MCQ on Indian Railways Administration and Finance An introduction (Railway History)
1)
The first non-passenger
train in pre-independent India was made operational in:
(A) 1853
(B) 1851
(C) 1864
(D) 1850
2) The GIP Railway Company (GIP) was incorporated
in England by an Act of the British Parliament on:
(A)
1st August 1849
(B)
1st August 1850
(C)
1st January 1851
(D)
None of the above
3) The formation of the Railway Board in 1905 was
based upon the recommendations of:
(A)
Acworth Committee
(B)
MacDonald Stephenson
Committee
(C)
Thomas Robertson Committee
(D)
Separation Convention 1924
4) Before being brought under public ownership in 1951, at the time
of Independence in 1947, there were:
(A)
42 Railway Systems including
32 lines operated by Princely States
(B)
37 Railway Systems with 10
lines operated by Princely States
(C)
45 Railway Systems with 30
lines operated by Princely States
(D)
32 Railway Systems with 25
lines operated by Princely States
5)
The Oak Grove School set up
for the wards of Railway employees in 1888 is located
in:
(A)
Asansol division
(B)
Fort St. George, Chennai
(C)
Railway Higher Secondary
School, Ratlam
(D)
Jharipani, Mussoorie,
Uttarakhand
6)
What is the significance of
Red Hill Railroad of erstwhile Madras in IR history?
(A) This was actually the first rail road
service in British India in 1836, proposed by British engineer, Arthur Thomas
Cotton
(B) It was the first electric train system of
India
(C) It was built to carry passengers in and
around Madras city
(D) It was built by East India Company on a
trial cum experiment basis for constructing rail roads
7)
Who was the first Secretary
of the Railway Board in 1905:
(A)
Rowland Macdonald
Stephenson
(B) Lord Dalhousie
(C) G.W. McGeorge
(D)
N.G. Priestley
8) Which was the first train in India to have a Ladies Only compartment?
(A) Frontier Mail
(B) Punjab Mail
(C) Deccan Queen
(D) Toofan Mail
9) After independence and nationalization of
Railway Zones, which was the only Railway Company which continued its private
operations till 2016?
(A)
Assam Railway Company
(B)
Central Provinces Railway
Company
(C)
Punjab Northern State
Railway
(D)
Nagpur Chattisgarh Railway
10) The East India Railway Company’s first passenger
train ran on 15th August 1854 covering a distance of 38 kms
between:
(A)
Howrah and Hooghly
(B)
Hooghly and Raneegunje
(C)
Nagpur and Ajani
(D)
Jamalpur and Munger
Answer key
1B On 22.12.1851 to haul construction material in Roorkee.
2A 1st August 1849
3C Thomas
Robertson Committee (Source: Bibek Debroy Committee Report page 18/319)
4A 41 Railway Systems (Source: Bibek Debroy Committee Report page
19/319
5D Jharipani, Mussoorie, Uttarkhand
6A This
was actually the first rail road service in British India in 1836, proposed by
British engineer, Arthur Thomas Cotton (Source: Bibek Debroy)
7D N.G. Priestley (Railway Board (1905)
operated out of Shimla not Delhi, housed in
a PWD Secretariat Building of 1896-97)
8C Deccan Queen (Source: Bibek Debroy) 9B Central Provinces Railway Company
10A Howrah to Hooghly
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