Which two ministries are organising India Mining Week 2026?
- A.Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Mines
- B.Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Steel
- C.Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Heavy Industries
- D.Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Ministry of Mines
Correct answer
A. Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Mines
Explanation
The correct answer is the Ministry of Coal and the Ministry of Mines, working together with the mining industry. That pairing is also reflected in who hosted the outreach: Satish Chandra Dubey holds charge as Minister of State for Coal and Mines, and Rupinder Brar is Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Coal. Option B replaces Coal with Steel; steel is a user of minerals rather than a regulator of mining, so it is not an organiser here. Option C keeps Coal but brings in Heavy Industries, which handles capital goods and automobiles and has no role in this event. Option D brings in Commerce and Industry, which handles trade and investment promotion generally but is not organising the Week. Remembering that one minister holds both Coal and Mines makes this pairing easy to recall.
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Practice Questions
Where and when will India Mining Week 2026 be held?
- A.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, 15-17 October 2026
- B.Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, 15-17 November 2026
- C.Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, 15-17 December 2026
- D.Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, 15-17 November 2026
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Correct answer: B. Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, 15-17 November 2026
Explanation
The correct answer is Yashobhoomi, New Delhi, from 15 to 17 November 2026. The venue and the three dates were both stated at the India Mining: Global Connect outreach meeting, where the Minister of State invited dignitaries to the opening on 15 November. Option A keeps the right venue city and dates but shifts the month to October, and also swaps in Bharat Mandapam, which is a different convention centre in the capital. Option C keeps the venue but pushes the event to December, a month later than announced. Option D keeps the correct dates but names Pragati Maidan, the older exhibition ground in New Delhi, instead of Yashobhoomi, which is the convention centre at Dwarka. Candidates should hold venue and month together, since questions usually change only one of the two.
Diplomatic missions of how many countries took part in the India Mining: Global Connect outreach?
- A.12
- B.19
- C.25
- D.50
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Correct answer: B. 19
Explanation
The correct answer is 19. Representatives of diplomatic missions from nineteen countries joined the outreach interaction, among them Malawi, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, Algeria, the United States of America, Chile, Bhutan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, Russia, Iraq, Morocco, Venezuela, Spain, Poland, Mongolia, Zambia, France and Ghana, and the US Chamber of Commerce attended alongside them. Option D, fifty, is the figure that belongs to the main event: participation from more than fifty countries is expected at India Mining Week in November, which is a larger and later number than the missions at this preparatory meeting. Options A and C, twelve and twenty-five, have no basis in the outreach. The distinction worth remembering is that nineteen missions attended the build-up meeting while more than fifty countries are expected at the Week itself.
How many airports does India currently have in operation, according to the Civil Aviation Minister at the Routes Asia curtain raiser?
- A.Over 120
- B.Over 140
- C.Over 166
- D.Over 200
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Correct answer: C. Over 166
Explanation
The correct answer is over 166. The Minister said India's aviation sector is expanding quickly, with that many airports already in operation and plans to develop a hundred more over the coming decade. He linked this expansion to the hub-and-spoke model, under which traffic is routed through large hubs so that smaller cities can be connected to emerging markets, and to India's steady progress towards becoming the world's third largest aviation market. Option A and option B understate the figure announced and are therefore wrong. Option D overstates it and does not match the number given at the curtain raiser, so it is also incorrect. Aspirants should remember the pair of figures together, the airports already working and the hundred more planned, because examiners frequently combine both in a single question.
At which venue will Routes Asia 2027 be held?
- A.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
- B.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
- C.Yashobhoomi, Dwarka
- D.Jio World Centre, Mumbai
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Correct answer: B. Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
Explanation
The correct answer is Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The Civil Aviation Minister announced while unveiling the curtain raiser that the route development event will take place there from the sixteenth to the eighteenth of March in the year twenty twenty seven, bringing together more than one hundred and fifteen airlines and representatives from over fifty five countries. Option A, Vigyan Bhawan, is a well known conference venue in the capital but is not the one named for this event, so it is wrong. Option C, Yashobhoomi in Dwarka, is another large convention centre in Delhi and is a plausible distractor, yet it is not the announced venue. Option D, the Jio World Centre in Mumbai, is in a different city altogether and is therefore incorrect. Aspirants should tie the event to both its venue and its dates, since questions often test the two together.
Which body received the hosting baton for Routes Asia 2027 from the China West Airport Group?
- A.Directorate General of Civil Aviation
- B.Airports Economic Regulatory Authority
- C.Airports Authority of India
- D.Air India
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Correct answer: C. Airports Authority of India
Explanation
The correct answer is the Airports Authority of India. India formally assumed hosting responsibilities at the closing ceremony of the previous Routes Asia held in Xi'an in China during April of the year twenty twenty six, and it was the Airports Authority of India that received the hosting baton from the China West Airport Group. Option A, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, is the safety regulator for civil aviation in India and does not host industry route development events, so it is wrong. Option B, the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority, sets tariffs at major airports and had no role in the handover, which rules it out. Option D, Air India, is an airline rather than an airport body and could not receive a hosting baton on the country's behalf, so it is incorrect as well.