The first UDAY (Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri) Express train runs between
- (a)Delhi and Kalka
- (b)Bengaluru and Coimbatore
- (c)Chennai and Visakhapatnam
- (d)Chennai and Bengaluru
Correct — B, Bengaluru and Coimbatore. As of the November 2019 exam, India's first UDAY (Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri) Express ran on the Coimbatore–Bengaluru route, having been flagged off in June 2018. Announced in the 2016-17 Railway Budget, the UDAY is a fully double-decker air-conditioned chair-car service designed for high passenger density on busy short-haul intercity corridors.
- (a)Delhi and Kalka — The Delhi-Kalka corridor is served by trains like the Shatabdi and the Himalayan Queen, not the first UDAY Express.
- (c)Chennai and Visakhapatnam — No first UDAY Express ran on this route; a later UDAY service operated between Visakhapatnam and Guntur, not Chennai.
- (d)Chennai and Bengaluru — A plausible-sounding southern pairing, but the inaugural UDAY linked Coimbatore with Bengaluru, not Chennai.
The UDAY Express is a category of double-decker, air-conditioned chair-car trains introduced by Indian Railways to move more passengers on high-demand short intercity routes. Its two-tier coaches seat far more travellers than a conventional AC chair car.
The distractors are all real rail corridors. Anchor the 'first' UDAY to the southern Coimbatore-Bengaluru line, flagged off in 2018; a second UDAY (Visakhapatnam-Guntur) came later.
- UDAY stands for Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri Express.
- The scheme was announced in the 2016-17 Railway Budget.
- The first UDAY Express, Coimbatore-Bengaluru, was flagged off in June 2018.
- UDAY coaches are double-decker AC chair cars built for high passenger density.
- Guessing a Delhi-based route — the first UDAY was a South Indian (Coimbatore-Bengaluru) service.
- Confusing UDAY the train with UDAY the power-distribution scheme (Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana).
Current-affairs 'first/between which cities' item, or matching special trains to their features and routes.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In the name 'UDAY Express', UDAY stands for
- (a)Ujjwal Distant Air Yatri
- (b)Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri
- (c)Ultra Deluxe Air Yatra
- (d)Urban Double-decker AC Yatra
Answer(b) Utkrisht Double Decker Air-Conditioned Yatri — a double-decker AC chair-car service.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The UDAY Express coaches are distinctive because they are
- (a)single-decker sleeper coaches
- (b)double-decker air-conditioned chair cars
- (c)goods-cum-passenger coaches
- (d)narrow-gauge coaches
Answer(b) double-decker air-conditioned chair cars — designed for high passenger density.