Latest Railways General Knowledge(GK) Questions and answers

1 .

World's First Infinity Train Will Run on _________ Energy.

A)

Gravitational energy

B)

Coal Energy

C)

Solar Energy

D)

Potential energy

Correct Answer : Gravitational energy

World’s first Infinity Train, which uses Gravitational energy to recharge the locomotive as it moves, is in the making. In other words, the train will operate without any conventional fuel. To fully recharge its battery-electric systems, the Infinity Train will use gravitational energy. To make the return trip to reload, the train won’t even need any separate charging requirements.

Australian iron ore firm Fortescue and Fortescue Future Industries has purchased UK-based battery firm Williams Advanced Engineering to develop the world’s first infinity train.

The biggest advantage of the train is that it will eliminate the need for renewable energy generation and charging infrastructure, thereby also reducing the level of pollution and the hassle of refuelling the train.

Through this much-needed innovative project, there will be zero-emission and iron ore will be transported from one place to another at the lowest cost. It will get charged only while moving from one place to another and this energy will be saved in its battery. Since it will be charged while running on the track, its energy will never end.

According to Elizabeth Gaines, CEO of Fortescue, the Infinity Train will be the world’s best, most powerful, and most capable electric train. This will stop the use of diesel. Many modern cars also have regenerative braking, which generates energy from friction when braking, the same technology will now be used for trains.

Source : News18

2 .

The Rs 11,420 Crore Pune Metro Rail Project was inaugurated by which minister recently?

A)

Amit Shah

B)

Piyush Goyal

C)

Rajnath Singg

D)

Narendra Modi

Correct Answer : Narendra Modi

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated Pune Metro Rail Project on March 06, 2022, and also interacted with differently-abled, visually impaired students present inside the metro coach, during his 10-minute ride in the Pune Metro. Pune Metro Rail Project has been built at a total cost of INR 11,420 Crore. It has a total length of 33.2 km and 30 stations.

3 .

Who oversees the 'Kavach' system trial between Gullaguda-Chittagong railway stations?

A)

Smriti Irani

B)

Ashwini Vaishnaw

C)

Dharmendra Pradhan

D)

Nirmala Sitharaman

Correct Answer : Ashwini Vaishnaw

The fourth-largest railway network of the world – the Indian Railways has tested its indigenous automatic train protection system ‘Kavach’ to boost safety in trains operation. Union Minister of Railways, Communication and Electronics & Information Technology, "Ashwini Vaishnaw", inspected the trial of ‘Kavach’ on 4th March.

The Successful trial of ‘Kavach’ was conducted between Gullaguda – Chitgidda Railway stations in South Central Railway. Under the mission, Atmanirbhar Bharat – 2,000 km of the network will be brought under ‘Kavach’ for safety and capacity augmentation in 2022-23. The indigenous Automatic Train Protection System is one of the cheapest systems and has a Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL-4) certified technology with the probability of 1 error in 10,000 years.

KAVACH : The KAVACH is an indigenously developed ATP system by the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) in collaboration with Indian industry and trials facilitated by South Central Railway to achieve the corporate objective of safety in train operations across Indian Railways. It is a state of the art electronic system of Safety Integrity Level – 4 standards.

KAVACH is meant to provide protection by preventing trains to pass the signal at Danger (Red) and avoid a collision. It activates the train braking system automatically if the driver fails to control the train as per the speed restrictions. In addition, it prevents collision between two Locomotives equipped with a functional KAVACH system.

Features of KAVACH :

* Prevention of Signal Passing at Danger (SPAD)

* Continuous update of Movement Authority with a display of signal aspects in Driver Machine Interface (DMI) / Loco Pilot operation cum Indication Panel (LPOCIP)

* Automatic Braking for Prevention of Over Speeding

* Auto Whistling while approaching Level Crossing Gates

* Prevention of collision between two Locomotives equipped with functional KAVACH

* SoS Messages during emergency situations

* Centralized live monitoring of Train movements through the Network Monitor System.

Source : News On Air

4 .

Indian Railway's first solar plant will be built in which state?

A)

Maharashtra

B)

Uttar Pradesh

C)

Madhya Pradesh

D)

Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer : Madhya Pradesh

Indian Railways first solar plant has been commissioned in Madhya Pradesh. The 1.7-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant has been commissioned by Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) at Bina, Madhya Pradesh. It will enable Indian Railways to become self-reliant for their electricity needs. This is the first such Solar Power Plant on the Indian Railways network to directly feed Traction Power.

5 .

India's first bullet train station is being constructed in which city of the country?

A)

Surat

B)

Rajkot

C)

Indore

D)

Vadodara

Correct Answer : Surat

Union Minister of State for Railways "Darshana Jardosh" on Thursday(10th Jan 2022) shared the first glimpse of the graphical representation of the bullet train station to be built in Surat, Gujarat.

The Surat bullet train station will be the first one built along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. The minister said the state-of-the-art station would have an external facade and the interiors would resemble a sparkling diamond.

Source : ABP Live

6 .

By what name did the Indian Railways rename the 'Train Guard' post?

A)

Train Master

B)

Train Director

C)

Train Inspector

D)

Train Manager

Correct Answer : Train Manager

The Indian Railways on Friday(14th Jan 2022) announced its decision to redesignate the post of 'Train Guard' as 'Train Manager'. The issue of change of designation of Trains Guard to ‘Train Manage’" had been demanded for quite some time, reads the statement from Indian Railways.

The demand was raised as the designation 'Train guard' had become outdated and in society people commonly draw reference that he/she may be a guard in some private from etc, it said. In the GSR, Trains Guard is virtually a Train In-charge of the respective train.

"It would, therefore, be quite appropriate that the existing designation of Trains Guard be changed to "Train Manager", which would be a dignified designation for them without any financial implication, so that, they can also lead a respectful life in the society," added the statement..

Source : Mint

7 .

Which mission was launched by Indian Railways to assist passengers in tracking their lost belongings?

A)

Mission Amanat

B)

Mission Akash

C)

Mission Ananth

D)

Mission Apoorva

Correct Answer : Mission Amanat

Thousands of railway passengers lose their belongings in the trains every year. Getting these items back is a challenging task for an average person, and therefore, the Western Railway has launched a new service, Mission Amanat.

As part of the service, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) will locate the lost luggage of railway passengers and upload a photo and description of the belongings on the Western Railway website. Passengers can then identify and retrieve their luggage.

To locate and identify their lost luggage, passengers must go to the Western Railway website — http://wr.indianrailways.gov.in. You must go to this website and click on the “Mission Amanat – RPF" tab. RPF shares the details of the missing items, as well as photos. If you find your belongings on the website, you can claim them by providing proof of ownership...

Source : News18

8 .

Which railway station renamed as Ekta Nagar railway station?

A)

Valsad

B)

Kevadiya

C)

Limkheda

D)

Shivlankha

Correct Answer : Kevadiya

Indian Railways’ Kevadiya station to be known as Ekta Nagar railway station! The Ministry of Railways has approved the renaming of the Statue of Unity’s Kevadiya railway station. This Gujarat’s railway station which falls under the Vadodara division has been renamed as ‘Ekta Nagar’ railway station. The station code of Ekta Nagar railway station will be EKNR and the numerical code of the station will be 08224620. According to Western Railways, work has been started to change the railway station name on all station boards. Apart from this, the boards of trains running from Kevadiya railway station will be changed as well, Western Railways stated.

9 .

Which station has been renamed as Veerangana Laxmibai Railway Station?

A)

Bina

B)

Itarsi

C)

Jhansi

D)

Gwalior

Correct Answer : Jhansi

The Jhansi railway station has finally been renamed as Veerangana Lakshmibai railway station, after the revered warrior queen.

The state government changed the name of the railway station following an approval from the Centre. Earlier, the Mughalsarai railway station had been renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Railway Station.

The district of Allahabad has been renamed as Prayagraj and Faizabad is now Ayodhya. Sultanpur, Mirzapur, Aligarh, Firozabad and Mainpuri are also on the list for a name change. Meanwhile, proposals for changing the names of Ghazipur and Basti have also been put forth.

10 .

How much loan did GOI and German Bank sign for Surat Metro Rail project?

A)

Euro 356.78 million

B)

Euro 386.45 million

C)

Euro 442.26 million

D)

Euro 493.50 million

Correct Answer : Euro 442.26 million

Government of India and the Germany Development Bank- KfW (Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau) signed a 26 million euros loan for a 40.35 km Surat Metro Rail project in Gujarat. The total cost of the project is Euro 1.50 billion, out of which KfW is financing Euro 442.26 million. The project is co-financed by French Development Agency, AFD (Agence Française de Développemet) with Euro 250 million.

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