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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 145 of 200

Q145
Geography (incl. West Bengal)Transport, Ports & Urbanisation
Which is the oldest mountain railway in India that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
  1. a.Konkan Railway
  2. b.Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
  3. c.Nilgiri Mountain Railway
  4. d.Kalka-Shimla Railway

Answer: (B) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway

The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, opened in 1881, is the oldest of the Mountain Railways of India and was the first inscribed by UNESCO, in 1999. The Nilgiri (1908) and Kalka–Shimla (1903) lines were added later, and the Konkan Railway is not a heritage site.

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