RAS question
The August Kranti Express connects:
Correct answer: (C) Mumbai to Delhi (named after August Kranti Maidan).
The August Kranti Express connects Mumbai Central with Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi.
Explanation
The August Kranti Express is the Mumbai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin train, so the route in the options is Mumbai to Delhi. The Indian Railways source lists it as August Kranti Rajdhani Express, train numbers 2953/2954, running between Mumbai Central and Hazrat Nizamuddin. Its name is tied to Gowalia Tank Maidan in central Mumbai, now known as August Kranti Maidan, where Mahatma Gandhi gave the Quit India speech on 8 August 1942. That naming link matters because the question tests both the route and the historical association: a Delhi-bound Rajdhani service from Mumbai was named after the August Kranti Maidan, not after a city on some other route.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Kolkata to Delhi is not the route listed for the August Kranti Express; the cited Indian Railways entry gives Mumbai Central-Hazrat Nizamuddin.
- (B) Ahmedabad to Mumbai confuses the western corridor, but the August Kranti Express is listed as running from Mumbai Central to Hazrat Nizamuddin.
- (D) Chennai to Mumbai is unrelated to the cited route, which connects Mumbai Central with Hazrat Nizamuddin in Delhi.
Concept
This tests the modern Indian history link between the Quit India movement and place names used in public institutions. RAS often asks such questions because they combine a factual route or institution with its nationalist-era association.