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1. When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?
(a) 1982 (b) 1989 (c) 1984 (d) 1992
Answer: C
2. Shatabdi Express train was started in
(a) 1984 (b) 1988 (c) 1990 (d) 1985
Answer: B
3. At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?
(a) Jamshedpur (b) Patiala (c) Perambur (d) Varanasi
Answer: B
4. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
(a) Central Railway (b) Northern Railway (c) Eastern Railway (d) Western Railway
Answer: C
5. The railway station situated in the extreme south is
(a) Chennai (b) Cochin (c) Kanyakumari (d) Trivandrum
Answer: C
6. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called
(a) dock platform (b) passenger platform (c) island platform (d) goods platform
Answer: C
7. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?
(a) 1952 (b) 1950 (c) 1951 (d) 1954
Answer: B
8. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?
(a) 1954 (b) 1957 (c) 1959 (d) 1967
Answer: B
9. Railway Staff College is situated at
(a) Bangalore (b) Secundrabad (c) Chennai (d) Vadodara
Answer: D
10. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?
(a) Lucknow (b) Bangalore (c) Pune (d) New Delhi
Answer: A
11. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?
(a) South-Central Railway - Secunderabad
(b) Central railway - Bhopal
(c) South Railway - Chennai
(d) North Railway - New Delhi
Answer: B
12. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?
(a) From Calcutta to Delhi (b) From Mumbai to Thane
(c) From Mumbai to Surat (d) From Mumbai to Madras
Answer: B

13. When was the first train in Indian started?
(a) 1851 (b) 1852 (c) 1853 (d) 1854
Answer: C
14. In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?
(a) Lord William Bentick (b) Lord Cornwallis
(c) Lord Kenning (d) Lord Dalhousie
Answer: D
15. A station where the rail lines end, is called
(a) junction station (b) way-side-station
(c) block station (d) terminal station
Answer: D
16. How much distance was traveled by first train of India?
(a) 33 km (b) 36 km (c) 34 km (d) 46 km
Answer: C
17. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Fourth
Answer: D
18. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?
(a) 4300 Km (b) 3700 Km (c) 4290 km (d) 5298 km
Answer: B
19. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at
(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) New Delhi
Answer: C
20. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?
(a) 15th Jan, 1958 (b) 15th Jan, 1955
(c) 2nd Jan, 1956 (d) 14th April, 1952
Answer: A
21. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is
(a) Calcutta (b) Maligaon (Guwahati)
(c) Chennai (d) Gorakhpur
Answer: B
22. In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was started?
(a) Mumbai (b) Delhi (c) Calcutta (d) Chennai
Answer: C
23. General Manger is responsible for
(a) Railway Board (b) Railway Ministry
(c) Both railway Board and Railway Ministry
(d) None of these
Answer: A
24. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at
(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Chennai
(c) Secundrabad (d) Mumbai (Central)
Answer: C

25. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at
(a) New Delhi (b) Guwahati (c) Gorakhpur (d) Mumbai (V.T)
Answer: A
26. The headquarters of South Railways is situated at
(a) Calcutta (b) Chennai (c) Delhi (d) Mumbai
Answer: B
27. In which institution the training of electric work is being given?
(a) Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
(b) Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
(c) Railway Staff College
(d) Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering
Answer: B
28. Who invented the railway engine?
(a) Charles Babbage (b) Isaac Newton
(c) James Watt (d) George Stephenson
Answer: D
29. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Insttitue
situated?
(a) Nasik (b) Baroda (c) Jamalpur (d) Pune
Answer: C
30. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: C
31.The zone with the minimum length is
(a) North-Eastern Railway
(b) North-Eastern Frontier Railway
(c) South-East Railway
(d) South-Central Railway
Answer: B
32. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute situated?
(a) Pune (b) Chennai (c) Nasik (d) Sikandrabad
Answer: A
33. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?
(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) Six
Answer: C
34. What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?
(a) First (b) Second (c) Third (d) Forth
Answer: B
35. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?
(a) Broad gauge (b) Meter gauge
(c) Narrow gauge (d) Special gauge
Answer: C
36. Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?
(a) Jammutavi (b) Amritsar (c) Pathancoat (d) Guwahat

Answer: A
37. How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?
(a) One (b) Two (c) Three (d) Four
Answer: B
38. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at
(a) Perambur (b) Varanasi (c) Kapurthala (d) Bangalore
Answer: B
39. The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in
(a) 1974 (b) 1961 (c) 1971 (d) 1973
Answer: C
40. The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following
places?
(a) Kapurthala (b) Chittranjan (c) Perambur (d) Bangalore
Answer: C
41. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many
regions?
(a) 7(b) 9 (c) 8(d) 10
Answer: B
42. Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for
Konakan Railway Project?
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Gujarat (d) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: A
43. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?
(a) 1988 (b) 1972 (c) 1982 (d) 1965
Answer: C
44. When was the Central Railway established?
(a) 5th Nov 1951 (b) 14th Nov 1951
(c) 14th April 1951 (d) 16th August, 1951
Answer: A
45. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?
(a) Northern region (b) Western region
(c) North-Western region (d) Central Region
Answer: B
46. The largest national enterprise of India is
(a) Indian Railway (b) Indian Shipyard
(c) Airways (d) None of these
Answer: A
47. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on
(a) November 1950 (b) October 1950
(c) September 1949 (d) October 1954
Answer: A
48. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?
(a) Chittranjan (b) Kapurthala (c) Bangalore (d) Perambur

Answer: C
49. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?
(a) 1965 (b) 1963 (c) 1967 (d) 1965
Answer: D
50. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?
(a) Mumbai (V.T) (b) Mumbai (Church Gate)
(c) Gwalior (d) Gorakhpur
Answer: A

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Railway Assistant Station Master (ASM) Exam Question Paper 1
Q.1.In case the President of India decides to resign,he will address his letter of resignation
to
Prime Minister
Chief Justice
Speaker of Lok Sabha
Vice-President
Q.2.The metal extracted from Bauxite is—
Silver
Copper
Manganese
Aluminium
Q.3.The Cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which—
Low pressure in the center and high pressure around
There is high pressure in the center and low pressure around
There is low pressure all around
None of these
Q.4.The ‘Ocean of Storms’ is the name given to—
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
A waterless area on moon surface
None of these
Q.5.The capital of Pallavas was—
Arcot
Kanchi
Malkhed
Banavasi
Q.6.Which Indian state was ranked as the No. 2 tourist destination in the world by LONELY
PLANET?
Himachal Pradesh
Tamil Nadu
Kerala
Uttarakhand
Q.7.How much water is contained in our body by mass ?
65%
70%
60%
None of these
Q.8.What determines the sex of a child ?
Chromosomes of the father
Chromosomes of the mother
RH factor of the parents
Blood group of the father
Q.9.The two civilizations which helped in the formation of Gandhara School of Art are—
Indian and Roman
Indian and Egyptian
Greek and Roman
Indian and Greek
Q.10.‘Thinkpad’ is a laptop associated with which among the following companies ?
HP
TCS
Infosys
IBM
Q.11.The first summit of SAARC was held at—
Kathmandu
Dhaka
Colombo
New Delhi
Q.12.The wire of flash bulb is made of—
Copper
Barium
Magnesium
Silver

Railway Assistant Station Master (ASM) Exam Question Paper 1
1. The Railways gets the maximum income from
(1) Goods freight
(2) Passenger’s fares
(3) Advertisement
(4) None of these
Ans. (1)
2. The chief source of heat energy is
(1) Sun light
(2) Biogas
(3) Electricity
(4) Natural gas
Ans. (1)
3. The Buland Darwaja is related to
(1) Shershah
(2) Babur
(3) Akbar
(4) Jahangir
Ans. (3)
4. What is sound?
(1) Energy
(2) Heat
(3) Magnet
(4) Ray
Ans. (1)
5. The Military Games were held in Hyderabad from October 17, 2007 to October 27, 2007.Which
country won the highest number of medals?
(1) China
(2) Russia
(3) India
(4) Japan
Ans. (2)
6. Which of the following Chief Ministers served for the longest tenure?
(1) Lalu Prasad
(2) Jyoti Basu
(3) Ms. Mayawati
(4) M. Karunanidhi
Ans. (2)
7. A plant can be disease resistant due to
(1) Pesticides
(2) Virus
(3) Fungi
(4) Bacteria
Ans. (1)
8. The Aravalli hills are located in
(1) Madhya Pradesh
(2) Rajasthan
(3) Assam
(4) Jharkhand
Ans. (2)
9. Which of the following straits separates Europe from Africa?
(1) Barring
(2) Do bar
(3) Gibraltar
(4) Malacca
Ans. (3)
10. The UN Climate Change conference was organized in Bali from December 3, 2007 to
December 14, 2007 for 12 days in which 1000 people participated .Bali is situated in
(1) Indonesia
(2) Malaysia
(3) Morocco
(4) China
Ans. (1)
11. The description of caste system is found in
(1) Rig Veda
(2) Sam Veda
(3) Yajurva Veda
(4) Atharva Veda
Ans. (1)
12. Who is called the Akbar of Kashmir?
(1) Janulabeddin
(2) Sikandar
(3) Queen Didda
(4) Emperor Sangram Singh
Ans. (1)
13. The Border Road Organization comes under
(1) Defense
(2) Urban Development
(3) Corporate sector
(4) Private sector
Ans. (1)
14. Which of the following corporations was started first by the Government of India?
(1) Damodar Valley Corporation
(2) National Thermal Power Corporation
(3) National Hydel Power Corporation
(4) All the above
Ans. (1)
15. Which of the following is not a part of three gems of the Buddhism?
(1) Buddha
(2) Sangha
(3) Dhamma
(4) Ahimsa
Ans. (4)
16. Who was the first Indian to reach Antarctica?
(1) Rakesh Sharma
(2) G.S. Sirohi
(3) B.K. Dutta
(4) K. Karuna Nautial
Ans. (2)
17. A saturated solution at S.T.P. is
(1) Colorless
(2) Green
(3) Red
(4) Red and green
Ans. (1)
18. The pure element in the following is
(1) Glass
(2) Diamond
(3) Lime
(4) Salt
Ans. (2)
19. What is gypsum?
(1) Lime
(2) Bleaching powder
(3) Blue vitriol
(4) Ammonium chloride powder
Ans. (3)
20. Bones of horses of Harappan civilization were found at
(1) Lothal
(2) Harappa
(3) Surkotada
(4) Mohanjodero
Ans. (3)
21. What is Ag-mark?
(1) Technique to increase agricultural productivity
(2) Green Revolution
(3) Test of purity in the production of vegetable oil etc.
(4) None of these
Ans. (3)
22. Who has taken the highest number of wickets in Test Cricket?
(11) Muttiah Muralitharan
(2) Shane Warne
(3) Anil Kumble
(4) Shoaib Akhtar
Ans. (1)
23. In 1947, 532 princely states were annexed to India except three. Which of the following was not
among the three princely states?
(1) Junagarha
(2) Bhavnagar
(3) Hyderabad
(4) Kashmir
Ans. (4)
24. Which of the following gases is used to prepare Ammonia gas?
(1) Nitrogen and oxygen
(2) Nitrogen and oxide
(3) Nitrogen and hydrogen
(4) Nitrogen and carbon
Ans. (3)
25. In which of the following states of India, per capita income is highest?
(1) Orissa
(2) Assam
(3) Manipur
(4) Kerala
Ans. (4)
26. By import of — the inflation has been caused in India?
(1) Wheat
(2) Rice
(3) Sugar
(4) Petroleum
Ans. (4)
27. The meeting of Commonwealth Nations was held in Uganda on November 25, 2007. Who was
elected its General Secretary?
(1) Mahesh Sharma
(2) Kamlesh Sharma
(3) Bimalesh Sharma
(4) Kailash Sharma
Ans. (2)
28. In which country the Hindu temples were razed to the ground in
December, 2007?
(1) Indonesia
(2) Malaysia
(3) Mauritius
(4) Afghanistan
Ans. (2)
Directions (29 — 33) : Read the following passage carefully and then answer the following
questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage by choosing the best answer to
each question out of given four options.
On hearing the news of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Udham Singh did not attend his school
but took a train to Armritsar and visited the spot. There, he stood for several minutes in a trance,
picked up the soil, rubbed it on his forehead and put some in a phial. He fasted that night. According
to his family members he placed fresh flowers on the holy dust every morning, drawing inspiration
from it. One early morning he went to the river Ravi and pledged that he would Colour its waters
with the colour of his blood, to create what he called the freedom’s flood. With this aim in view in
1921, he first landed in Africa. From there he went to America to meet the Indian revolutionaries
working for the liberation of the motherland.
In 1923, he landed in England. In 1928, he returned to India in response to an urgent call from
Bhagat Singh. When he reached Lahore, he was detained for violation of the Arms Act. He was
released after four years rigorous imprisonment. In 1935, he escaped to Germany by giving a slip to
the police. From Berlin, he reached Paris and purchased a revolver. He kept it ready for action and
managed to reach London again. Opportunity came on March 13, 1940 when Sir Michael O’ Dwyer
was to speak at a seminar in the Caxton Hall. As Sir Michael turned to resume his seat after the
speech. Udham Singh pulled out his revolver and fired at him, Sir Michael died without a shriek.
Udham
Singh was arrested and produced before the court on April 2, 1940. The court passed death sentence
on him and he was hanged at Bentonville Prison, London on July 3, 1940.
29. Udham Singh went to America where he
(1) Mobilized the Indian citizens for the liberation of the motherland
(2) Collected sufficient funds to fight colonialism
(3) Met fellow citizens working for the same cause
(4) went sight-seeing
Ans. (3)
30. Where did Udham Singh buy the weapon which was used for killing Sir Michael?
(1) Paris
(2) Lahore
(3) London
(4) Berlin
Ans. (1)
31. Udham Singh shot at Sir Michael O’Dwyer in
(1) Jallianwala Bagh
(2) Armritsar
(3) London
(4) Paris
Ans. (3)
32. When Udham Singh was arrest ed in Lahore, he was charged for
(1) Instigating his countrymen against the Englishmen
(2) His links with anti-British forces
(3) Concealing his identity and carrying on underground activities
(4) Possessing unlicensed arms and ammunition
Ans. (4)
33. Udham Singh returned to India in 1928 mainly because he was:
(1) Short of funds to meet his expenses
(2) To produce some arms from Lahore
(3) To escape from the British police
(4) Called by a revolutionary in India
Ans. (4)
34. In the following question a word has been spelt in four different ways one of which is correct.
Choose the correctly spelt word:
(1) Assemblage
(2) Asemblage
(3) Assemmblage
(4) Accemblage
Ans. (1)
35. In the following sentence, fill in the blank by choosing correct option from the given
alternatives
The documents are available? Inspection.
(1) Of
(2) About
(3) With
(4) For
Ans. (4)
36. In the following question, choose the Adjective.
(1) Preference
(2) Gifted
(3) Genius
(4) In vain
Ans. (2)
37. Write the synonym of the word ‘Consummate’.
(1) Novice
(2) Ambiguous
(3) Perfect
(4) Imperfect
Ans. (3)
38. Find out, which part of the following sentence has a grammatical or idiomatic error in it.
They have
(1)/held the championship
(2)/ Since the past
(3)/ two years.
Ans. (3)
39. In the following question, a word has been spelt in four different ways, one of which is correct.
Choose the correctly spelt word.
(1) demmurage
(2) demurrage
(3) demarrage
(4) demurage
Ans. (2)
40. In the following question, an idiomatic expression and its four possible meanings are given.
Find out the correct meaning of the idiomatic expression and choose your correct answer from the
given four choices:
Play one’s cards well
(1) A good gambler displaying skills
(2) A magician showing magic of cards
(3) Use means effectively
(4) A game of gamble
Ans. (3)
41. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one that can he substituted for .the given words/ phrase
and mark it as your answer.
A cock and bull story
(1) An unbelievable gossip
(2) A children’s fable
(3) A quarrelsome dialogue
(4) A competition between un equal people
Ans. (1)
42. Choose the part of the following sentence containing error and mark it as your answer:
(1). / the number of orders
(2). / for that item have
(3). / Increased greatly; several of them
(4). /Have come from Egypt
Ans. (2)
43. Identify the part of the following sentence containing an error and choose it as your answer.
(1)/In America
(2) /Presidential elections
(3) is held every four years
(4) No error
Ans. (3)
44. In the following sentence, fill in the blank by choosing correct option from the given
alternatives:
‘Ram has annoyed his boss. He ? Have to leave the job.
(1) Might
(2) Will
(3) Ought to
(4) None of these
Ans. (2)
45. In the following question, three words having different meanings of a certain word are given.
Select that word from the answer choices marked (1), (2), (3) and (4).
Witness, Observer; Onlooker
(1) Spectator
(2) Present
(3) Biased
(4) Careful
Ans. (1)
46. For the following word written in capital letters, four words are listed below as (1),
(2) (3) and (4). Out of these, choose the word nearest in meaning to it as your answer:
VINDICATE
(1) Approve
(2) Justify
(3) Express
(4) Exonerate
Ans. (2)
47. In the following sentence, the bold part contains an error. Answer choice (1) repeats the original,
other three are 1ifferent. If you think that the original sentence displays the best way of wording the
bold part, choose your answer (1): otherwise select the best alternative from the other three choices.
“Parents and teachers are becoming increasingly concerned about protecting children and the drugs
which are available to them, and several parent teacher organizations, dedicated to educating
children about the dangers of drug addiction, have recently been formed.”
(1) Protecting children and the drugs which are available to them
(2) Protecting of children and the drugs which are available to them
(3) Protecting children from the drugs available to them
(4) Protecting children from the drugs availability to them
Ans. (3)
48. From the given four answer choices, select the answer that gives the clearest, most exact
sentence, but do not change the meaning Of the bold part of original sentence.
Such people never have and never will be trusted.
(1) Never have and never will be trusted
(2) Never have and will be trusted
(3) Never have been trusted and never will be trusted
(4) Never have and anyone trust them and never will have anyone
Ans. (3)
49. Which one of the following statements is untrue?
(1) The sea-floor is older than the land
(2) The first rocks were formed as a result of the cooling o. molten matter
(3) Sedimentary rocks are also called aqueous rocks because they were formed by the agency of
water
(4) Stalactites and stalagmites are deposits of lime found in caves
Ans. (3)
50. The main hydro electric power potential of the Indus river system lies in India and not in
Pakistan because:
(1) the need for hydro-electric power is greater in India than in Pakistan
(2) India has superior technology to develop hydro—electric power
(3) India has a greater labour force to develop hydro electric power
(4) The mountain stages of these rivers lie in India
Ans. (4)

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