Under which one of the following rivers has India's first underwater metro rail tunnel been constructed?
- A.Yamuna
- B.Ganga
- C.Hooghly
- D.Gomti
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The correct answer is C, Hooghly. India's first underwater metro tunnel runs beneath the Hooghly river in Kolkata. It is part of the East-West Metro corridor (the Green Line) of Kolkata Metro and joins Howrah on the west bank with Kolkata on the east bank. Twin tunnels were bored under the riverbed, and the stretch between Howrah Maidan and Esplanade, which includes Howrah station, the deepest metro station in India, was opened in March 2024. It is fitting that Kolkata also had India's first metro, opened in 1984 between Esplanade and Bhowanipore. The Hooghly is a distributary of the Ganga that flows past Kolkata and Howrah to the Bay of Bengal. Option A is wrong because the Delhi Metro crosses the Yamuna on bridges, not through a tunnel under it. Option B is wrong because the main stream of the Ganga has no metro tunnel beneath it; the Kolkata tunnel is under its distributary, which is called the Hooghly. Option D is wrong because the Gomti flows through Lucknow, where the metro does not run under the river. Exam tip: first metro (1984) and first underwater metro tunnel, under the Hooghly, are both in Kolkata.
Practice Questions
View allConsider the following description of the Samadhi of a former Prime Minister of India :
Central Samadhi platform comprises nine square black polished granite solid stone blocks, capped with a 'Diya' in the centre. The number nine holds significance and represents the navarasas, navaratras and navagrahas. Then placement of the nine-square Samadhi is in a circular lotus shaped pattern. The nine-square platform is accessed in four cardinal directions by pathways made in white composite tiles so that the floor does not get heated.
Identify the Samadhi :
- A.Shakti Sthal
- B.Shantivan
- C.Sadaiv Atal
- D.Veer Bhumi
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The nine-square black granite platform with a diya at the centre, set in a lotus pattern, describes Sadaiv Atal, the memorial of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Bharatmala Pariyojana is related to
- A.interlinking of Northern and Southern Indian rivers in a garland shape.
- B.networks of National Highways in India.
- C.interlinking of all cities of India through Railways.
- D.interlinking of all industrial regions of India through pipelines.
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Bharatmala Pariyojana is the Union government's umbrella programme for developing national highways and road corridors.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following Joint Military Exercises was NOT conducted between India and USA ?
- A.Yudhabhyas
- B.Vajra Prahar
- C.Malabar
- D.Varuna
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Varuna is the naval exercise between India and France, not between India and the USA. India and France began their bilateral naval exercises in 1983, and the series was named Varuna in 2001; it has since been held regularly in the Indian Ocean and off the French coast.
Read the full explanation →The Headquarters of South-Eastern Railway is located at
- A.Bilaspur.
- B.Secunderabad.
- C.Kolkata.
- D.Bhubaneswar.
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The South Eastern Railway zone has its headquarters at Garden Reach in Kolkata. South Eastern Railway was formed in 1955 from the old Bengal Nagpur Railway, whose head office at Garden Reach it inherited.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of Institute and their location is/are correctly matched?
1. Indian Institute of Advanced Study : Shimla
2. Indian Institute of Public Administration : New Delhi
3. Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service : Nainital
Select the answer using the code given below:
- A.1 and 2
- B.2 and 3
- C.1 only
- D.2 only
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Pair 1 is right: the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, set up in 1965, works from the Rashtrapati Niwas in Shimla, the building that was once the Viceregal Lodge, where the Simla Conference of 1945 was held.
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