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    Question

    Calcutta (now Kolkata) had been linked by rail in _____

    to Siliguri, at the foothills of the Himalayas.
    A 1878 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B 1902 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C 1895 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D 1899 Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    In 1878, the railway line from Calcutta station to Siliguri was started in two stages тАУ 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge from Calcutta to Damookeah Ghat, on the southern bank of the Padma, across the river in a ferry and then 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3тБД8 in) meter gauge to Siliguri.

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