Question

Indian railway, the biggest public sector undertaking in India, was introduced in _______.
(a) 1871
(b)1853
(c) 1946
(d) 1981

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian Railway network is one of the world's longest. It promotes the flow of freight and passengers alike and contributes to the economy's growth. In order to contribute to India's independence movement, people from different backgrounds were brought together.

Complete answer: The Railways were first introduced by Lord Dalhousie in 1853. The British proposed the railroad framework in India, when they felt the need for fast and rapid transportation to efficiently transmit the crude materials that the nation needed. When the line from Bombay to Thane was built, it covered a distance of 34 km. Indian Railways is the country's main government undertaking. As of 31 March 2015, the length of the Indian Railway network was 66,030 km. Its very large scale places a great deal of strain on a system of unified railway management. The railway system has been broken into 16 zones in India. The distance of the Indian railway is in three categories. Broad gauge: The difference between the wide gauge rails is 1,676 metres. In March 2016, the overall length of broad gauge lines was 60510 km. Metre gauge: One metre is the distance between the tracks. In March 2016, its overall length was 3880 km. Narrow gauge: In this situation, the distance between the rails is 0.762 m or 0.610 m. Complete narrow gauge lengths were 2297 km in For March 2016.

Hence, Correct option is (b) 1853.

Note: In Kolkata and Delhi, the metro rail infrastructure has revolutionized the urban transport system. A welcome move in controlling air emissions in urban centres is the substitution of diesel buses with CNG-powered vehicles, along with the launch of the metro. Railways from the British colonial period were well linked to areas surrounding villages, raw material growing areas and plantations and other industrial crops, hill stations and cantonment cities. These have mainly been built for resource extraction.