Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence, it was very hard to name and thank all the people that helped me shape this book. It took me more than six years to consolidate and format all the content in a manner that may benefit the readers.

However, I always thank my wife Sumanji for her continued patience and understanding. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my father Shri Bhagwan Das Bansalji, who is my best teacher also, for their continued encouragement and invaluable support.

I would like to thank my sons Anurag and Gaurav for the tremendous help I receive from them to design this book.

Preface
As I mentioned in the previous part that the idea of this book came to my mind after watching Kaun Banega Crorepati episodes and watching many people drop out without winning enough. I think most of the time the reason was either not enough preparation or lack of resources to enhance the knowledge required to win BIG such a game.

Thats why I started writing this book on various subjects so that it can offer the basic guidance to the people preparing for a game like this. Nonetheless everyone can get benefitted with this set of books because Ignorance is the curse of God, Knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

The Key to Success has been written for the people trying to prepare for Kaun Banega Crorepati. Therefore the scope of this book is not to deep dive on any subject rather swim across various layers which is what one need to qualify for winning large sum on Hot Seat.

Since 6th series of Kaun Banega Crorepati has already started, I hope everyone will be benefitted with this book. This book cannot be used to gain exhaustive knowledge on any given subject but it provides enough information that you can easily remember and be better prepared for the game.

At the end of the book, a multi-choice Questionnaire is given that has only one correct answer. Try to attempt those questions on your own and then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet.

Good Luck !!!

Contents
...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Acknowledgement .................................................................................................................................... 2 Preface......................................................................................................................................................... 3 Airlines .......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Domestic Airlines .......................................................................................................................................... 6 Indian Airlines (IC) .................................................................................................................................... 6 Air India (AI) .............................................................................................................................................. 6 Jet Airways (9W) ...................................................................................................................................... 6 JetLite (Defunct) ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Jet Konnect (9W Series 2000-2999) ........................................................................................................ 7 Kingfisher (IT) ............................................................................................................................................ 7 IndiGo (6E) ................................................................................................................................................ 7 GoAir (G8) ................................................................................................................................................ 7 International Airlines .................................................................................................................................... 8 Air Hostess .................................................................................................................................................. 10 I.A.T.A. ......................................................................................................................................................... 10 Air Distance of major countries from India................................................................................................. 11 Airlines Logo ................................................................................................................................................ 12 INDIAN RAILWAYS ....................................................................................................................................... 15 Special Categories of Trains ........................................................................................................................ 17 Rajdhani Express ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Shatabdi Express ..................................................................................................................................... 17 Jan Shatabdi Express ............................................................................................................................... 17 Garib Rath ............................................................................................................................................... 17 Duronto Express ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Other Categories of Trains .......................................................................................................................... 17 Express Trains ......................................................................................................................................... 17 Fast Passenger Trains .............................................................................................................................. 18 Passenger Trains ..................................................................................................................................... 18

Subarban or Local Trains ......................................................................................................................... 18 Luxury Trains in India .................................................................................................................................. 18 Darjeeling Himalayan Railway................................................................................................................. 18 Kalka Simla Railway ................................................................................................................................. 18 Nilgiri Mountain Railway ......................................................................................................................... 18 Matheran Hill Railway ............................................................................................................................. 18 Kangra Valley Railway ............................................................................................................................. 18 Palace on Wheel ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Deccan Odyssey ...................................................................................................................................... 19 Golden Chariot ........................................................................................................................................ 19 Fairy Queen ............................................................................................................................................. 19 Questions related to Airlines and Railways ................................................................................................ 20 Scoring System: ........................................................................................................................................... 22 Answers:...................................................................................................................................................... 22 Bibliography: ........................................................................................................................................... 23 .............................................................................................................................................. 23

Airlines

ode of travel from one place to another depend on the distance, a passenger is travelling. Today Air travel is also a need of person when travelling from one city to another or from one country to another country. Flights from one point to another within the same country are called Domestic flights and flights to a different country are called International Flights. Keeping this factor in mind, every country has its own airlines. Air travel is also separated into different categories of class of travel. In domestic flights there are two types of classes i.e.

Economic and Business Class. In International flights, there are 3-4 types of classes i.e. Economic, Business or Club Class and First Class. When we talk about India, there are so many domestic flight operators, operating their domestic flights on different parts of the country. The major Operators are Indian (State owned), Jet Airways including Jet Konnect and Jet lite, Kingfisher, IndiGo, Go Air and Air Mantra. The market share of IndiGo Airlines is highest in domestic aviation sector followed by Jet, out of other Airlines.

Domestic Airlines

Indian Airlines (IC)

The airline was set up sometime in the year 1953. Seven former domestic airlines namely Air Services of India, Airways India, Bharat Airways, Deccan Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Indian National Airways, Kalinga Airlines were merged to form this Airline. On 7th December, 2005 it was renamed as Indian which again on 22nd February, 2007, it is merged with Air India Ltd.

During early 2011, under formation of a new company, National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL), where both Air India and Indian Airlines were merged. Today Air India operates its flights to all over the world mainly to Chicago, New York, Washington DC, Iran, Middle East countries, Netherlands, Bangkok, Sri Lanka, Nepal, South Africa, Switzerland, Germany, Hongkong, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Malaysia, Mauritius, Canada, Moscow, Japan, London, Paris, China, Korea, Australia, Italy, Singapore, Israel, Myanmar etc. Presently Air India connects 93 destinations in 24 countries.

Air India (AI)

It was established in 1932 as Tata Airlines by JRD Tata. Later it was taken as Air India International on 29th July, 1946 by Govt. of India. In 1962, it was renamed as Air India.

Jet Airways (9W)

Jet Airways is the largest private airline in India. It was established in 1993. It is owned by Naresh Goyal. It operates over 400 flights daily domestically. Some flights to other countries are also operated such as Dubai, Belgium, Canada, London, Singapore, Bangkok, Chicago, Paris etc. Main Hub of Jet aircrafts are Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Cochin, Ahmedabad, and Bengaluru. It has also an International Hub at Belgium at Brussels Airport.

Kingfisher Airlines is a low cost airline which is run by Vijay Mallya since May, 2005. Air Deccan Airlines which was started by Captain G. R. Gopinath in August, 2003, was bought by Mr. Mallya and was named as Kingfisher Red Airlines.

IndiGo (6E)
IndiGo Airlines is a Private and low cost airlines which was set up in early 2006 by Rakesh Gangwal and Rahul Bhatia of Inter Globe Enterprises. Its Head quarter is based at Gurgaon. IndiGo is the second largest airline in India. Being a low-cost airline, it has no Business Class or First Class seats. It offers only Economy class seats. All meals, snacks or even drinking water are available on direct payment on board.

JetLite (Defunct)
JetLite was a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways which was taken over from Sahara Airlines in April, 2007. Sahara Airlines had started its operation in December, 1993. Presently, due to financial problem, JetLite ceased its operations since March, 2012 after merger with Jet Konnect.

GoAir (G8)
GoAir is also a low fare airline, started operation in November, 2005. It is owned by Wadia Group which is a subsidiary of Bombay Dyeing and Britannia Industries. Since January 2007, it is recording a flight load of more than 80%. It does not offer complimentary meal to its passengers and is available on buy-on-board system. Duty Free Products are also available on board.

Jet Konnect (9W Series 2000-2999)

Jet Konnect is a low-cost airlines in India. It was launched in May, 2009. All type of meals etc. is served on direct payment on board. The series of flight numbers of Jet Konnect starts from 9W 20002999.

Kingfisher (IT)

International Airlines
The following list of Airlines shows the name of Airlines along with its Country and 2digit code, allotted by I.A.T.A.

Continent

Country Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan China Darassalem, Brunei Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan

Asia

Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Macau Malaysia Maldives Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Tajikistan

Name of Airlines Ariana Gulf Air Biman Druk Air Air China China Southern China Eastern Royal Brunei Cathey Pacific Dragon Air Air India Garuda Air Iran Mahan Air Iraqi Air El Al Japan Airlines All Nippon Air Royal Jordanian Air Astana Kuwait Airways Air Macau Malaysian Maldivian Royal Nepal Oman Airways Pakistan Intl Air Philippines Air Qatar Airways Air Saudia Singapore Airlines Silk Air Asiana Korean Air Sri Lankan Syrian Air China Air Tajik Air

IATA Code FG GF BG KB CA CZ MU BI CX KA AI GA IR W5 IA LY JL NH RJ KC KU NX MH Q2 RA WY PK PR QR SV SQ MI OZ KE UL RB CI 7J

Thai Air TG Turk Air T5 Air Arabia G9 United Arab Emirates Emirates EK Etihad EY Uzbekistan Uzbekistan HY Vietnam Vietnam VN Egypt Egypt Air MS Ethiopia Ethiopian ET Kenya Air Kenya KQ Africa Mauritius Air Mauritius MK South Africa South African SA Sudan Sudan Air SD Belgium Brussel SN Czech Czech Airlines OK Denmark, Norway, Sweden SAS Scandinavian SK Faroe Island Atlantic RC Finland Finnair AY France Air France AF Germany Lufthansa LH Europe Ireland Aer Lungus EI Italy Alitalia AZ London British Airways BA Luxumbourg Lux Air LG Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch KL Poland LOT Polish Air LO Russia Aeroflot SU Switzerland Swiss Intl Air LX Arizona US Airways US Atlanta Delta Air DL Canada Air Canada AC Chicago American Air AA Hawaii Hawaiian Air HA North America Houston United Air** UA Jamaica Air Jamaica BW Panama Air Panama 7P Texas South West Air WN Washington Alaska Air AS **Continental Airline is merged with United Airlines in March, 2012. Australia Qantas QF Fiji Air Pacific FJ Oceania New Zealand Air New Zealand NZ Papua New Guinea Airlines PNG CG Argentina Argentina Air AR South America Brazil LAN Airlines JJ Chile LAN Air LA

Thailand Turkmenistan

Air Hostess

ir Hostess or flight attendants are members of an aircraft to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers primarily. In addition to the above, they are tasked with customer service such as serving meals and drinks.

The number of Air Hostess required on flights are mandated by international safety regulations. Up to 19 passenger seats, no Air Hostess is needed but in International flights, one Hostess or Flight Attendant per 50 passenger seats is needed.

I.A.T.A.

hat is I.A.T.A. It is abbreviated for International Air Transport Association.

identify the location of the Airlines and Airport. The main countries are Mauritius, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, South Africa, Sudan, India, New Zealand, Bangkok, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Australia, Brunei, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, France, Italy, Brussels, Czech, Europe, Finland, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Switzerland, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Canada, North America, Russia etc.

It is an association which was founded in 1945 having its Head quarter at Montreal, Canada. The main function of the Association include Safe, Regular and Economical air transport. More than 200 Airlines worldwide are members of this association. It provides an abbreviation to each and every airlines and Airports which is a unique symbol to

Air Distance of major countries from India

Country Australia Amsterdam Germany Sri Lanka Thailand Dubai Bahrain Singapore Paris Rome Seoul Japan London Chicago New York Kuala Lumpur Manila Fiji Greece Guatemala Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Indonesia Nepal Distance (kms.) 10000 7000 6600 1500 3000 2000 2500 4000 7000 6000 5500 6500 7000 12500 12000 3500 5000 12000 5000 15000 2350 5400 7400 4000 900 Country Switzerland Saudi Arabia Iraq Italy Macau Mauritius New Zealand Taiwan - Taipei Jakarta Bhutan Brazil Canada Denmark Egypt France South Africa China Afghanistan Argentina Bangladesh Belgium Brunei Myanmar Czech Republic Netherland Distance (kms.) 6800 3300 3600 6400 3800 5000 12000 4500 4500 1600 15000 11000 6700 4800 7300 7800 3800 1000 15800 1400 6450 4800 2350 5700 5700

Norway Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Seychelles Spain Sudan Sweden Jordan Kenya Kuwait Ghana

6300 1100 4800 2600 2700 4300 7300 4800 5600 4000 5400 1750 8500

Iran Tajikistan Venezuela Vietnam Zimbabwe Iraq Ireland Israel Washington Hawaii Detroit New Jersey California

2500 1400 14200 3600 7100 3200 7100 4000 11400 12000 11900 11800 12500

Airlines Logo

S.No.

Airline

LOGO

S.No.

Airline

LOGO

Qantas Australia

21

Kuwait Air Kuwait

Etihad Abu Dhabi

22

Air Macau Macau

Biman Bangladesh

23

American Air North America

Gulf Air Bahrain

24

Delta Air North America

LAN Air Brazil

25

South West North America

Royl Brunei Brunei

26

Singapore Aline Singapore

Air Canada Canada

27

KLM Royal Netherlands

Air China China

28

Oman Air Oman

Emirates Dubai

29

LOT Polish Poland

10

SAS Air Denmark

30

Pakistan Air Pakistan

11

Egypt Air Egypt

31

Qatar Air Qatar

12

Air France France

32

Aeroflot Russia

13

Lufthansa Germany

33

Singapore Air Singapore

14

Cathey Pacific Hongkong

34

Sri Lankan Air Sri Lanka

15

Air India India

35

Asiana Air South Korea

16

Garuda Air Indonesia

36

Swiss Air Switzerland

17

Alitalia Italy

37

South African South Africa

18

El Al Air Israel

38

Thai Airways Thailand

19

Japan Airlines Japan

39

British Airways U.K.

20

Royal Jordan Jordan

40

Finnair Finland

INDIAN RAILWAYS

ndian Railway transport is most commonly used mode of long distance travel in India. The rail network covers a total length of more than 63000 Kms. transporting over Five billion passengers and over 350 billion tonnes of freight annually over and above 7000 railway stations. Its operation covers 27 States and 3 Union Territories in India. Rail service is available in almost entire country. However, there are few States where no Rail Service is available. These States are Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshdeep. Indian Railways also links neighbouring countries like Nepal from Raxaul, Bangladesh from Kolkata and Pakistan from two ways one through Atari, Lahore and another through Munabao, Rajasthan. Railways were first introduced in India on 16th April, 1853. In 1947, there were 42 rail systems which were run by private rail network. In 1951, entire rail system was nationalized as one unit which is called Indian Railways, the largest network of the world. At that time, entire railway network was divided into six zones. It is the largest employer in India having approximately 15 lacs employees. It has approximately 50000 rail coaches, 6000 specially designed

coaches and approximately two lac Freight Wagons. 8000 locomotives of Indian Railways are in service which includes Steam Engines, Diesel Engines and Electric Engines on Narrow, Meter and Broad Gauge lines. Presently the Railway Network is divided into 17 Zones with their respective Headquarters as Central Railway CR H.Q. Mumbai CST since 5th November, 1951 Northern Railway, NR, New Delhi, 14th April, 1952 Western Railway, WR, Mumbai Church Gate, 5th November, 1951 Eastern Railway, ER, Kolkata, 14th April, 1952 Southern Railway, SR, Chennai, 14th April, 1951 Southern Eastern Railway, SER, Kolkata, 1955 East Central Railway, ECR, Hazipur, 1st October, 2002 West Central Railway, WCR, Jabalpur, 1st April, 2003 North Central Railway, NCR, Allahabad, 1st April, 2003 South Central Railway, SCR, Secunderabad, 2nd October, 1966 Northern Eastern Railway, NER, Gorakhpur, 1952 Northern Western Railway, NWR, Jaipur, 1st October, 2002 South-Western Railway, SWR, Hubbli, 1st April, 2003 South East Central Railway, SECR, Bilaspur, 1st April, 2003

North East Frontier Rly., NEFR, Guwahati, 1958 East Coast Railway, ECR, Bhubaneshwar, 1st April, 2003 Konkan Railway, KR, Navi Mumbai, 1998.

As per new scheme, the first digit of all Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Sampark Kranti, Garib Rath and Duronto trains starts with No. 1. Other long distance trains starts with No. 2. All Summer Special and Holiday Special trains starts with 0. The second digit of 5-digit trains are categorized as 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 for Konkan Railway ; for Central, West Central and North Central railway; for all Superfast trains including Shatabdi and Jan Shatabdi; for Eastern Railway and Eastern Central Railway; for Northern, North Central and North Western Railway; for North East and North Front railways; for Southern and Southern Western Railways; for South Central and South Western Railways; for South Eastern and East Coast railways; and for Western, North Western and Western Central railways.

In the year 1985, Steam engine were phased out and replaced mostly with the Diesel and Electric Locomotives. The first Electric Locomotive was made available in the year 1908 which was run from Bombay V.T. to Kurla. The Railway system computerised in 1995. was

Most of the Electric Locomotives use 25000V on AC traction through overhead catenary delivery. The Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It runs from Mangalore, Karnataka to Roha, Maharashtra through Goa. It started its operation from 26th January, 1998. Konkan Railway is a single Broad Gauge line track and is about 740 Kms. long. It has two headquarters, one at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra and Karwar in Karnataka. On its journey from Roha to Mangalore, it passes through 169 major and 1630 minor bridges as well as 88 tunnels, with the longest being 6.5 km. long. Indian Railways switched on to a new system of trains having 5-digit numbers instead of old 4-digit numbers on 20th December, 2010.

Indian Railway provides different types of categories of coaches which have the capacity of sleeping per coach as AC First Class - 10 to 18 AC Two Tier - 46 AC Three Tier - 64 AC Chair Car - 6871 Sleeper Class - 72

Second Class Sitting (day trains) - 90108 seats.

Indian Railway provides different types of concession on train tickets and every compartment has special types of quota of Berths. Few berths are reserved for Defence Personnel, few for railway staff and few for general type of passengers.

The category of reservation quota which is given, is mentioned on the ticket as General Quota GN, Defence Quota DF, Staff quota RE, High Official or headquarter or VIP Quota HO, State Govt. quota SG, Physically Handicapped quota HP and Tatkal Quota CK. It has been noticed that Headquarter quota is misused by some unauthorized persons in which railway staff themselves are involved.

Special Categories of Trains

Rajdhani Express
Fully Air conditioned Superfast overnight trains having only Sleeper accommodation and run between New Delhi and State Capitals. It has No General Compartments. Seating accommodation. It has No General Compartments.

Garib Rath
Fully Air conditioned Superfast overnight trains having both Seating and Sleeper Berths. It offers more seats per compartment. The fare is comperatively lower. It has also No General Compartments.

Shatabdi Express
Fully Air conditioned Superfast Day train having Seating accommodation and fastest train in India. It has No General Compartments.

Duronto Express
Fully Air conditioned Non-stop trains, same as Rajdhani Express trains. But the fare is less than Rajdhani Express. It has also No General Compartments.

Jan Shatabdi Express

Superfast Day train having both Air conditioned and non A.C.

Other Categories of Trains

Express Trains
Having both Air conditioned and non A.C. compartments with Seating and Sleeper accommodation. It halts at major stations on its route.

Fast Passenger Trains

Having non Air conditioned accommodation with Seating and Sleeper berths. Major portion of seats are for Seating purpose. It halts at every station on its route.

Passenger Trains
It has only non air-conditioned accommodation and there is no facility of reservation of seats. It halts on every station on its route.

Subarban or Local Trains

It offers both seating and Standing position of compartments. It operates within and around major big cities.

Luxury Trains in India

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
This train was started in the year 1883. It is also called Toy Train and runs between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, Ghoom Station with Steam Locomotive. It covers a total distance of 83 Kms. only.

Matheran Hill Railway

It was started in 1907 and runs between Matheran and Neral near Karjat and Mumbai. It covers a total distance of 20 Kms. over large forest territory.

Kalka Simla Railway

This train was started in 1903. It runs between Kalka and Simla, a total distance of 96 Kms. on Shivalik Hills. It covers Dharam Pur, Solan, Kanda, Barog and Simla. It passes through a long Tunnel at Barog which was named after the Engineer Incharge of Tunnel Construction. It has more than 850 Bridges.

Kangra Valley Railway

It was started in 1929 and is one of the most fascinating railway network in India. It covers a total distance of 164 Kms. between Pathankot and Palanpur. It passes over 950 uniquely designed Bridges and two tunnels.

Palace on Wheel
Since British period, a Luxury Train namely Palace on Wheel runs from Delhi Junction Railway Station (not New Delhi) on every Wednesday starting from 6.00 p.m. and ends the next Wednesday at 7.30 a.m. It has been rated as one of the top luxury trains all over the world. It offers its passengers a memorable

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

It was started in early 1900 and runs between Mettupalayam and Ooty, a total distance of 46 Kms. on Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. It covers five major stations from Coonoor to Ooty.

trip to Forts and Palaces Rajasthan in seven days trip.

of

Starting from Delhi, it covers Agra, Jaipur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Bharatpur. It has 14 compartment which are named as Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar, Sirohi, Kishan Garh, Bikaner, Udaipur, Bharatpur, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Kota, Dholpur, Bundi and Jaisalmer. Two full fledged Restaurant-cumKitchen, Maharaja and Maharani, One Bar Lounge are attached to this train. All cabins are attached with Bath Room and Showers. It has also Lounge and Library. Every Saloon is equipped with CP Player, Color Television, Piped music, Satellite phone facility with ISD and personal attendants. It caters Indian, Continental and Chinese Cuisine with Chefs special. The other services include Laundry, Hair Saloon, Doctor-oncall, Beauty Parlour, Indoor Games and a Bazaar where Souvenirs and gift items are sold. The tickets are sold in US$ ranging from 320-420 US$ per person per Night in twin sharing basis.

It runs between Mumbai and Goa. Ticket price is same as in Palace on Wheel. The itinerary of Deccan Odyssey includes 7 Nights/8 Days tour. The train leaves from CST Mumbai on every Wednesday. It covers Ratnagiri, Goa, Pune, Aurangabad, Nasik (Ajanta Caves) and returns to Mumbai on 8th day.

Golden Chariot
This train runs between Bengaluru and Goa. Mysore, Srirangapatnam, Shravan Belagola, Belur, Hampi, Pattadakal are mid stations. The ticket prices paid in US$ ranging from US$ 250-350.

Fairy Queen
It is the oldest Steam Locomotive train in the World which is still in operation and holds the Guinness World Record for being the oldest locomotive in regular operation. It runs between Delhi, Alwar and Sariska, a two and half day trip. It has only Air conditioned coaches with 50 passengers per coach. It is attached by a Pantry Car to provide full board catering services. It operates during October to March every year on 2nd and 4th Saturday of the months.

Deccan Odyssey

Questions related to Airlines and Railways

L-1. which (a) (b) (c) (d) The first Rajdhani Express train was started in 1969, run between? New Delhi Mumbai VT New Delhi Chennai New Delhi Howrah New Delhi Bengaluru

(a) (c)

Jhansi Allahabad

(b) (d)

Lucknow Etawah

B-9. The Worlds longest railway platform is located at? (a) Kharagpur (b) Moscow (c) Karachi (d) Kolkata N-10. ticket (a) (b) (c) (d) The expansion of P.N.R. on Railway is? Passenger Name Record Passenger Name Roll Passenger Name Railway Passenger Name Reference

G-2. Which is not a Zonal Head quarter of any Zone of Indian Railway? (a) Hazipur (b) Bhubaneshwar (c) Allahabad (d) Dhanbad G-3. Which train covers the longest route? (a) Howrah Kanyakumari Express (b) Kochi-Guwahati Express (c) Kerala Express (d) Himsagar Express E-4. Which two major cities of Indian and Pakistani Punjab are directly linked by any train of Indian railway? (a) Amritsar and Sialkot (b) Jullunder and Lahore (c) Ferozpur and Lahore (d) Amritsar and Lahore N-5. For how many hours, a Railway Platform ticket is valid in India? (a) 8 hours (b) 4 hours (c) 3 hours (d) 2 hours O-6. Which body is not a Public Sector Undertaking of Indian Railways? (a) C.R.I.S. (b) R.D.S.O. (c) R.I.T.E.S. (d) W.H.E.E.L. B-7. In Indian Railway, what percentage of concession on train tickets is allowed to Cancer Patients? (a) 30% (b) 50% (c) 60% (d) 75% A-8. At which major Triangle Junction, do trains from Agra, Bhopal and Kanpur meet?

A-11. Which is Zonal Headquarter of Western Central Railways? (a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur (c) Jabalpur (d) Bhopal L-12. How many column does the Chart have? (a) 15 (c) 24 O-13. (a) (b) (c) (d) characters in NAME Railways Reservation (b) (d) 19 characters 30 characters

Taj Express train runs between? New Delhi Gwalior New Delhi Jhansi Hazrat Nizamuddin Jhansi Hazrat Nizamuddin Gwalior

S-14. The Indian Railway Timetable Trains at a Glance was first introduced in the year? (a) 1853 (b) 1947 (c) 1962 (d) 1977 N-15. The only train with the oldest Steam Engine Fairy Queen Express runs from Delhi to? (a) Jaipur (b) Udaipur (c) Jodhpur (d) Alwar B-16. The network of Indian Railway is approximately? (a) 40000 Kms. (b) 52000 Kms. (c) 63000 Kms. (d) 76000 Kms.

S-17. The second digit of the Western Railway Zone trains starts with? (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4 (d) 9 D-18. Which country has the largest network of Railways? (a) India (b) Canada (c) Germany (d) China B-19. When Railways was started in India? (a) 1953 (b) 1853 (c) 1848 (d) 1948 G-20. Under whose Governor Generalship, first Railway in India was opened? (a) Lord Rippon (b) Lord Bentick (c) Lord Cornwallis (d) Lord Dalhousie H-21. The route of Fairy Queen Train in the year 1908 was? (a) Delhi Alwar - Jaipur (b) Delhi Agra - Jaipur (c) Calcutta Raniganj (d) Calcutta Kanpur N-22. Which has longest Underground Rail Network? (a) Kolkata (b) London (c) Beijing (d) Stockholm G-23. When was 5-digit scheme of train numbers started by Indian Railways? (a) 26th January, 2010 (b) 20th December, 2010 (c) 26th January, 2011 (d) 15th August, 2010 N-24. By what two digit number, Jet Airways flights run in India? (a) G8 (b) 6E (c) 9W (d) IT

L-25. (a) (b) (c) (d)

GoAir Airlines is owned by? Vijay Mallya Naresh Goyal Capt. G.R. Gopinath Wadias

G-26. Out of the following, which airline provides free meals and refreshment etc. on board? (a) IndiGo (b) GoAir (c) Jet Konnect (d) Kingfisher N-27. Of which country Garuda Airlines belongs to? (a) Nepal (b) Indonesia (c) China (d) Bangladesh G-28. Asiana Airlines is Airlines of? (a) Thailand (b) Hong Kong (c) South Korea (d) Singapore N-29. In 1950s, into how many zones Indian Railway was divided? (a) 4 (b) 5 (c) 6 (d) 8 L-30. First Electric Locomotives came into existence in Indian Railway in the year? (a) 1901 (b) 1908 (c) 1919 (d) 1937 A-31. How many berths are available in 2nd AC compartment of Indian Railway? (a) 46 (b) 48 (c) 60 (d) 64 E-32. How many compartments attached to Palace on Wheel train? (a) 10 (b) 14 (c) 18 (d) 20 are

Scoring System:
The questions are divided into ten slabs of rating, as usual which has a numeral value. These letters are A, B, D, E, G, H, L, N, O and S.

Answers:
1c 9a 17 d 25 - d 2d 10 a 18 b 26 - d 3d 11 c 19 b 27 - b 4d 12 a 20 d 28 - c 5d 13 c 21 c 29 - c 6d 14 d 22 b 30 - b 7d 15 - d 23 - b 31 - a 8a 16 c 24 c 32 b

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