TRAI Drive Test Rates Mobile Networks in Fazilka, Punjab

The correct answer is Reliance Jio, which averaged 271.44 Mbps on download in the Fazilka drive test. Option A, Airtel, came second at 204.39 Mbps, so it is a close but wrong choice; Airtel did, however, top the upload table at 23.52 Mbps. Option D, Vodafone Idea, averaged 17.19 Mbps on download and 15.10 Mbps on upload. Option B, BSNL, was lowest on download at 15.59 Mbps and on upload at 6.39 Mbps, and also recorded the highest packet loss, at 2.68 per cent on the downlink and 2.90 per cent on the uplink. Candidates should remember that the exercise was an Independent Drive Test in the Punjab Licensed Service Area, carried out from 5 to 7 August 2026 and supervised by the regulator’s regional office at Jaipur, with the findings published in October.

The correct answer is 184.6 km. Along with the city drive, the appointed agency carried out a walk test of 1.9 km and tested six hotspot locations across Fazilka city and the areas adjoining it, all between 5 and 7 August 2026. Options A, B and D give distances that were not reported. The route took in Abohar, Jalalabad, Khui Khera, Ghubhaya, Ladhuka and several other settlements besides Fazilka town. During such a test, live voice and data sessions are established on the SIM cards of every service provider over 2G, 3G, 4G and 5G networks using multiple advanced handsets, and the sessions are monitored and analysed in real time. The parameters measured include coverage gap, call setup success rate, call drop rate, call silence instances, speech quality, latency, jitter, packet loss and download and upload throughput.

The correct answer is Airtel and Reliance Jio. Airtel dropped none of the 279 calls it successfully set up and Jio dropped none of its 278, while BSNL recorded three drops out of 281 calls and Vodafone Idea three out of 248, which rules out options A, C and D. On the related measure of coverage gap, counted as samples of poor signal strength out of all samples gathered in auto-selection mode, Airtel showed the fewest weak samples at 178 out of 31329, ahead of Jio at 295 out of 30439, Vodafone Idea at 820 out of 31163 and BSNL at 1575 out of 31183. Call silence instances lasting more than three seconds were lowest for Airtel at one out of 268 calls and highest for Vodafone Idea at six out of 272.