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
: 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
(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
(a) 3/2 (b) C (c) C/2 (d) 2C/3
: 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
: 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