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Welcome to the General Knowledge Section of Free Time Learning. As we are aware General Knowledge (GK) is a very important area in all the competitive exams held in the country. Nowadays, a good knowledge of general awareness is very important in clearing any competitive and government recruitment examinations.

These General Knowledge Question are very important and usefull to UPSC, IAS/PCS, UPPSC, IBPS, SBI, RBI, SSC, CGL, Railway, APPSC, TSPSC, KPSC, TNPSC, TPSC, UPPSC, MPSC, RPSC, BPSC, MPPSC, UKPSC, MPSC, and other competitive exams.

A)
Suresh Prabhu
B)
Piyush Goyal
C)
Ravi Shankar Prasad
D)
John Mathai

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Piyush Goyal


An important responsibility of the railway minister is to present in Parliament the Railway Budget, the Annual Financial Statement of Indian Railways. Piyush Goyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current Minister of Railways, serving since 3 September 2017.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Mayawati
B)
Mamata Banerjee
C)
Sonia Gandhi
D)
None of these

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Mamata Banerjee


Mamta banergee was the first female Railway minister of india in the Atal Bihari Government (2000–2004) for one year.After then Nitish kumar was successor of this post. Mamata Banerjee is the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, India. She is the first lady to hold the Chief Minister’s office in the state.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Gatimaan Express
B)
Mumbai Rajdhani Express
C)
Shatabdi Express
D)
Duronto Express

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Shatabdi Express


Train 18, India's fastest train, will begin operations in January 2019 at a curtailed speed of 130 kmph.
 
Train 18, which is set to replace the Shatabdi series, has the potential to run between 160 kmph to 200 kmph. At trials, it breached the 180-kmph mark.
 
"Train 18 is likely to run in January after the report of the Chief Commissioner Railway Safety (CCRS) is approved by the board. The report has suggested several conditions which need to be met before we can run the train at 130 kmph," the source said, adding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the train.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Vembanad Bridge
B)
Bogibeel Bridge
C)
Nehru Setu or Upper Son Bridge
D)
Bhupen Hazarika Setu

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Bogibeel Bridge


Bogibeel bridge is a combined road and rail bridge over the Brahmaputra River in the northeastern Indian state of Assam between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district, which was started in the year 2002 and took a total of 200 months to complete, Bogibeel river bridge is the longest rail-cum-road bridge in India, measuring 4.94 kilometres over the Brahmaputra river

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
T. N. Seshan
B)
Mangu Singh
C)
Elattuvalapil Sreedharan
D)
None of these

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Elattuvalapil Sreedharan


Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian civil engineer and a retired IRSE officer popularly known as the "Metro Man".

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Rajkot
B)
Bilaspur
C)
Manipur
D)
Jaipur

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Jaipur


Rajasthan's Jaipur station of Indian Railways has topped the list of cleanest railway stations in India, in the non-suburban group of stations. The survey states that Jaipur has been ranked first in the Station Cleanliness Survey 2019 with an overall cleanliness score of 931.75.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Parsik tunnel
B)
Pir Panjal Tunnel
C)
Chenani‑Nashri Tunnel
D)
None of these

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Pir Panjal Tunnel


Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel, the 11.2 km long railway tunnel, passes through the Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir. It is a part of its Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project, India's longest railway tunnel and reduced the distance between Quazigund and Banihal

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Kapurthala
B)
Ludhiana
C)
Patiala
D)
None of these

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Kapurthala


Rail Coach Factory at Kapurthala in the Indian state of the Punjab is located on the Jalandhar-Firozpur line.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
India’s national railway system
B)
Railways & Peasants
C)
Lifeline of the Nation
D)
India’s Railways

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Lifeline of the Nation


The slogan of Indian Railways is Lifeline of the NationIndian Railways is a state monopoly on India's rail transport, which constitutes one of the largest and busiest rail networks in the world, transporting a six billion passengers a year.

Published On : July 4, 2020
A)
Howrah Junction
B)
Sealdah Railway Station
C)
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Howrah Junction


  1. Howrah Junction - 23 Platforms. ...
  2. Sealdah Railway Station - 20 Platforms. ...
  3. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - 18 Platforms. ...
  4. New Delhi Railway Station - 16 Platforms. ...
  5. Chennai Central - 15 Platforms.

Published On : July 4, 2020