Which was the first rail cum road bridge built over the river Ganga in India?
- A.Mahatma Gandhi Setu
- B.Rajendra Setu
- C.Vikramshila Setu
- D.Jayaprakash Setu
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Rajendra Setu. The bridge between Mokama and Simaria, opened in 1959 and inaugurated by Dr Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India, carried both a railway line and a road and was the first bridge of that kind over the Ganga anywhere in the country.
Option A, the Mahatma Gandhi Setu between Patna and Hajipur, came much later, in 1982, and is a road bridge, though for years it was the longest river bridge in India. Option C, Vikramshila Setu at Bhagalpur, opened in 2001 and is also a road bridge. Option D, the Jayaprakash Setu between Digha and Sonpur, is indeed a rail cum road bridge but a recent one, taking rail traffic from 2016, so it cannot be the first. Fix the sequence 1959, 1982, 2001 and remember that the earliest of the three is also the rail cum road one.
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Practice Questions
View allThe headquarters of the East Central Railway zone is at which place?
- A.Patna
- B.Hajipur
- C.Sonpur
- D.Danapur
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The East Central Railway, created in 2002 when the railways were reorganised into new zones, has its headquarters at Hajipur in Vaishali district, and it is the only zonal headquarters of the Indian Railways in Bihar.
Read the full explanation →The Mahatma Gandhi Setu connects Patna with which town across the Ganga?
- A.Sonpur
- B.Hajipur
- C.Chhapra
- D.Simaria
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The Mahatma Gandhi Setu, about 5.75 kilometres long and opened in 1982, runs from Patna to Hajipur in Vaishali district, the town that also holds the headquarters of the East Central Railway, and it is the main road link between the capital and north Bihar.
Read the full explanation →Vikramshila Setu, opened in 2001, crosses the Ganga at which city?
- A.Munger
- B.Bhagalpur
- C.Buxar
- D.Katihar
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Vikramshila Setu, about four and a half kilometres long and opened in 2001, joins Bhagalpur on the south bank with Naugachhia on the north, and it takes its name from the ancient university of Vikramshila, whose ruins stand in the same district at Antichak.
Read the full explanation →National Waterway 1 of India runs along which river system?
- A.Brahmaputra from Sadiya to Dhubri
- B.Ganga from Haldia to Prayagraj
- C.Godavari and Krishna
- D.West Coast Canal in Kerala
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National Waterway 1 follows the Ganga, the Bhagirathi and the Hooghly from Haldia in West Bengal up to Prayagraj, and a long stretch of it passes through Bihar by Buxar, Patna, Munger and Bhagalpur.
Read the full explanation →What is the length of National Waterway 1, declared in 1986?
- A.891 kilometres
- B.1,620 kilometres
- C.2,480 kilometres
- D.205 kilometres
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The Ganga waterway from Haldia to Prayagraj, declared in 1986 as the first national waterway of the country, is 1,620 kilometres long, and under the Jal Marg Vikas Project its channel was deepened and terminals were built, including the multimodal terminal at Patna.
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