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

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Important Years in Indian History

 Important Years in Indian History 



 1885: Formation of Indian National Congress

 1905: Partition of Bengal by Lord Curzon
 
1906: Muslim League was formed at Dacca

 1911: Partition of Bengal was cancelled by Lord Hardinge

 1911: India's Capital was Shifted from Calcutta to Delhi

 1917: Gandhiji’s Champaran campaign launched

1919: Jallianwala Bagh Massacre

1919: Khilafat Movement

1924: Communist Party of India was formed

 1929: Poorna Swaraj resolution at Lahore session

1930: Gandhiji’s Dandi March

1932: Third Round Table Conference

1937: Provincial Autonomy

 1942: Quit India Movement

1945: Trial of INA at Red Fort

1946: British Cabinet Mission visited India

1948: Death of Mahatma Gandhi

 1950: India becomes a Republic