Which vessel is recorded in the Limca Book of Records as the world’s longest river cruise?
- A.MV Ganga Vilas
- B.MV Lal Bahadur Shastri
- C.MV Ram Prasad Bismil
- D.MV Sagar Samrat
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Explanation
The correct answer is MV Ganga Vilas. While announcing the Yamuna cruise, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways recalled that this vessel holds the Limca Book of Records entry for the longest river cruise anywhere, having sailed more than 3,200 km across India and Bangladesh while touching fifty tourist destinations, two countries, five states and twenty-seven river systems. Options B, C and D are wrong because none of these names was linked to the record in the announcement; they are cargo vessels of other routes rather than the record-holding cruise. The comparison is useful for revision because the same release reported that overnight river cruise vessels in India rose from five in 2013-14 to twenty-six in 2025-26, which shows how cruise tourism has grown around that one landmark voyage.
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Practice Questions
The Yamuna has been designated as which national waterway?
- A.National Waterway-1
- B.National Waterway-37
- C.National Waterway-110
- D.National Waterway-97
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The Yamuna carries this number under the National Waterways Act, 2016, and the recreational cruise service opened in Delhi on 10 November 2026 is the first step towards using the river for leisure navigation in the capital.
Read the full explanation →How many passengers can the electric vessel on Delhi’s Yamuna cruise service carry?
- A.20
- B.30
- C.45
- D.60
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The cruise runs a single electric vessel with seating for thirty passengers, taking visitors on a round trip of about six kilometres along the Sonia Vihar-Jagatpur reach of the river.
Read the full explanation →On which stretch of the Yamuna does Delhi’s new recreational cruise operate?
- A.Wazirabad to Okhla
- B.Sonia Vihar to Jagatpur
- C.Kalindi Kunj to Nizamuddin
- D.Palla to Wazirabad
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The inauguration took place at Sonia Vihar, and the service was developed along the reach of the river running up to Jagatpur, with a round trip of roughly six kilometres for each sailing.
Read the full explanation →Which event did the Department of Sports launch on 2 October 2026 at the start of Special Campaign 6.0?
- A.Fit India Swachhata Freedom Run
- B.Khelo India Youth Games
- C.National Sports Day Run
- D.Swachhata Hi Seva Pledge
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The Department of Sports opened its campaign work on 2 October 2026 with this run, which brought together daily physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle on one side and cleanliness on the other, in the spirit of a clean India and a healthy India.
Read the full explanation →How many public grievances did the Ministry of Ayush dispose of under Special Campaign 6.0?
- A.120
- B.285
- C.368
- D.1,610
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The Ministry of Ayush settled 368 public grievances during the campaign, along with 64 grievance appeals, 7 references from Members of Parliament and 4 references from the Prime Minister's Office.
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