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12 questions
  1. Under the old numbering, which national highway passed through all three of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha? (UPSC 2007)
    1. Old NH-4
    2. Old NH-5
    3. Old NH-6
    4. Old NH-7
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    Answer: (C) Old NH-6

    The Kolkata-Hazira route; now numbered NH-53.

  2. Which pair is NOT correctly matched? (UPSC 2006)
    1. North Eastern Railway — Gorakhpur
    2. South Eastern Railway — Bhubaneswar
    3. Eastern Railway — Kolkata
    4. South East Central Railway — Bilaspur
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    Answer: (B) South Eastern Railway — Bhubaneswar

    SER is headquartered at Kolkata; Bhubaneswar is East Coast Railway's.

  3. Which pair is NOT correct?
    1. Chennai — India's deepest port
    2. Kochi — natural port
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru Port — largest container port
    4. Kandla — tidal port
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    Answer: (A) Chennai — India's deepest port

    Chennai is an artificial harbour; the deep, protected port is Visakhapatnam.

  4. Which of these is NOT a natural harbour? (based on UPPCS 2007)
    1. Mumbai
    2. Mormugao
    3. Kochi
    4. Chennai
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    Answer: (D) Chennai

    Chennai is artificial — walls built in the open sea.

  5. Paradip port was developed to relieve which ports?
    1. Kolkata — Visakhapatnam
    2. Kolkata — Mumbai
    3. Mumbai — Kochi
    4. Chennai — Visakhapatnam
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    Answer: (A) Kolkata — Visakhapatnam

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  6. The Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor was originally proposed between which two places?
    1. Chandigarh — Kolkata
    2. Delhi — Kolkata
    3. Ludhiana — Dankuni (near Howrah)
    4. Meerut — Silchar
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    Answer: (C) Ludhiana — Dankuni (near Howrah)

    The working stretch today runs Ludhiana (Sahnewal) to Sonnagar (Bihar), 1,337 km.

  7. Choose the correct statements — 1. IWAI develops, maintains and regulates national waterways. 2. IWAI was set up on 27 October 1986.
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither 1 nor 2
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    Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

    Headquarters Noida.

  8. Choose the correct statements — 1. The INSAT system gives communication and weather data through geostationary satellites. 2. The IRS system surveys resources through earth-observation satellites.
    1. 1 only
    2. 2 only
    3. Both 1 and 2
    4. Neither
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    Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

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  9. Choose the correct statements — 1. Ennore is the oldest and an artificial port of the east coast. 2. Mumbai is India's largest natural harbour. 3. Nhava Sheva is India's largest container port.
    1. 1 only
    2. 1 and 2
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All
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    Answer: (C) 2 and 3

    The old artificial harbour is Chennai; Ennore (Kamarajar) is the first corporatised major port.

  10. Which were goals of the National Telecom Policy 2012? 1. 100% rural teledensity by 2020 2. Free roaming across the country 3. Full mobile number portability
    1. 1 and 2
    2. 1 and 3
    3. 2 and 3
    4. All
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    Answer: (D) All

    "One Nation — One Licence" was in this policy too.

  11. Where is the headquarters of South Coast Railway, the 18th zone of Indian Railways?
    1. Vijayawada
    2. Visakhapatnam
    3. Guntur
    4. Bhubaneswar
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    Answer: (B) Visakhapatnam

    Working since 1 June 2026.

  12. In the new 2024 count, how long is India's coastline?
    1. 7,516.6 km
    2. 8,118 km
    3. 11,098.81 km
    4. 15,106.7 km
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    Answer: (C) 11,098.81 km

    Earlier 7,516.6 km; the new count used a finer scale and new technology (no land was added). 15,106.7 km is India's land border.

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