What is the estimated limestone resource of the Wantrag Limestone Block in Jammu & Kashmir?

The correct answer is limestone. Both the blocks auctioned in the Union Territory are limestone blocks, named the Koot-Kapran Limestone Block and the Wantrag Limestone Block, and both lie in Anantnag district. Option A, bauxite, is wrong because no bauxite block figures in this auction; bauxite is associated with other states and not with these two blocks. Option C, iron ore, is wrong for the same reason, as the resource estimates announced here are limestone estimates. Option D, manganese ore, is wrong as well, since neither block was put up as a manganese holding. Aspirants should tie the mineral to the place, because questions on a first-ever auction usually ask for the mineral and the district together: limestone, Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir.

The correct answer is Anantnag. Both the Koot-Kapran Limestone Block and the Wantrag Limestone Block lie in Anantnag district of the Union Territory, and the first of them is located more precisely in Koot and Kapran villages of Dooru Tehsil. Option A, Baramulla, is wrong because no block in this auction is placed there. Option B, Udhampur, is wrong for the same reason, and it has been offered because it is a familiar district name from the Jammu region. Option D, Kathua, is wrong as well, since neither of the auctioned holdings falls in that district. The district is the detail a paper setter is most likely to combine with the mineral, so remember the pair together, along with the tehsil name Dooru for the Koot-Kapran block.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Mines, Government of India. The Government of Jammu & Kashmir entrusted the auction of its mineral blocks to the Ministry of Mines, which carried out the process under the Central Government mineral auction route and announced the successful result. Option B is wrong because the Geological Survey of India is not named as the body that ran this auction. Option C is wrong because NITI Aayog has no role in auctioning mineral blocks and is a policy institution. Option D is wrong because the Indian Bureau of Mines is not identified here as the auctioning authority either. The ministry has said it will continue to work with the Union Territory government on transparent and responsible development of its mineral resources.

The correct answer is 2030. The state's annual exports stand at roughly Rs 2 lakh crore at present, and the stated goal is to take that figure to Rs 5 lakh crore by 2030, which means more than doubling the value of goods sold abroad. The Union Commerce and Industry Minister spelt out the target while addressing the UP International Trade Show at Greater Noida, linking it to the wider market access that India's free trade agreements are creating for exporters. Options A and B, 2027 and 2028, are too early and no such deadline was announced for them. Option D, 2035, is a later round year that is often attached to other plans and is wrong here. Candidates should store the pair of numbers together, the present export value and the target value, along with the deadline year.

The correct answer is a one trillion dollar economy. Expanding exports, drawing in investment and gaining easier access to markets abroad were all described as contributions towards that goal for Uttar Pradesh. Option D, a five trillion dollar economy, is the strongest distractor because that figure is widely associated with the national economy rather than with a single state, and candidates often mix the two up. Option A, 500 billion dollars, and option C, two trillion dollars, are invented sizes. The supporting facts to hold alongside this are the export path from about Rs 2 lakh crore a year to Rs 5 lakh crore by 2030, the six partner countries at the trade show, and the state's build-up in defence, semiconductors, electronics and robotics backed by expressways, airports and industrial parks.