The Key to Success in KBC - Part 4 - Airlines, Railways in India (Amended)

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Acknowledgement

When a book like this comes into existence, it was very hard toname 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 andinvaluable support.

I would like to thank my sons Anurag and Gaurav for the

tremendous help I receive from them to design this book.


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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 ownand then check the correct answers from the Answer Sheet.

Good Luck !!!


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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 ...................................................................................................................................... 18

Other Categories of Trains .......................................................................................................................... 18

Express Trains ......................................................................................................................................... 18

Fast Passenger Trains .............................................................................................................................. 18

Passenger Trains ..................................................................................................................................... 18


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Subarban or Local Trains ......................................................................................................................... 18

Luxury Trains in India .................................................................................................................................. 18

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway ................................................................................................................. 18

Kalka Simla Railway ................................................................................................................................. 18

Nilgiri Mountain Railway ......................................................................................................................... 19

Matheran Hill Railway ............................................................................................................................. 19

Kangra Valley Railway ............................................................................................................................. 19

Palace on Wheel ..................................................................................................................................... 19

Deccan Odyssey ...................................................................................................................................... 19

Golden Chariot ........................................................................................................................................ 20

Fairy Queen ............................................................................................................................................. 20

Questions related to Airlines and Railways ................................................................................................ 21

Scoring System: ........................................................................................................................................... 23

Answers: ...................................................................................................................................................... 23

Bibliography: ........................................................................................................................................... 24

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Airlines

ode of travel from one place toanother depend on the distance,a passenger is travelling. Today

Air travel is also a need of person whentravelling from one city to another or fromone country to another country.

Flights from one point to another withinthe same country are called Domesticflights and flights to a different countryare called International Flights. Keepingthis factor in mind, every country has itsown airlines.

Air travel is also separated into different

categories of class of travel. In domesticflights there are two types of classes i.e.

Economic and Business Class. InInternational flights, there are 3-4 typesof classes i.e. Economic, Business orClub Class and First Class.

When we talk about India, there are somany domestic flight operators, operatingtheir domestic flights on different parts ofthe country.

The major Operators are Indian (Stateowned), Jet Airways including JetKonnect and Jet lite, Kingfisher, IndiGo,Go Air and Air Mantra. The market shareof IndiGo Airlines is highest in domestic

aviation sector followed by Jet, out ofother Airlines.

Domestic Airlines

Indian Airlines (IC)

The airline was set up sometime inthe year 1953. Seven formerdomestic airlines namely AirServices of India, Airways India,Bharat Airways, Deccan Airways,Himalayan Aviation, IndianNational Airways, Kalinga Airlineswere merged to form this Airline.

On 7th December, 2005 it wasrenamed as Indian which againon 22nd February, 2007, it ismerged with Air India Ltd.

Air India (AI)

It was established in 1932 as TataAirlines by JRD Tata. Later it wastaken as Air India International on29th July, 1946 by Govt. of India.In 1962, it was renamed as AirIndia.

During early 2011, underformation of a new company,National Aviation Company ofIndia Limited (NACIL), where bothAir India and Indian Airlines weremerged.

Today Air India operates its flightsto all over the world mainly toChicago, New York, WashingtonDC, 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, Myanmaretc.

Presently Air India connects 93destinations in 24 countries.

Jet Airways (9W)

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Jet Airways is the largest privateairline in India. It was establishedin 1993. It is owned by NareshGoyal.

It operates over 400 flights dailydomestically. Some flights to othercountries are also operated suchas Dubai, Belgium, Canada,London, Singapore, Bangkok,Chicago, Paris etc.

Main Hub of Jet aircrafts areMumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai,Cochin, Ahmedabad, andBengaluru. It has also anInternational Hub at Belgium at

Brussels Airport.

JetLite (Defunct)

JetLite was a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Jet Airways whichwas taken over from SaharaAirlines in April, 2007.

Sahara Airlines had started itsoperation in December, 1993.

Presently, due to financialproblem, JetLite ceased itsoperations since March, 2012 aftermerger with Jet Konnect.

Jet Konnect (9W Series 2000-2999)

Jet Konnect is a low-cost airlinesin India. It was launched in May,2009. All type of meals etc. isserved on direct payment on board.

The series of flight numbers of JetKonnect starts from 9W 2000-2999.

Kingfisher (IT)

Kingfisher Airlines is a low costairline which is run by Vijay Mallyasince May, 2005.

Air Deccan Airlines which wasstarted by Captain G. R. Gopinathin August, 2003, was bought byMr. Mallya and was named asKingfisher Red Airlines.

IndiGo (6E)

IndiGo Airlines is a Private and lowcost airlines which was set up inearly 2006 by Rakesh Gangwal andRahul Bhatia of Inter GlobeEnterprises.

Its Head quarter is based atGurgaon. IndiGo is the secondlargest airline in India. Being alow-cost airline, it has no BusinessClass or First Class seats. It offersonly Economy class seats.

All meals, snacks or even drinkingwater are available on directpayment on board.

GoAir (G8)

GoAir is also a low fare airline,started operation in November,2005. It is owned by Wadia Groupwhich is a subsidiary of BombayDyeing and Britannia Industries.

Since January 2007, it is recordinga flight load of more than 80%.

It does not offer complimentarymeal to its passengers and isavailable on buy-on-board system.Duty Free Products are alsoavailable on board.


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International Airlines

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

Continent Country Name of Airlines IATA Code

Asia

Afghanistan Ariana FGBahrain Gulf Air GF

Bangladesh Biman BGBhutan Druk Air KB

ChinaAir China CA

China Southern CZChina Eastern MU

Darassalem, Brunei Royal Brunei BI

Hong Kong Cathey Pacific CXDragon Air KA

India Air India AIIndonesia Garuda GA

IranAir Iran IR

Mahan Air W5Iraq Iraqi Air IA

Israel El Al LY

JapanJapan Airlines JLAll Nippon Air NH

Jordan Royal Jordanian RJ

Kazakhstan Air Astana KCKuwait Kuwait Airways KUMacau Air Macau NX

Malaysia Malaysian MHMaldives Maldivian Q2

Nepal Royal Nepal RAOman Oman Airways WY

Pakistan Pakistan Intl Air PKPhilippines Philippines Air PR

Qatar Qatar Airways QRSaudi Arabia Air Saudia SV

Singapore Singapore Airlines SQSilk Air MI

South KoreaAsiana OZ

Korean Air KESri Lanka Sri Lankan UL

Syria Syrian Air RBTaiwan China Air CI

Tajikistan Tajik Air 7J


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Thailand Thai Air TGTurkmenistan Turk Air T5

United Arab EmiratesAir Arabia G9Emirates EKEtihad EY

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan HYVietnam Vietnam VN

Africa

Egypt Egypt Air MSEthiopia Ethiopian ETKenya Air Kenya KQ

Mauritius Air Mauritius MKSouth Africa South African SA

Sudan Sudan Air SD

Europe

Belgium Brussel SNCzech Czech Airlines OK

Denmark, Norway, Sweden SAS Scandinavian SK

Faroe Island Atlantic RCFinland Finnair AYFrance Air France AF

Germany Lufthansa LHIreland Aer Lungus EI

Italy Alitalia AZLondon British Airways BA

Luxumbourg Lux Air LGNetherlands KLM Royal Dutch KL

Poland LOT Polish Air LORussia Aeroflot SU

Switzerland Swiss Intl Air LX

North America

Arizona US Airways USAtlanta Delta Air DLCanada Air Canada ACChicago American Air AAHawaii Hawaiian Air HA

Houston United Air** UAJamaica Air Jamaica BWPanama Air Panama 7PTexas South West Air WN

Washington Alaska Air AS**

Continental Airline is merged with United Airlines in March, 2012.

Oceania

Australia Qantas QFFiji Air Pacific FJ

New Zealand Air New Zealand NZPapua New Guinea Airlines PNG CG

South America

Argentina Argentina Air ARBrazil LAN Airlines JJChile LAN Air LA


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Air Hostess

ir Hostess or flight attendants are

members of an aircraft to ensurethe safety and comfort of

passengers primarily.

In addition to the above, they aretasked with customer service suchas serving meals and drinks.

The number of Air Hostessrequired on flights are mandatedby international safety regulations.Up to 19 passenger seats, no AirHostess is needed but inInternational flights, one Hostessor Flight Attendant per 50passenger seats is needed.

I.A.T.A.

hat is I.A.T.A. It is abbreviatedfor International Air TransportAssociation.

It is an association which wasfounded in 1945 having its Headquarter at Montreal, Canada. Themain function of the Associationinclude Safe, Regular andEconomical air transport.

More than 200 Airlines worldwideare members of this association.

It provides an abbreviation to eachand every airlines and Airportswhich is a unique symbol to

identify the location of the Airlinesand 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, Russiaetc.

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Air Distance of major countries from India

CountryDistance

(kms.)Country

Distance(kms.)

Australia 10000 Switzerland 6800

Amsterdam 7000 Saudi Arabia 3300

Germany 6600 Iraq 3600

Sri Lanka 1500 Italy 6400

Thailand 3000 Macau 3800

Dubai 2000 Mauritius 5000

Bahrain 2500 New Zealand 12000

Singapore 4000 Taiwan - Taipei 4500

Paris 7000 Jakarta 4500

Rome 6000 Bhutan 1600

Seoul 5500 Brazil 15000

Japan 6500 Canada 11000

London 7000 Denmark 6700

Chicago 12500 Egypt 4800

New York 12000 France 7300

Kuala Lumpur 3500 South Africa 7800

Manila 5000 China 3800

Fiji 12000 Afghanistan 1000

Greece 5000 Argentina 15800

Guatemala 15000 Bangladesh 1400

Hong Kong 2350 Belgium 6450

Hungary 5400 Brunei 4800

Iceland 7400 Myanmar 2350

Indonesia 4000 Czech Republic 5700

Nepal 900 Netherland 5700


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Norway 6300 Iran 2500

Pakistan 1100 Tajikistan 1400

Philippines 4800 Venezuela 14200

Qatar 2600 Vietnam 3600

Russia 2700 Zimbabwe 7100

Seychelles 4300 Iraq 3200

Spain 7300 Ireland 7100

Sudan 4800 Israel 4000

Sweden 5600 Washington 11400

Jordan 4000 Hawaii 12000

Kenya 5400 Detroit 11900

Kuwait 1750 New Jersey 11800

Ghana 8500 California 12500

Airlines Logo

S.No. Airline LOGO S.No. Airline LOGO

1Qantas

Australia21

Kuwait AirKuwait

2Etihad

Abu Dhabi22

Air MacauMacau

3Biman

Bangladesh23

American AirNorth America


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4Gulf AirBahrain

24Delta Air

North America

5LAN AirBrazil

25South West

North America

6Royl Brunei

Brunei26

Singapore AlineSingapore

7

Air Canada

Canada 27

KLM Royal

Netherlands

8Air China

China28

Oman AirOman

9 Emirates Dubai 29LOT Polish

Poland

10SAS Air

Denmark30

Pakistan AirPakistan

11Egypt Air

Egypt31

Qatar AirQatar

12Air France

France32

AeroflotRussia


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13LufthansaGermany

33Singapore Air

Singapore

14Cathey Pacific

Hongkong34

Sri Lankan AirSri Lanka

15Air India

India35

Asiana AirSouth Korea

16

Garuda Air

Indonesia 36

Swiss Air

Switzerland

17AlitaliaItaly

37South AfricanSouth Africa

18El Al Air

Israel38

Thai AirwaysThailand

19Japan Airlines

Japan39

British AirwaysU.K.

20Royal Jordan

Jordan40

FinnairFinland


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INDIAN RAILWAYS

ndian Railway transport is mostcommonly used mode of long distancetravel in India.

The rail network covers a totallength of more than 63000 Kms.transporting over Five billionpassengers and over 350 billiontonnes of freight annually over andabove 7000 railway stations.

Its operation covers 27 States and3 Union Territories in India. Railservice is available in almost entirecountry. However, there are few

States where no Rail Service isavailable. These States areManipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram,Andaman-Nicobar and Lakshdeep.

Indian Railways also linksneighbouring countries like Nepalfrom Raxaul, Bangladesh fromKolkata and Pakistan from twoways one through Atari, Lahoreand another through Munabao,

Rajasthan.

Railways were first introduced inIndia on 16th April, 1853. In1947, there were 42 rail systemswhich were run by private railnetwork. In 1951, entire railsystem was nationalized as oneunit which is called IndianRailways, the largest network ofthe world.

At that time, entire railwaynetwork was divided into six zones.It is the largest employer in Indiahaving approximately 15 lacsemployees.

It has approximately 50000 railcoaches, 6000 specially designed

coaches and approximately two lacFreight Wagons. 8000 locomotivesof Indian Railways are in servicewhich includes Steam Engines,Diesel Engines and ElectricEngines on Narrow, Meter andBroad Gauge lines.

Presently the Railway Network isdivided into 17 Zones with theirrespective 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, 5thNovember, 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, 2ndOctober, 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

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North East Frontier Rly.,NEFR, Guwahati, 1958

East Coast Railway, ECR,Bhubaneshwar, 1st April,2003

Konkan Railway, KR, NaviMumbai, 1998.

In the year 1985, Steam enginewere phased out and replacedmostly with the Diesel and ElectricLocomotives. The first ElectricLocomotive was made available inthe year 1908 which was run fromBombay V.T. to Kurla.

The Railway system wascomputerised in 1995.

Most of the Electric Locomotivesuse 25000V on AC tractionthrough overhead catenarydelivery.

The Konkan Railway is a railwayline which runs along the Konkancoast of India. It runs fromMangalore, Karnataka to Roha,Maharashtra through Goa. It

started its operation from 26thJanuary, 1998.

Konkan Railway is a single BroadGauge line track and is about 740Kms. long. It has twoheadquarters, one at Ratnagiri inMaharashtra and Karwar inKarnataka.

On its journey from Roha toMangalore, it passes through 169major and 1630 minor bridges aswell as 88 tunnels, with thelongest being 6.5 km. long.

Indian Railways switched on to anew system of trains having 5-digitnumbers instead of old 4-digitnumbers on 20th December, 2010.

As per new scheme, the first digitof all Rajdhani, Shatabdi, SamparkKranti, Garib Rath and Durontotrains starts with No. 1.

Other long distance trains startswith No. 2.

All Summer Special and HolidaySpecial trains starts with 0.

The second digit of 5-digit trainsare categorized as

0 for Konkan Railway ;1 for Central, West Central

and North Central railway;2 for all Superfast trains

including Shatabdi and JanShatabdi;

3 for Eastern Railway andEastern Central Railway;

4 for Northern, North Centraland North Western Railway;

5 for North East and NorthFront railways;

6 for Southern and SouthernWestern Railways;

7 for South Central and SouthWestern Railways;

8 for South Eastern and EastCoast railways; and

9 for Western, North Westernand Western Centralrailways.

Indian Railway provides differenttypes of categories of coacheswhich have the capacity of sleepingper coach as -

AC First Class - 10 to 18 AC Two Tier - 46 AC Three Tier - 64 AC Chair Car - 6871 Sleeper Class - 72


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Second Class Sitting (daytrains) - 90108 seats.

Indian Railway provides differenttypes of concession on train ticketsand every compartment has specialtypes of quota of Berths.

Few berths are reserved forDefence Personnel, few for railwaystaff and few for general type ofpassengers.

The category of reservation quotawhich is given, is mentioned on theticket as General Quota GN,Defence Quota DF, Staff quota RE,

High Official or headquarter or VIPQuota HO, State Govt. quota SG,Physically Handicapped quota HPand Tatkal Quota CK.

Railway Subsidiaries companiesare RITES, IRCTC (Indian RailwaysCatering and Tourism CorporationLtd.), Konkan Railways, IRCON,CONCOR, CRIS (Centre for RailwayInformation System), RAILTEL,RDSO etc.

DMRC Delhi Metro RailCorporation Limited is State ownedorganisation and not connected tothe Indian Railways. It consists ofsix lines with total length of 189.63km. with 142 stations. The first

line of Delhi Metro wasinaugurated by Atal BehariVajpayee on 24th December 2002.CISF is responsible for the Securityof Delhi Metro. The coaches werebuilt in South Korea, Germany,Sweden and Spain.

Internationally Indian Railwayshas extended its lines to Nepal,Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Samjhota Express to Pakistan andMaitri Express to Bangladesh arerun by the Railways. The lines toBhutan, Myanmar and Vietnamare under construction.

In 2003 the railway was featuredin the Guinness Book of WorldRecords for offering the steepestrise in altitude in the space of 96kms.

Special Categories of Trains

Rajdhani Express

Fully Air conditioned Superfastovernight trains having onlySleeper accommodation and runbetween New Delhi and State

Capitals. It has No GeneralCompartments.

Shatabdi Express

Fully Air conditioned SuperfastDay train having Seatingaccommodation and fastest train

in India. It has No GeneralCompartments.

Jan Shatabdi Express

Superfast Day train having bothAir conditioned and non A.C.Seating accommodation. It has NoGeneral Compartments.

Garib Rath

Fully Air conditioned Superfastovernight trains having bothSeating and Sleeper Berths. It


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offers more seats percompartment. The fare iscomperatively lower. It has also NoGeneral Compartments.

Duronto Express

Fully Air conditioned Non-stoptrains, same as Rajdhani Expresstrains. But the fare is less thanRajdhani Express. It has also nogeneral compartments.

Other Categories of Trains

Express Trains

Having both Air conditioned andnon A.C. compartments withSeating and Sleeperaccommodation.

It halts at major stations on itsroute.

Fast Passenger Trains

Having non Air conditionedaccommodation with Seating andSleeper berths. It halts at everystation on its route.

Passenger Trains

It has only non air-conditionedaccommodation and there is no

facility of reservation of seats. It

halts on every station on its route .

Maharaja Railways of India

Maharaja Railways, known asGwalior Light Railway GLR was

proposed by Maharaja Madhao RaoII. It runs between Gwalior and

Sheopur Kalan in Madhya

Pradesh, about 200 kms. distance

on Narrow gauge line (610 cms.).

Presently it is managed by Central

Railways. The train speed limits to

35 Km. per hour maximum.

Subarban or Local Trains

It offers both seating and Standingposition of compartments. Itoperates within and around majorbig cities.

Luxury Trains in India

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

This train was started in the year1883. It is also called Toy Trainand runs between New Jalpaiguriand Darjeeling, Ghoom Stationwith Steam Locomotive. It covers atotal distance of 83 Kms. only.

Kalka Simla Railway

This train was started in 1903. Itruns between Kalka and Simla, atotal distance of 96 Kms. onShivalik Hills. It covers DharamPur, Solan, Kanda, Barog andSimla. It passes through a long


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Tunnel at Barog which was namedafter the Engineer Incharge ofTunnel Construction. It has morethan 850 Bridges.

Nilgiri Mountain Railway

It was started in early 1900 andruns between Mettupalayam andOoty, a total distance of 46 Kms.on Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu. Itcovers five major stations fromCoonoor to Ooty.

Matheran Hill Railway

It was started in 1907 and runsbetween Matheran and Neral nearKarjat and Mumbai. It covers atotal distance of 20 Kms. over largeforest territory.

Kangra Valley Railway

It was started in 1929 and is one ofthe most fascinating railwaynetwork in India. It covers a totaldistance of 164 Kms. betweenPathankot and Palanpur. It passesover 950 uniquely designedBridges and two tunnels.

Palace on Wheel

Since British period, a LuxuryTrain namely Palace on Wheel runsfrom Delhi Junction RailwayStation (not New Delhi) on everyWednesday starting from 6.00 p.m.and ends the next Wednesday at7.30 a.m.

It has been rated as one of the topluxury trains all over the world. Itoffers its passengers a memorabletrip to Forts and Palaces ofRajasthan in seven days trip.

Starting from Delhi, it covers Agra,Jaipur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur,

Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Jaisalmer,Jodhpur and Bharatpur.

It has 14 compartment which arenamed as Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar,Sirohi, Kishan Garh, Bikaner,Udaipur, Bharatpur, Jhalawar,Dungarpur, Kota, Dholpur, Bundiand Jaisalmer.

Two full fledged Restaurant-cum-Kitchen, Maharaja and Maharani,One Bar Lounge are attached tothis train. All cabins are attachedwith Bath Room and Showers. Ithas also Lounge and Library.

Every Saloon is equipped with CPPlayer, Color Television, Pipedmusic, Satellite phone facility withISD and personal attendants.

It caters Indian, Continental andChinese Cuisine with Chefsspecial. The other services includeLaundry, Hair Saloon, Doctor-on-call, Beauty Parlour, Indoor Gamesand a Bazaar where Souvenirs andgift items are sold.

The tickets are sold in US$ rangingfrom 320-420 US$ per person perNight in twin sharing basis.

Deccan Odyssey

It runs between Mumbai and Goa.Ticket price is same as in Palaceon Wheel. The itinerary of DeccanOdyssey includes 7 Nights/8 Daystour.

The train leaves from CST Mumbaion every Wednesday. It coversRatnagiri, Goa, Pune, Aurangabad,Nasik (Ajanta Caves) and returnsto Mumbai on 8th day.


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Golden Chariot

This train runs between Bengaluruand 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 Locomotivetrain in the World which is still inoperation and holds the Guinness

World Record for being the oldestlocomotive in regular operation.

It runs between Delhi, Alwar andSariska, a two and half day trip. Ithas only Air conditioned coaches

with 50 passengers per coach.

It is attached by a Pantry Car toprovide full board cateringservices.

It operates during October toMarch every year on 2nd and 4thSaturday of the months.


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Questions related to Airlines and

Railways

L-1. The first Rajdhani Express trainwhich was started in 1969, run between?

(a) New DelhiMumbai VT(b) New DelhiChennai(c) New DelhiHowrah(d) New DelhiBengaluru

G-2. Which is not a Zonal Head quarterof any Zone of Indian Railway?(a) Hazipur (b) Bhubaneshwar(c) Allahabad (d) Dhanbad

G-3. Which train covers the longestroute?(a) Howrah Kanyakumari Express(b) Kochi-Guwahati Express(c) Kerala Express(d) Himsagar Express

E-4. Which two major cities of Indianand Pakistani Punjab are directly linkedby 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 RailwayPlatform 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 SectorUndertaking of Indian Railways?(a) C.R.I.S. (b) R.D.S.O.(c) R.I.T.E.S. (d) Delhi Metro

B-7. In Indian Railway, whatpercentage of concession on train ticketsis 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 Kanpurmeet?

(a) Jhansi (b) Lucknow(c) Allahabad (d) Etawah

B-9. The Worlds longest railwayplatform is located at?(a) Kharagpur (b) Moscow

(c) Karachi (d) Kolkata

N-10. The expansion of P.N.R. on Railwayticket is?(a) Passenger Name Record(b) Passenger Name Roll(c) Passenger Name Railway(d) Passenger Name Reference

A-11. Which is Zonal Headquarter ofWestern Central Railways?(a) Mumbai (b) Jaipur(c) Jabalpur (d) Bhopal

L-12. How many characters in NAMEcolumn does the Railways ReservationChart have?(a) 15 (b) 19 characters(c) 24 (d) 30 characters

O-13. Taj Express train runs between?(a) New DelhiGwalior(b) New DelhiJhansi

(c) Hazrat NizamuddinJhansi(d) Hazrat NizamuddinGwalior

S-14. The Indian Railway TimetableTrains at a Glance was first introducedin the year?(a) 1853 (b) 1947(c) 1962 (d) 1977

N-15. The only train with the oldestSteam Engine Fairy Queen Expressruns from Delhi to?

(a) Jaipur (b) Udaipur(c) Jodhpur (d) Alwar

B-16. The network of Indian Railway isapproximately?(a) 40000 Kms. (b) 52000 Kms.(c) 63000 Kms. (d) 76000 Kms.


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S-17. The second digit of the WesternRailway 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 inIndia?(a) 1953 (b) 1853(c) 1848 (d) 1948

G-20. Under whose GovernorGeneralship, first Railway in India wasopened?(a) Lord Rippon(b) Lord Bentick(c) Lord Cornwallis(d) Lord Dalhousie

H-21. The route of Fairy Queen Train inthe year 1908 was?(a) DelhiAlwar - Jaipur(b) DelhiAgra - Jaipur(c) CalcuttaRaniganj(d) CalcuttaKanpur

N-22. Which has longest UndergroundRail Network?(a) Kolkata (b) London(c) Beijing (d) Stockholm

G-23. When was 5-digit scheme of trainnumbers 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, JetAirways flights run in India?(a) G8 (b) 6E(c) 9W (d) IT

L-25. GoAir Airlines is owned by?(a) Vijay Mallya(b) Naresh Goyal(c) Capt. G.R. Gopinath(d) Wadias

G-26. Out of the following, which airlineprovides free meals and refreshment etc.on board?(a) IndiGo (b) GoAir(c) Jet Konnect (d) Kingfisher

N-27. Of which country Garuda Airlinesbelongs 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 zonesIndian Railway was divided?(a) 4 (b) 5(c) 6 (d) 8

L-30. First Electric Locomotives cameinto existence in Indian Railway in the

year?(a) 1901 (b) 1908(c) 1919 (d) 1937

A-31. How many berths are available in2nd AC compartment of Indian Railway?(a) 46 (b) 48(c) 60 (d) 64

E-32. How many compartments areattached to Palace on Wheel train?(a) 10 (b) 14

(c) 18 (d) 20


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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:

1 c 2 d 3 d 4 d 5 d 6 d 7 d 8 a

9 a 10a 11c 12a 13c 14d 15 - d 16c

17 d 18b 19b 20d 21c 22b 23 - b 24c

25 - d 26 - d 27 - b 28 - c 29 - c 30 - b 31 - a 32b


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Bibliography:

The following quotes and references were visited while completing this section of the book.

Manorama Guide upto the years 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_passenger_airlines

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association

http://www.happyzebra.com/distance-calculator/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railways

Manorama Guide Book upto 2011.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_passenger_airlineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_passenger_airlineshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Associationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Associationhttp://www.happyzebra.com/distance-calculator/http://www.happyzebra.com/distance-calculator/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railwayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railwayshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Railwayshttp://www.happyzebra.com/distance-calculator/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Associationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Indiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_passenger_airlines

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