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This section includes 10 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Railway Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
If a uniform gauge is chosen throughout the country, the transport bottlenecks will ______ |
| A. | Increase |
| B. | Decrease |
| C. | Remain same |
| D. | Depends on speed of train |
| Answer» C. Remain same | |
| 2. |
The unigauge policy of Indian Railways will help small towns and villages gain better transportation infrastructure. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 3. |
Suppose India had decided to convert all rail lines to standard gauge in “Project Unigauge”. What benefits it would have served? |
| A. | Reduction in project completion time |
| B. | Reduction in project cost |
| C. | Better connectivity of rail lines with other countries |
| D. | Increase in speed of train |
| Answer» D. Increase in speed of train | |
| 4. |
The Lucknow – Sitapur rail line in Uttar Pradesh was converted to broad gauge (as part of Project Unigauge) in which year? |
| A. | 2017 |
| B. | 2016 |
| C. | 2019 |
| D. | 2014 |
| E. | in which year?a) 2017b) 2016c) 2019d) 2014 |
| Answer» D. 2014 | |
| 5. |
Which of the following narrow gauge line is not included in Project Unigauge and is on the “tentative list” of UNESCO World Heritage Site? |
| A. | Matheran Hill Railway |
| B. | Nilgiri Mountain Railway |
| C. | Ahmedabad – Ranuj Railway |
| D. | Darjeeling Himalayan Railway |
| Answer» B. Nilgiri Mountain Railway | |
| 6. |
Which of the following rail line is not a part of the “Mountain Railways of India”? |
| A. | Darjeeling Himalayan Railway |
| B. | Nilgiri Mountain Railway |
| C. | Kalka – Shimla Railway |
| D. | Lumding – Badarpur Railway |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7. |
What was the disadvantage of choosing broad gauge for Project Unigauge? |
| A. | Non access to readily available rolling stock and poor technological development |
| B. | Costlier in the long run |
| C. | Poor carrying capacity and handled less traffic |
| D. | Speed of the train was reduced |
| Answer» B. Costlier in the long run | |
| 8. |
Why did Indian Railways convert all the rail lines to broad gauge instead of standard gauge? |
| A. | Broad gauge lines have less maintenance and operating cost as compared to standard gauge lines |
| B. | Almost 50% of the rail lines in India were of broad gauge in the year 1992 |
| C. | Broad gauge gives more stability to the wheels than Standard gauge |
| D. | Broad gauge offers more speed to the train than Standard gauge |
| Answer» C. Broad gauge gives more stability to the wheels than Standard gauge | |
| 9. |
Which line was first converted to broad gauge as a part of Project Unigauge? |
| A. | Lumding to Silchar |
| B. | Guwahati to Lumding |
| C. | Silchar to Jiribam |
| D. | Badarpur to Baraigram |
| Answer» C. Silchar to Jiribam | |
| 10. |
Which five year plan did the Government of India introduce “Project Unigauge”? |
| A. | 1985 to 1990 |
| B. | 1992 to 1997 |
| C. | 1997 to 2002 |
| D. | 2002 to 2007 |
| Answer» C. 1997 to 2002 | |