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51. Where is the headquarters of Western Railway situated?

(a) Mumbai (Church Gate) (b) Mumbai (V.T)
(c) Secundrabad (d) Guwahati

:A

52. Where is Railway Museum situated?

(a) Mumbai (b) Calcutta (b) Bangalore (d) New Delhi

:D

53. The administration and management of India Railways is under the control of
(a) Union Government (b) Railway Board
(c) Railway Ministry (d) All of the above

:B

54. Railways have been classified in how many sections on the basis of speed?
(a) Two (b) Four (c) Five (d) Six

:C

55. When was the Indian Railway Act passed?

(a) 1890 (b) 1853 (c) 1905 (d) 1951

:A

56. How many Finance Commissioners are there in the Railway Board?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four

:A

57. Number of Executive Members in the Railway Board is

(a) Four (b) Five (c) Six (d) Seven

:B

58. When was the Railway Board established?

(a) 1904 (b) 1905 (c) 1906 (d) 1907

:B

59. Creep is the

(a) longitudinal movement of rail
(b) diagonal movement of rail
(c) horizontal movement of rail
(d) vertical movement of rail

:A

60. Suburban railway use

(a) 1500V, DC (b) 440V, three phase AC
(c) 660V, three phase AC (d) 3.3V, three phase AC

:A

61. Diesel locomotives are manufactured in India at

(a) Ajmer (b) Jabalpur (c) Varanasi (d) Bangalore

:C

62. C.T.C. stands for

(a) Critical Track Control (b) Critical Traffic Channeliser
(c) Centralized Traffic Control (d) None of these

:C

63. Generally the rail sections used in India are

(a) flat-footed (b) bull-headed
(c) double-headed (d) all the above are correct

:A

64. Generally the rail sections used in India are

(a) flat-footed (b) bull-headed
(c) double-headed (d) all the above are correct
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:A

65. What is the breadth of broad-gauge line?

(a) 1m (b) 762m (c) 1.676m (d) 1.5m

:C

66. Which is the fastest train in India?

(a) Kerala express (b) Himasagar express
(c) Shatabdi express (New Delhi-Bhopal)
(d) Netravati express

:C

67. Where is the headquarters of Konkan Railway?

(a) Mangalore (b) Belapur (c) Ratnagiri (d) Goa

:B

68. The excess of ..... in the blood may cause heart attack.
(a) Blood urea (b) Blood Protein (c) Cholesterol (d) Blood sugar

:C

69. Where is the wheel and axle plant located?

(a) Perambur (b) Kapurthala (c) Patiala (d) Bangalore

:D

70. Which of the following instrument is used to measure relative humidity?

(a) Barometer (b) Hydrometer (c) Hygrometer (d) Manometer

:C

71. The electrode at positive potential is called

(a) anode (b) cathode
(c) positive terminal (d) none of the above

:A

72. In arc welding, the temperature of the arc is of the order of

(a) 3500C (b) 35000C (c) 4500C (d) 45000C

:B

73. In a ball bearing steel balls are made of

(a) cast iron (b) carbon steel
(c) stainless steel (d) carbon chrome steel

:D

74. Action of steam in steam turbines is

(a) static (b) dynamic (c) pressure (d) both a & b

:B

75. A long column fails by

(a) crushing (b) tension (c) shearing (d) buckling

:D

76. Motor recommended for locomotive drive is

(a) dc series motor (b) dc shunt motor
(c) dc compound motor (d) Synchronous motor

:A

77. The following is an exothermic process

(a) fission (b) fusion (c) both (d) none of these

:D

78. The efficiency of transmitting power will be maximum in case of

(a) rope drive (b) open belt drive
(c) V-belt drive (d) Chain drive

:D

79. Weight of rail used for metre gauge is

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(a) 24.8 to 29.8 kg (b) 30 to 33 kg

(c) 44.7 kg (d) 52 kg

:A

80. Indian railway system has been divided into

(a) four railway zones (b) six railway zones
(c) eight railway zones (d) 16 railway zones

:D

81. At which temperature both the Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers give the same
reading
(a) -400 �(b) +40� (c) 00 �(d) 1000

:A

82. At 270C a gas occupies one litre space. If the volume is doubled at the same pressure,
the temperature will be
(a) 540C (b) 3000C (c) 3270C (d) 6000C

:C

83. The atomic number and atomic weight of an Isotope of carbon are 6 and 4 respectively.
What is the no. of neutrons in the nucleus
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 10

:C

84. The material of permanent magnet should be

(a) Semi-magnetic (b) ferro-magnetic
(c) Paramagnetic (d) Non-magnetic

:B

85. The refractive index of glass is 1.5. The velocity of light in vacuum is C. The velocity of
light in glass is

:D

86. What is the network based anti-collision device developed by Konkan Railways?
(a) Raksha Kavach (b) Suraksha (c) New hope (d) Banish

:A

87. Iron is extracted from

(a) haematite (b) cryolite (c) azurite (d) lepidolite

:A

88. Gold is soluble in

(a) HCl (b) H2SO4 (c) HNO3 (d) aqua regia

:D

89. A chemical change occurs when

(a) iron rusts (b) iron magnetized
(c) iron is heated (d) iron melts

:A

90. Liver cells manufacture

(a) amylopsin (b) maltase (c) lipase (d) bile

:D

91. Blood vessels that carry blood from heart to different parts of body are known as
(a) arteries (b) veins (c) nerves (d) none of these

:A

92. Chromosomes are made up of

(a) DNA (b) RNA (c) RNA + proteins (d) DNA + proteins
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:D

93. Water-gas is same as

(a) steam (b) CO2 and steam
(c) CO and H2 (d) CO2 & H2

:C

94. Study of bird is called

(a) ornithology (b) virology
(c) physiology (d) pathology

:A

95. Colour of light is determined by its

(a) velocity in air (b) frequency
(c) amplitude (d) none of these

:C

96. In vacuum, the speed of light depends upon

(a) wave length (b) frequency
(c) intensity (d) none of these

:D

97. On increasing temperature, the viscosity of a gas

(a) decreases (b) increases
(c) remains unchanged (d) none of these

:A

98. CuSo4 solution turns

(a) Red litmus blue (b) Phenolphthalein solution pink
(c) Blue litmus red (d) None of these

:B

99. Buoyancy depends on

(a) Depth to which the body is immersed
(b) Shape of the body (c) Mass of body
(d) Mass of liquid displaced

:D

100.All liquid surfaces tend to contract. This phenomenon is due to

(a) Viscosity (b) Thermal expansion
(c) Surface tension (d) Diffusion

:C