In how many Indian cities does a metro service run at present, according to the Prime Minister?
- A.15 cities
- B.21 cities
- C.26 cities
- D.32 cities
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Explanation
The correct answer is 26 cities. The Prime Minister said that metro trains ran in only five Indian cities in 2014 and that the service has since spread to 26 cities. Alongside this he gave the route figure: the network, which stood far smaller in 2014, has grown to about 1,200 km, and more than a crore people now travel by metro every day, which places the Indian metro network among the three largest in the world. Option A is wrong because 15 is well short of the figure given. Option B is wrong because 21 was not the number stated. Option D is wrong because 32 overstates it. The companion fact worth memorising is that India's first metro service began in 1984, so the bulk of the network has come up in recent years.
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Practice Questions
The new Pune Metro line dedicated on 3 November 2026 runs between which two points?
- A.Pimpri and Swargate
- B.Hinjawadi and Shivajinagar
- C.Vanaz and Ramwadi
- D.Katraj and Nigdi
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The Pune Metro line dedicated to the public by the Prime Minister on this occasion runs from Hinjawadi to Shivajinagar, and its importance lies in the fact that Hinjawadi holds the city's largest information-technology cluster, which now gets direct metro connectivity.
Read the full explanation →Under which model has the newly opened Pune Metro line been built?
- A.Build-own-operate-transfer by the state alone
- B.Fully central government funding
- C.Public-private partnership (PPP)
- D.Foreign sovereign loan model
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The Prime Minister drew particular attention to the fact that this metro line is the product of joint effort by the government and the private sector, and he described it as a development model whose success would add pace to the country's progress.
Read the full explanation →In which year did the first metro service in India begin running?
- A.1972
- B.1984
- C.1991
- D.2002
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While tracing how urban rail has spread in the country, the Prime Minister said the first metro in India ran in 1984, and he contrasted that long start with the slow building that followed, pointing out that metro services were confined to five cities even in 2014.
Read the full explanation →Existing points of interconnection running on E1 or TDM links must be migrated to IP-based interconnection within what period?
- A.One year
- B.Two years
- C.Three years
- D.Five years
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The amendment regulations provide that every interconnection established after they come into force must be IP-based, and that points of interconnection still working on E1 or TDM technology have to be converted to IP-based interconnection in a phased manner within three years.
Read the full explanation →What is the ceiling on the interest rate for delayed payment of interconnection charges?
- A.RBI repo rate plus one percent
- B.SBI one-year MCLR plus two percent
- C.A flat rate of 18 percent a year
- D.Bank rate plus three percent
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A fresh provision now deals with late payment of interconnection charges and interconnection usage charges: the two service providers may settle the interest rate between themselves, but it cannot go above that benchmark.
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