More Questions on Indian Railway
- Q. Normally maximum gradient in station yards in BG is (at present)
A)1 in 1000
B)1 in 260
C)1 - 400
D)None of these
Answer: 1 - 400
- Q. Track maintenance machine is permitted to work during
A)Day clear weather
B)Day
C)Day and Night
D)None of these
Answer: Day and Night
- Q. A separate Railway Budget, which is different from the General Budget, was first introduced in 1924 on the basis of recommendations of the 10 – member:
A)Rail Budget Committee
B)Acworth Committee
C)Srinivas Shastri Committee
D)Sultan Committee
Answer: Acworth Committee
- Q. Duplicate signal is ________.
A)Co-acting signal
B)Home Signal
C)Warner Signal
D)None of these
Answer: Co-acting signal
- Q. Notice station caution order No. is ________
A)T/C-409
B)T/409
C)T/B-409
D)None of these
Answer: T/409
- Q. For Block Back form ________ To be issued on DL.
A)T/B-806+PN
B)T/806+PN
C)T/A806+PN
D)None of these
Answer: T/806+PN
- Q. Distance between outer and home signals on a single line is ________ meters when there is no advanced starter or SLB in the opposite direction.
A)400
B)900
C)800
D)700
Answer: 400
- Q. Running staff should not normally be away from head quarters for more than hours at a stretch.
A)72
B)24
C)48
D)None of these
Answer: 72
- Q. Between which place station section is situated at double class B station, equipped with MACLS?
A)FP to LSS
B)Home signal to Ad starter
C)BSLB to Ad. Starter
D)A or B any one
Answer: BSLB to Ad. Starter
- Q. DRM permission is necessary when hand shunting outside station section takes place in gradient
A)ST 1-260
B)ST 1-600
C)1-400
D)None of these
Answer: ST 1-600
- Q. In which class overlapping section is found?
A)C-Class
B)A-Class
C)B-Class
D)D-Class
Answer: C-Class
- Q. Which is the longest station name in Indian Railways?
A)Kharagpur
B)Kanyakumari
C)Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta
D)Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Answer: Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta
- Q. Shunt signal is a ________ signal.
A)Both
B)Subsidiary
C)Ordinary
D)None of these
Answer: Subsidiary
- Q. SLB determines the limits of block section and ________.
A)Station Limit
B)Block Section
C)Station Section
D)None of these
Answer: Station Section
- Q. Train crew shall exchange alright hand signals upto ________ or last points.
A)Call-on
B)Advance starter
C)Starter
D)None of these
Answer: Advance starter
- Q. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organization situated?
A)Pune
B)Lucknow
C)Bangalore
D)New Delhi
Answer: Lucknow
- Q. Mountain Railways of India refer to the railway lines built in the mountains of India in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, during the British Raj, even being run today by the Indian Railways. How many railway lines refer to the Mountain Railways of India ?
A)5
B)3
C)4
D)6
Answer: 3
- Q. Wagon with livestock shall be attached ________ position from engine on a passenger train.
A)Third
B)First
C)Second
D)None of these
Answer: Second
- Q. The Speaker of Lok Sabha also works as the ex – officio Chairperson of which of the following committees? 1)Railway Convention Committee 2)Business Advisory Committee 3)Public Account Committee Select the correct option from the codes given below:
A)1 & 3 Only
B)1 & 2 Only
C)2 Only
D)1, 2 & 3
Answer: 2 Only
- Q. Who invented the railway engine?
A)James Watt
B)Charles Babbage
C)Isaac Newton
D)George Stephenson
Answer: George Stephenson
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