Indian Railways Quiz

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Recently, Indian Railways commissioned India’s longest railway viaduct – Katni Grade Separator in Katni, Madhya Pradesh at a cost of ₹1,800 crore. The project has a total length of 33.40 km, with a 15.85 km up grade separator commissioned and a 17.52 km down grade separator under construction. It was built using high-quality materials, modern technology, and advanced machinery. The inspection covered technical components like bridge girders, sleepers, bearings, joints, OHE line, and level crossings as per railway standards.

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Indian Railways conducted a trial run of Asia’s largest freight train ‘Rudrastra,’ 4.5 km long. The trial ran from Ganjkhwaja, Uttar Pradesh, to Garhwa, Jharkhand, covering 209 km in 5 hours 10 minutes at 40.50 km/h average speed. Rudrastra was prepared by joining three long-haul racks, each made of two goods trains. It had 345 wagons, each empty wagon carrying 72 tonnes of goods capacity. Seven engines were used, with two in front and one after every 59 bogeys.

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Recently, Indian Railways signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) to install Machine Vision Based Inspection System (MVIS). Machine Vision Based Inspection System (MVIS) uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to inspect trains in real time for better maintenance and safety. It is a wayside system that captures high-resolution images of moving train under-gear. It detects hanging, loose, or missing parts and sends real-time alerts for quick action.

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Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala, Punjab, established in 1986, manufactured over 28,000 coaches—over 50% of India’s railway coaches. It uses advanced CAD, CNC technologies, and materials like Stainless Steel and Corten Steel. RCF is one of the largest rail coach makers in India.

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GIDC, established in 1962, has developed 257 industrial estates and is second only to Indian Railways in land acquisition for industrial use in Gujarat.

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Statements 1 and 2 are correct. GIDC is the second largest land acquirer in Gujarat after Indian Railways, and GSPC built the Ratnakar platform at Hazira. However, statement 3 is incorrect as the Saputara ropeway is actually suspended above a lake, not a river.

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Gujarat falls under the Western Railway Zone of Indian Railways.

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The Railway Training College of Gujarat, known as the National Academy of Indian Railways, is located in Vadodara.

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Gujarat hosts premier Indian Railways training institutes, including the Indian Railways Institute of Transport Management in Vadodara, focusing on officer training and development.

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On May 27, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Indian Railways’ first 9,000 Horsepower (HP) electric locomotive engine in Dahod, Gujarat. This was part of his two-day Gujarat visit to launch projects worth over ₹24,000 crore in Dahod, Bhuj, and Gandhinagar. The locomotive was manufactured under the ‘Make in India’ initiative at the Dahod rolling stock workshop. The workshop’s foundation was laid in 2022 and built in just three years with an investment of ₹21,405 crore. The engine can haul 4,600 tonnes of freight and the facility can produce 120 locomotives annually, expandable to 150. Around 1,200 engines will be manufactured over the next decade for both domestic and export purposes.