On which zone of Indian Railways was KAVACH Version 4.0 commissioned for the first time?
- A.Northern Railway
- B.South Central Railway
- C.Western Railway
- D.East Coast Railway
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Explanation
The correct answer is South Central Railway. The Ministry of Railways said that Version 4.0 of the train protection system was put into service for the first time on this zone, on the Malkajgiri-Kamareddi section of the Hyderabad Division. The zone was the natural choice because the previous edition, Version 3.2, was already working there across a long stretch of route, and the operating experience gathered from it shaped the improvements built into the newer version. Northern Railway is wrong, because the release names no such commissioning on that zone. Western Railway is wrong for the same reason; the announcement is confined to the southern zone named in it. East Coast Railway is also wrong, as the section upgraded lies in the Hyderabad Division, which belongs to South Central Railway and not to the eastern coastal zone. Candidates should tie the version number, the zone, the division and the section together, since a question may name any one of them.
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Practice Questions
How many route kilometres of the Malkajgiri-Kamareddi section were upgraded from KAVACH Version 3.2 to Version 4.0?
- A.108 route kilometres
- B.208 route kilometres
- C.1,465 route kilometres
- D.512 route kilometres
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That is the length of the Malkajgiri-Kamareddi section in the Hyderabad Division on which the system was carried up from the older edition to the newer one.
Read the full explanation →Which safety certification level is required for the KAVACH system?
- A.Safety Integrity Level-2
- B.Safety Integrity Level-3
- C.Safety Integrity Level-4
- D.Safety Integrity Level-5
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The release describes the train protection system as heavily dependent on technology and therefore obliged to carry safety certification of the highest order, which it identifies as SIL-4.
Read the full explanation →As of 6 November 2026, how many equipment items were listed on the I-STEM portal?
- A.4,044
- B.18,250
- C.31,540
- D.45,000
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As of 6 November 2026, the day its API integration with the Startup India Portal was launched, I-STEM listed 31,540 equipment items across 4,044 registered institutions, giving researchers and innovators a large national pool of scientific resources.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the launch of the API integration between the Startup India and I-STEM portals on 6 November 2026?
- A.Dr. Parvinder Maini
- B.Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood
- C.Ateesh Kumar Singh
- D.Dr. Vishal Choudhary
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He described the integration as an institutional convergence that can lower R&D costs, avoid duplication of capital-intensive facilities and raise the use of publicly funded infrastructure.
Read the full explanation →What does the acronym I-STEM, whose portal was integrated with the Startup India Portal in November 2026, stand for?
- A.Indian Scheme for Technology and Engineering Mentorship
- B.Indian Science, Technology and Engineering Facilities Map
- C.Integrated Startup Technology Enablement Mission
- D.Indian Society for Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
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I-STEM is the portal that maps scientific equipment and research facilities across academic and research institutions so that they can be shared.
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