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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following delivered of 50 U.S. made General Electric (GE) locomotives to the Indian Railways?
A
Tianjin ports
B
Adani ports
C
Rotterdam ports
D
TATA ports
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The locomotives had been imported to Mundra port, which is India’s largest private port near the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat. APSEZ dispatched 50 GE locomotives from Mundra port for the Indian Railways.

Detailed explanation-2: -Production of Electric locomotives was simultaneously taken up indigenously at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) in 1960 and the first 1500 V DC electric locomotive for Bombay Area Lokmanya was flagged off on 14.10. 1961 by Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.

Detailed explanation-3: -GE Transportation is a division of Wabtec. It was known as GE Rail and owned by General Electric until sold to Wabtec on February 25, 2019. The organization manufactures equipment for the railroad, marine, mining, drilling and energy generation industries.

Detailed explanation-4: -Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of West Bengal, with an ancillary unit in Dankuni.

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