General Knowledge for LDCE

GK for LDCE

Longest Goods train named “SheshNaag” 2.8 Kms  - 177 wagons and 3 Locos – runs between Nagpur & Korba in SECR on 03-07-2020 

24.03.2020

1.       Name the Slowest Train in India - NMR- Nilgiri mountain Rail. From Mettupalayam to Ooty-

46 Kms in 5 hours @10kmph

2.       Shortest Railway Station Name in India - IB station is the station in Odisha, in SECR. It marks the end of SECR and the starting of South Eastern Railways.

3.       Longest Railway Station name in India is “Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta” in Southern Railway

4.       First IRAS Officer -C T Venugopal, IRAS, 1930

5.       First IRAS FC -Mr K S Bhandari, IRAS, 1939

6.       First IRAS officer secretary to Govt of India -Y T Shah, IRAS, 1944

7.       First IRAS General ManagerMr R Narsimhan, IRAS, 1955

8.       RO-RO - Roll-on Roll-off service - First time started at Konkan Railways in 1999

9.       Worlds oldest working steam locomotive - The Fairy Queen (between New Delhi and Alwar)

10.   Name the 3 locomotives which hauled the first passenger train on 16 April 1853  between Bori Bunder in Mumbai and Thane  - Sahib, Sindh and Sultan

11.   Highest Railway Station in India - Ghum Railway Station, West Bengal, Darjeeling railways (2258 Mtrs height)

12.   India’s first Electric train runs between Bombay Victoria Terminus and Kurla (1500 Volts DC) in 1925 year.