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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Indian Railways has successfully converted how many coaches as Isolation Units to fight coronavirus outbreak?
A
4500
B
1500
C
2500
D
3500
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Train Nos. 12125/12126 Mumbai – Pune Pragati Express with Vistadome Coach w.e.f 19.07. 2022.

Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is Bombay to Thane. The first passenger train between Mumbai (Bori Bunder) to Thane started in 1853.

Detailed explanation-3: – Lord Dalhousie dedicated the country’s first passenger train which on 16 April 1853, ran between Bombay’s Bori Bunder station and Thane. The train, which traveled 34 kilometres (21 mi), carried 400 people. The Great Indian Peninsula Railway constructed and operated the passenger line (GIPR).

Detailed explanation-4: -As of March 2020, Indian Railways’ rolling stock consisted of 2, 93, 077 freight wagons, 76, 608 passenger coaches and 12, 729 locomotives. IR owns locomotive and coach-production facilities at several locations in India. It had 1.254 million employees as of March 2020, making it the world’s fourteenth-largest employer.

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