2016 · Q18
Headquarters of which one among the following Railway Zones in India is situated at the highest elevation from the mean sea level ?
General KnowledgeStatic General Awareness
- AEast Central Railway
- BSouth Eastern Railway
- CSouth Western Railway
- DWest Central Railway
Explanation
The zonal headquarters and their approximate elevations are: Hubballi (South Western Railway) about 670 m, Jabalpur (West Central Railway) about 411 m, Hajipur (East Central Railway) about 46 m, and Kolkata (South Eastern Railway) near sea level at about 9 m. Hubballi on the Karnataka plateau is thus clearly the highest of the four. The headquarters at the highest elevation from mean sea level is therefore that of the South Western Railway, option (C).