Which one of the following States does NOT have the Headquarters of any Railway Zone ?
- A.Jharkhand
- B.Chhattisgarh
- C.Odisha
- D.Bihar
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Jharkhand. Jharkhand has railway divisions such as Ranchi and Dhanbad, but no zonal headquarters.
Indian Railways is organised into zones, each headed by a General Manager, and every zone is split into divisions. Ranchi is a division of the South Eastern Railway, whose headquarters is at Garden Reach, Kolkata, and Dhanbad is a division of the East Central Railway. The other three states each host a zone created in the reorganisation of 2002-03: the South East Central Railway at Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh, the East Coast Railway at Bhubaneswar in Odisha, and the East Central Railway at Hajipur in Bihar.
B is wrong: Chhattisgarh has the South East Central Railway at Bilaspur. C is wrong: Odisha has the East Coast Railway at Bhubaneswar. D is wrong: Bihar has the East Central Railway at Hajipur.
Exam tip: Hajipur for East Central, Bhubaneswar for East Coast, Bilaspur for South East Central; Ranchi and Dhanbad are only divisions.
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