Q.671. The cleanest Indian Railway station is :
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) Bengaluru
(d) Surat
Ans: (D)
Notes: According to a survey released by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in March 2016, Surat, Rajkot and Vadodara – all in Gujarat – were among the 10 cleanest railway stations in India. Surat and Rajkot came out first and second respectively among the category AI railway stations, i.e. those that have Rs 60 crore annual earnings.
Q.672. India’s first Railway University will come up at
(a) Vadodara, Gujarat
(b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(c) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (A)
Notes: The government, in January 2016, announced that Vadodara in Gujarat will be home to the country’s first railway university. The present campus for National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR), Vadodara, (at Pratap Vilas Palace) will be initially used to start the railway university. After land acquisition, a fullfledged university will be started there.
Q.673. Where is the Indian National Rail Museum situated?
(a) Delhi
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab
(d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans: (A)
Notes: The National Rail Museum is a museum in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi which focuses on the rail heritage of India. It opened on 1 February 1977. The rail museum is an amalgamation of rare steam locomotives, historical pictures, railway artifacts that are displayed along with some static and working models of a wide variety of trains in India.
Q.674. Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National Highways was initiated by
(a) P V Narasimha Rao
(b) I K Gujral
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Ans: (D)
Notes: The Golden Quadrilateralproject was launched by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2001.The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. It is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world.
Q.675. Which among the following cities in India is not located in Golden Quadrilateral Road Network?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Mumbai
(c) New Delhi
(d) Chandigarh
Ans: (D)
Notes: The Golden Quadrilateral Road Network is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Kanpur, Pune, Surat, Nellore, Vijayawada and Guntur are also connected by the network.
Q.676. In which of the following States is Dampa Tiger Reserve situated?
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(c) Mizoram
(d) Orissa
Ans: (C)
Notes: Dampa Tiger Reserve is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Mizoram. It was notified in 1985 and declared a Tiger Reserve in 1994. It is situated in the western part of Mizoram state, at the international border with Bangladesh about 127 km from Aizawl.
Q.677. The State which produces largest number of orchids in India is
(a) Assam
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Meghalaya
(d) Sikkim
Ans: (D)
Notes: Sikkim is the largest producer of orchids in India. The state is home to an amazing 450 species of exotic orchids alone. Annually, around 20 million stalks of orchids are produced in Sikkim. Sikkim, owing to its climatic conditions, has developed as a natural hub of orchids.
Q.678. Which of the following is the busiest International sea port in India?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Kochi
(d) Tuticorin
Ans: (A)
Notes: Based on the number of shipping services calling each port, Mumbai (Nava Sheva) is by far India’s busiest port, having 30 inter-regional shipping services calling its port, according to information from BlueWater Reporting. Eleven of these services only encompass the Asia and ISC trades.
Part–X : Political, Urban & Rural, Regional and Human Grography of India
Q.679. Which of the following city is situated in the farthest east ?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Jablapur
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Chennai
Ans: (A)
Notes: Lucknow is the capital city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is situated on 26o30′ & 27o10′ North latitude and 80o 30′ & 81o 13′ East longitude.
Q.680. Which of the following districts is on the international border of India?
(a) Sirsa
(b) Anantnag
(c) Karimganj
(d) Purulia
Ans: (C)
Notes: Karimganj s a town in the Karimganj District of the Indian state of Assam. Karimganj town is located on the northern fringe of the district adjoining Bangladesh, flanked on two sides by the Kushiyara River and Longai river, Karimganj town is located just on the Bangladesh border with the river Kushiara flowing in between. One prominent feature of the place is a long and winding canal called Noti Khal meandering across the town. Karimganj became a subdivision of Sylhet District of British India in late nineteenth century. It was severed from Sylhet during Partition of India and was included in India as a part of Cachar district in Assam. In 1983, Karimganj became a district of Assam.