding Indian Railways through out the world by various researchers. But the first book written on Indian Railways by an Indian named Kalidas Moitra of Srirampur ( Steam Machine- Indian Railroad Vaspiya Kal - Bharatvarshiya Railpath ) in which year.
1854 1855 1895 1900
10. Electric Fans were fitted in all third class coaches in 1953. Who was behind this humane approach ?
J.L.Nehru Jagjivan Ram Lal Bahadur Shastri V.V.Giri
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