The Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre being dedicated to the nation is located at which institution, and what atlas is being released there?

The correct answer is over ₹13,000 crore. The announcement states that the projects taken up together at Chennai in Tamil Nadu carry a combined value of more than ₹13,000 crore, and that they cover metro rail, national highways, railways, ports, petroleum and education. Option A names ₹3,700 crore, which is only the figure for the national highway projects in the State and not the whole package, so it understates the outlay badly. Option B gives ₹8,500 crore, a figure that does not belong to any part of this announcement at all. Option D raises the sum to ₹21,000 crore, which is well above what the package is worth. Within the total, the metro stretch alone accounts for about ₹4,900 crore, the highway works about ₹3,700 crore, the rail works more than ₹750 crore and the lube oil base stocks plant nearly ₹1,620 crore, which shows how the larger figure is made up.

The correct answer is Phase II of Chennai Metro, with a double-decker structure of 3.7 km. The stretch from Poonamallee to Vadapalani is part of the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, it was built at a cost of about ₹4,900 crore, and its distinguishing feature is a double-decker structure running 3.7 km, along with advanced signalling meant to support driverless operations. The corridor is expected to cut daily travel time and improve the link between the fast-growing western suburbs of the city and the centre. Option A wrongly places the stretch in the first phase and invents an underground tunnel. Option C assigns it to a suburban rail system, which is not what the announcement describes. Option D moves it to a third phase and adds a floating station, a feature nowhere mentioned. Only option B matches both the phase and the structure.

The correct answer is the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The five stations named for inauguration in Tamil Nadu, at Palani, Vellore Cantonment, Ambasamudram, Paramakkudi and Namakkal, have been rebuilt under that scheme and are being opened as Amrit Stations, as part of railway works worth more than ₹750 crore that also include the Karaikal-Peralam line and three rail flyovers in and around Coimbatore. Option B, the Adarsh Station Scheme, is a different railway programme and is not the one named here. Option C, Setu Bharatam, deals with road bridges and level crossings on national highways rather than station buildings. Option D, Bharatmala Pariyojana, is a highway development programme and has nothing to do with station redevelopment. Candidates should link the words Amrit Station to this scheme and remember the five station names.

The correct answer is Visakhapatnam. The Indian Lighthouse Festival has moved along the coast in three editions: the first was held at Fort Aguada in Goa in 2023, the second at Puri in Odisha in 2024, and the third at Visakhapatnam in 2026. At Visakhapatnam the lighthouse became the centre of a wider celebration of coastal identity, with local crafts, coastal food and night-time illumination drawing families, students, artists and entrepreneurs. Option A, Puri, hosted the second edition, where lighthouse heritage was combined with sand art, boat art, yoga and folk performances, and where five tourism-developed lighthouses of Odisha were showcased: Gopalpur, Puri, Chandrabhaga, Paradip and False Point. Option B is wrong because the Goa edition was held at Fort Aguada, not at Panaji. Option C, Kochi, has not hosted the festival in any of the three editions on record.

The correct answer is the Brahmaputra. Four lighthouses are being established along this river at Pandu, Bogibeel, Silghat and Biswanath Ghat, and together they will be the first lighthouse infrastructure India places on an inland waterway rather than on the sea coast. Each tower will rise to 20 metres, the combined outlay is about ₹84 crore, and each will carry solar power along with weather-observation sensors. Every one of the four sites is also designed for visitors, with a museum, an amphitheatre, a cafeteria, a children’s play area, a souvenir shop and landscaped public space. Options A, B and D name the Ganga, the Godavari and the Mahanadi, all important Indian rivers, but no lighthouse project of this kind has been announced on them in this account. Remembering the four place names on the Brahmaputra is the safest way to answer a question set from this item.