The headquarters of the West Central Railway zone is at which city?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Jabalpur
- C.Indore
- D.Gwalior
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Jabalpur. The West Central Railway, created in 2003 when the new railway zones were carved out, has its headquarters at Jabalpur and works through three divisions, Jabalpur, Bhopal and Kota, so Madhya Pradesh is the only state that holds both the zone office and one of its divisions in the same city.
Option A, Bhopal, is the state capital and the seat of a division of the same zone, which is exactly why it is the common wrong answer. Option C, Indore, is the commercial capital and the busiest airport of the state but has no railway zone office; its trains run largely under the Ratlam division of the Western Railway. Option D, Gwalior, falls under the Jhansi division of the North Central Railway, a zone whose headquarters is at Allahabad, now Prayagraj. Remember the pattern of the state: one zone office at Jabalpur and divisions of three other zones reaching into Malwa, the Chambal and the Satpura.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich junction of Madhya Pradesh lies on the Delhi to Chennai trunk route and is the main railway crossing of the state?
- A.Katni
- B.Itarsi
- C.Ratlam
- D.Bina
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Itarsi, in Narmadapuram district, is where the Delhi to Chennai trunk line crosses the routes running east towards Jabalpur and west towards Khandwa and Mumbai, so a very large share of the long distance trains of central India pass through it and change direction, engine or crew there.
Read the full explanation →The Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport, the busiest airport of Madhya Pradesh, serves which city?
- A.Bhopal
- B.Indore
- C.Jabalpur
- D.Ujjain
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The airport of Indore is named after Devi Ahilyabai Holkar, the Holkar queen who ruled from Maheshwar, and it handles more passengers than any other airport of the state, in keeping with Indore’s place as the commercial capital.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Khajuraho Group of Monuments added to the UNESCO World Heritage List?
- A.1983
- B.1986
- C.1989
- D.2003
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The temples built by the Chandela kings at Khajuraho in Chhatarpur district were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986, the earliest of the three sites of Madhya Pradesh to be listed, and the Kandariya Mahadeva temple is the largest of the group.
Read the full explanation →The Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka are situated in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Raisen
- B.Sehore
- C.Chhatarpur
- D.Vidisha
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Bhimbetka lies in the Vindhya hills in Raisen district, not far from Bhopal, and its natural shelters carry paintings made over thousands of years, from hunting scenes of the Stone Age to later figures of horses and riders.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh?
- A.Amarkantak
- B.Pachmarhi
- C.Maihar
- D.Mandu
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Pachmarhi, in the Satpura range in Narmadapuram district, is the only hill station of the state and is called the queen of the Satpura; the forest around it is the Satpura National Park and Tiger Reserve, and the whole area forms a biosphere reserve.
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