alleryIn which year did India's first passenger train run from Bombay to Thane?
- 1843
- 1853
- 1863
- 1873
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Correct answer: B. 1853
The first passenger train ran over 34 km between Bombay and Thane in 1853.
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In which year did India's first passenger train run from Bombay to Thane?Read the answer and worked solution →What was the length of India's first passenger rail run between Bombay and Thane?Read the answer and worked solution →Which set names the three locomotives that hauled the first passenger train in 1853?Read the answer and worked solution →How many carriages did the first Bombay to Thane passenger train have?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the gauge width of India's most widely used broad-gauge track?Read the answer and worked solution →Which structures were the first railway bridges built in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Great Indian Peninsula Railway incorporation year is correct?Read the answer and worked solution →The first rail track in Madras, used to ferry granite, ran between Red Hills and which place?Read the answer and worked solution →The first locomotive manufacturing unit of India was commissioned at which place in 1950?Read the answer and worked solution →The Integral Coach Factory, which built India's first rail coaches from 1956, is located at which city?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1950 a plan was approved to reorganise Indian Railways into how many regional zones?Read the answer and worked solution →Which zone was among the first created, on 14 April 1951?Read the answer and worked solution →Which zone was split from the Eastern Railway on 1 August 1955?Read the answer and worked solution →The North-Eastern Railway split in 1958 to form which new zone?Read the answer and worked solution →Which traction system did Indian Railways adopt in 1957?Read the answer and worked solution →On 24 October 1984, India's first metro rail opened in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →The first line of the Delhi Metro was inaugurated in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first operational elevated railway line in India, opened in 1995?Read the answer and worked solution →Online ticketing through IRCTC was introduced in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which train, launched in 2016 between New Delhi and Agra Cantonment, ran at 160 km/h?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Vande Bharat Express launched?Read the answer and worked solution →From 2017, the central government merged the Rail Budget with which budget?Read the answer and worked solution →Since 2017 Indian Railways groups stations into NSG, SG and which third category?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India established?Read the answer and worked solution →The first suburban electric trains in India were introduced in which city in 1925?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Act of 1956 provided for state investment in building and maintaining highways?Read the answer and worked solution →Which corporation, started in 2014, develops highways in hilly and border areas of the North-East?Read the answer and worked solution →The Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, launched in 2000, aims to build roads for rural areas of which type?Read the answer and worked solution →Which project is the longest sea bridge in India, connecting Mumbai with Navi Mumbai?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kathipara Cloverleaf Interchange is a notable flyover project in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →
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What was the length of India's first passenger rail run between Bombay and Thane?
- 14 km
- 34 km
- 44 km
- 24 km
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Correct answer: B. 34 km
The 1853 Bombay to Thane service covered 34 kilometres.
Which set names the three locomotives that hauled the first passenger train in 1853?
- Sindh, Satpura and Sahib
- Sahib, Sindh and Sultan
- Sahib, Sagar and Sultan
- Sultan, Shakti and Sindh
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Correct answer: B. Sahib, Sindh and Sultan
The 14-carriage first train was pulled by three steam locomotives called Sahib, Sindh and Sultan.
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