Question

    The first train service started in India between the stations of ________________

    A Bombay's Bori Bunder station and Thane Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Thane and Madras Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Kerela and Bihar Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D New Delhi and Thane Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    The first passenger train in India ran between Bombay (Bori Bunder) and Thane on 16 April 1853. The 14-carriage train was hauled by three steam locomotives – Sahib, Sindh and Sultan; it carried 400 people and ran on a line of 34 kilometres (21 mi) built and operated by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway

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