Choose the correct statement :
(A) First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane was built in year 1850.
(B) First Railway Bridge linking Boriwali with Bombay was built in year 1850.
(C) First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane was built in year 1854.
(D) First Railway Bridge linking Thane with Church Gate was built in year 1854.
(E) British introduced the railways in India in 1850
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C) and (E) only
(A) First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane was built in year 1850. — False. This bridge was built in 1854. The year 1850 is when the railways came to India.
(B) First Railway Bridge linking Boriwali with Bombay was built in year 1850. — False. The first railway bridge linked Bombay with Thane, and it was built in 1854.
(C) First Railway Bridge linking Bombay with Thane was built in year 1854. — True. The first railway bridge, linking Bombay with Thane, dates from 1854.
(D) First Railway Bridge linking Thane with Church Gate was built in year 1854. — False. The first railway bridge of 1854 is the one linking Bombay with Thane.
(E) British introduced the railways in India in 1850 — True. The railways came in 1850 and are seen as one of the most important British contributions. They let people travel long distances and opened up wider markets.
NCERT (2026-27): “1.8 Infrastructure … The British introduced the railways in India in 1850 and it is considered as one of their most important contributions. The railways affected the structure of the Indian economy in two important ways. On the one hand it enabled people to undertake long distance travel and thereby break geographical and cultural barriers while, on the other hand, it fostered commercialisation of Indian agriculture which adversely affected the self-sufficiency of the village economies in India.…”
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