Which structure built under the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link is the world’s highest railway arch bridge?
- A.Anji Khad Bridge
- B.Chenab Rail Bridge
- C.Pamban Bridge
- D.Bogibeel Bridge
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Chenab Rail Bridge. It carries the USBRL across the Chenab river in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir and is the world’s highest railway arch bridge. Its length is 1,315 m, the arch spans 467 m, and the deck rides 359 m above the riverbed, which places it higher than the Eiffel Tower; it is engineered to take strong seismic shocks and high winds, and Vande Bharat trains have run over it since its inauguration in June 2025. Option A, the Anji Khad Bridge, belongs to the same project and the same district, but its distinction is a different one — it is India’s first cable-stayed railway bridge, 473.25 m long, carried by a single inverted-Y pylon 193 m high over a tributary gorge of the Chenab. Options C and D name bridges that lie outside this account of Kashmir’s connectivity altogether, and neither is credited here with any railway arch record.
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Practice Questions
What are the route length and the cost of the USBRL project?
- A.272 km at Rs 43,780 crore
- B.119 km at Rs 6,808 crore
- C.216 km at Rs 2,700 crore
- D.190 km at Rs 1,677 crore
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That is the length and the cost of the Udhampur–Srinagar–Baramulla Rail Link, which was inaugurated in June 2025 and spreads over the districts of Udhampur, Reasi, Ramban, Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, Budgam and Baramulla.
Read the full explanation →Tunnel T50, India’s longest transport tunnel, links which two places?
- A.Baltal and Minamarg
- B.Khari and Sumber
- C.Udhampur and Ramban
- D.Srinagar and Sonamarg
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Tunnel T50 is a rail tunnel of 12.77 km driven under the USBRL project between those two points in Jammu and Kashmir, and it is India’s longest transport tunnel.
Read the full explanation →How many stations of Jammu and Kashmir are among those identified for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme?
- A.Two
- B.Four
- C.Eight
- D.Twelve
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Indian Railways has marked 1,340 stations across the country for redevelopment under the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme, and four of them stand in Jammu and Kashmir: Budgam, Jammu Tawi, Martyr Captain Tushar Mahajan at Udhampur, and Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra.
Read the full explanation →Kaumarabhritya, the subject of KAUMARACON 2026, is the branch of Ayurveda that deals with which field?
- A.Surgery
- B.Child health
- C.Toxicology
- D.Geriatric care
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Kaumarabhritya is Ayurvedic paediatrics, and the conference named after it was devoted to advancing child healthcare through Ayurveda. The sessions covered Ayurvedic paediatric education, regulatory frameworks, traditional practices and scope for collaboration between countries, and a round-table examined policy, education and research in the discipline.
Read the full explanation →An Academic Chair in Ayurveda is to be set up under an international MoU signed by AIIA Goa with which university?
- A.Maharishi International University, United States
- B.University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- C.University of Melbourne, Australia
- D.Heidelberg University, Germany
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The international agreement was signed between AIIA Goa and that university, which is located at Fairfield in the state of Iowa, and it provides for an Academic Chair in Ayurveda in the university’s Department of Physiology and Health.
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