From which railway station was India's first LNG-powered train flagged off in September 2026?

The correct answer is Rs 1,472 crore, the combined worth of the works opened and the foundation stones laid at Sabarmati on the day the first LNG-powered train was flagged off. Option A, Rs 700 crore, is only one part of that package: it is what the WAG-12 shed for maintaining locomotive engines cost. Option C, Rs 589 crore, is a very different figure, the total railway spending in Gujarat across the years from 2009 to 2014, quoted to contrast past and present outlays. Option D, Rs 17,366 crore, is the railway outlay for Gujarat in a single year, 2026-27, again used for that comparison and not the value of the Sabarmati works. Only option B answers what was asked, so B is right.

The correct answer is 12,000 horsepower. The engine put into service at Sabarmati is a twin-section machine of that rating, and it can pull on its own a load that would otherwise need roughly 600 trucks. Two locomotives used to be joined together for such a haul, so one WAG-12 now does the work of a pair, which the Home Minister called a landmark for Indian Railways. Options A and B, 6,000 and 9,000 horsepower, are lower ratings that do not match the machine described at the ceremony. Option D, 15,000 horsepower, is higher than the stated figure. A shed costing Rs 700 crore was opened at the same station precisely to maintain locomotive engines of this class, which is why the number is worth remembering with the shed.

The correct answer is 108 crore litres. The Home Minister said the railways burnt 293 crore litres of diesel in 2015-16 and that the quantity had come down to 108 crore litres by 2024-25, a fall he linked to the spread of electric traction and one he felt received little notice. Option A, 293 crore litres, is the earlier of the two figures, for 2015-16, so it names the starting point rather than the later year. Options B and C, 205 and 150 crore litres, are neither of the two quantities quoted. The same speech put the share of the network already electrified at 99.6 per cent, with the small remainder to be finished soon, which explains why diesel use has shrunk so sharply.

The correct answer is the 8th edition, open until 2 October. The Ministry of Culture said this year's auction is the eighth in the series and that bidding stays live until the second day of October, with the dates, the way to take part and the whole catalogue placed on the portal pmmementos.gov.in. The other options change either the edition number or the closing date, and each is wrong for that reason alone. A safe way to remember the facts is to tie the edition to the state chosen for this catalogue, Rajasthan, and to the size of that set, which runs to a few dozen artefacts covering folk deities, painting, textiles, shrines and sporting memorabilia. Questions on this scheme usually ask for the edition, the ministry or the portal.

The correct answer is Nathdwara, the town linked with Pichwai painting, a form in which cloth hangings are made for the shrine of Shrinathji. The catalogue places these works beside a Phad painting of Lakshmi and Narayan and a Pattachitra-style picture of Krishna Raas Leela, all three being ways of telling a devotional story through art. Pushkar is wrong because it comes into the collection through the Brahma Temple, shown as part of the state's architectural heritage. Karauli is wrong because it appears with Kaila Mata, one of the revered deities represented in the set. Banswara is wrong because it is named for the painting of Mangarh Dham. Matching each art form or shrine to its town is the safest way to answer such questions.