Question

The Southern Railway has been demarcated into _____ divisions.
A. Four
B. Five
C. Six
D. Seven

Answer 1

Hint: In its present form, Southern Railway came into existence on 14th April year 1951. It was implemented through the merger of the three state railways. These are the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway and third was the Mysore State Railway. This railway zone is having its headquarters at Chennai Central.

Complete answer:
Southern Railway zone has its headquarters in the Chennai Central railway. It is having following six divisions-
 1. Chennai
 2. Madurai
 3. Palakkad
 4. Thiruvananthapuram
 5. Tiruchirapalli
 6. Salem
So, it has a total of six divisions.
Hence, the correct answer is option C.

Additional Information:
Southern Railway is having the present network extending over a large area of India’s Southern Peninsula. It covers the states of Tamilnadu, Kerala, Pondicherry with a small portion of Andhra Pradesh. It is serving these naturally plentiful and culturally rich southern states. Its coverage is from Mangalore on the west coast and Kanyakumari in the south. Also, it is extended to Renigunta in the North West and Gudur in the North East.
This South Indian Railway was actually created in the British colonial times. At that time it was as Great Southern India Railway, co-founded in Britain in the year 1853 and registered in the year 1859. At that time its headquarters was in Tiruchirappalli district and was registered as a company in London during the year 1890. It is the 4th largest zone after undertaking some gauge conversion projects.

Note:
The Southern Railway or SR is one of the 18 zones of Indian Railways. Also, it is the earliest of the 18 zones of the Indian Railways that got existence in independent India.