Indian Railway GK Questions

Indian Railway GK Questions ____________________________________________________
1. Who is the Present Railway minister of India? 
Ans: C. P. Joshi
2. India's first train ran between:
Ans: Bombay and Thane
3. Where did India's first metro rail start?
 Ans: Kolkata
4. Who invented the railway engine?
Ans: George Stephenson
5. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways?
Ans: Bangalore
6. When was the first train started in India?
Ans: 1853
7. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?
Ans: Five
8. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?
Ans: 1950
9. Who is known as the Father of Indian Railway?
Ans: Lord Dalhousie
10. Where is India’s first railway station?
Ans: Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in Mumbai.
11. The world's longest railway platform is in India. Where is it?
Ans: Gorakhpur
12. Which is the Indian state that have no Railway line?
Ans: Meghalaya

GK Tricks 19

1. The flowering plants are collectively called?
Answer: Angiosperms

2. The reproductive units in Angiosperms is called?
Answer: Flower

3. The male reproductive organ of the flower?
Answer: Androecium

4. The female reproductive organ of a flower?
Answer: Gynoecium

5. Study of flowers?
Answer: Anthology

6. Fruits developed from the parts of the flower other than a card?
Answer: False fruits (Cashew)

7. Smallest pollen?
Answer: Myosotis

8. Largest pollen?
Answer: Mirabilis

9. Father of angiosperm embryology in India?
Answer: P. Maheswari

10. Pollination by the agency of water?
Answer: Hydrophily

11. Pollination by the agency of animals?
Answer: Zoophily

12. Pollination by the agency of birds?
Answer: Ornithophily

13. Pollination by the agency of bats?
Answer: Chiropterophily

14. After fertilization ovule developed into?
Answer: Seed

15. After fertilization ovary wall developed into?
Answer: Fruit wall

16. After fertilization ovary developed into?
Answer: Fruit

17. Final product of sexual reproduction in angiosperms?
Answer: Seed

18. Study of fruits is called?
 Answer: Pomology

GK Tricks 13: Some important questions for gk

1. Which is the first Indian private sector Bank to set up a branch in China recently ?
Ans:. Axis Bank

2. Which state clinched the best state award for implementing Rural Tourism Project in
the National Tourism Award 2012-13, presented on 18 February 2014?
Ans: Sikkim

3. Union Cabinet finally cleared "Equal Opportunities Commission" (EOC) as per the
recommendation of which Committee recently in February?
Ans: Justice Sachar Committee

4. Footballer Wayne Rooney recently signed a contract extension with which club?
Ans: Manchester United

5. India’s first Minority Cyber Village was inaugurated by the Minister for Minority
Affairs K Rehman Khan recently in February in Chandoli in Alwar district of?
Ans: Rajasthan

6. Senior IAS officer Yaduvendra Mathur has been appointed as Chairman and
Managing Director of which bank recently in February?
Ans: Exim Bank

7. Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa who arrived in New Delhi recently in February. He was
the King of?
Ans: Bahrain

8. Which famous writer decided to publish his/her latest book 'The Silkworm' in June
2014 ?
Ans: J K Rowling

9. Government in the interim Rail budget 2014 announced proposal to set up Indian
Railway Institute of Financial Management at which place?
Ans: Secunderabad

10. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) proposed to introduce Unique identity code
having ............ digits for hallmarked jewels as announced recently in February ?
Ans: 9

11. Who was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh resigned recently in February ?
Ans: Kiran Kumar Reddy

12. Which express train will become the first train in India to be attached with a
Braille-embedded AC coach for visually-challenged passengers as announced recently
in February?
Ans: Purushottam Express

GK Tricks 12 : Some important questions for gk

1. Who is the founder of Prarthana Samaj?
Answer:Atmaram Panduranga
2. Who is the founder of Arya Samaj?
Answer:Dayananda Saraswati
3. Who is the founder of Ramakrishna Mission?
Answer:Swami Vivekananda
4. Who is the founder of Brahmo Samajam?
Answer:Raja Ram Mohan Roy
5. Who is the Founder of Atmiya Sabhan?
Answer:Raja Ram Mohan Roy
6. Who is the Founder of Sarvodaya movement?
Answer:Jayaprakash Narayan
7. Who is the Founder of Bhoodan movement?
Answer:Acharya Vinoba Bhave
8. Who is the Founder of Ghadar Party?
Answer:Lala Hardayal
9. Who is the Founder of Van Mahotsav?
Answer:K.M. Munshi
10. Who is the Founder of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan?
Answer:K.M. Munshi
11. Who is the Founder of Self Respect Movement ?
Answer:E.V. Ramaswami Naicker
12. Who is the Founder of Land Holders Society?
Answer:Dwarkanath Tagore
13. Who is the Founder of East India Association ?
Answer:Dadabhai Naoroji
14. Who is the Founder of British Indian Association ?
Answer:Devendranath Tagore
15. Who is the Founder of British India Society ?
Answer:William Adam
16. Who is the Founder of National Indian Association ?
Answer:Mary Carpenter
17. Who is the Founder of Indian Society?
Answer:Anandamohan Bose
18. Who is the Founder of Indian Association ?
Answer:Surendranath Banerjee
19. Who is the Founder of Bombay Association ?
Answer:Jagannath Shankar Seth
20. Who is the Founder of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha ?
Answer:M G Ranade