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Q71 (CDS-II/2008) Geography › Maps & Locations › Indian transport networks Answer Verified

In which one of the following places is the headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway located ?

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Your answer: —  ·  Correct: B

Explanation

The headquarters of the North Eastern Railway (NER) is located in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh [2]. The NER was originally formed on April 14, 1952, by merging the Oudh and Tirhut Railway with the Assam Railway [t6][t9]. On January 15, 1958, it was bifurcated into two separate zones: the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) and the North Eastern Railway (NER) [t1][t6]. While the NFR is headquartered at Maligaon in Guwahati, the NER retained its headquarters at Gorakhpur [c1][t1]. The NER zone currently comprises the Lucknow, Varanasi, and Izzatnagar divisions [t5][t9]. Other options like Kolkata serve as the headquarters for the Eastern and South Eastern Railways, while Bhubaneshwar is the headquarters for the East Coast Railway [c1][c2].

Sources

  1. [1] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > Table 7.2 : Indian Railways: Railway Zones and Headquarters > p. 79
  2. [2] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Trade > Table 12.3 > p. 15
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