Indian Geography Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 11)

The Committee recommended expanding contamination parameters to include Chemical Oxygen Demand, to better distinguish between different types of pollutants.

The 413th Report is an Action Taken Report, reviewing the government’s response to the Committee’s earlier 402nd Report on Water Pollution in Delhi NCR.

The correct answer is Ghaziabad-Noida International Airport. The Rajya Sabha was told on 27 July 2026 that DPRs exist for Delhi-Karnal, Delhi-Bawal, Bawal-Behror and this airport line. Delhi-Alwar and Delhi-Panipat are on the older priority list.

The correct answer is construction began March 2019; fully operational 22 February 2026. The corridor was sanctioned in March 2019. The Prime Minister dedicated the entire corridor to the nation on 22 February 2026. The first stretch, Sahibabad to Duhai Depot, opened on 20 October 2023.

The correct answer is Delhi, Ghaziabad and Meerut. The 82 km corridor runs from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut. Karnal, Alwar and Noida are linked only to proposed corridors.

The correct answer is Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS). The PMO calls Namo Bharat India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System. It is a semi-high-speed regional rail, not a city metro. Its design speed is 180 km per hour.

The correct answer is 103 stations, across 18 States and UTs. The Prime Minister dedicated them on 22 May 2025. They lie in 86 districts and cost over 1,100 crore rupees. The later July 2026 batch had 75 stations in 20 States.

The correct answer is the Hawa Mahal and Amer Fort. Station designs under the scheme draw on local culture, heritage and architecture. Jaipur’s design is meant to recall these two Rajasthan landmarks. The other pairs belong to other cities.

The correct answer is 75 stations, across 20 States. The Prime Minister inaugurated them virtually from Jalandhar, Punjab. They cost about 1,570 crore rupees. The 103-station batch with 18 States was the first one, in May 2025.

The correct answer is 1,309. The PMO says the scheme was launched to redevelop 1,309 stations. The list has grown since. A Rajya Sabha reply of December 2024 gave 1,337. The 1,275 figure is the earlier count of February 2023.

The correct answer is 6 August 2023. On that day the Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for 508 stations under the scheme. The PMO notice says the scheme was launched to redevelop 1,309 stations. The Ministry first announced the policy in a PIB release dated 27 December 2022.

The Great Banyan is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for its massive canopy.

It is judged by canopy spread, not by age or height.

Cyclones in 1864 and 1867 broke main branches. A hard fungus then attacked the tree.

The infected trunk was removed in 1925 to save the rest of the tree.

The garden was renamed in 2009 to honour the plant physiologist Jagadish Chandra Bose.

1793 is the year Roxburgh took charge. 1925 is when the banyan trunk was removed.

Kyd said the garden would help Calcutta and British trade. He wanted to grow cinnamon, spices and teak.

It was not set up as a park or a collection of rare plants.

Colonel Robert Kyd founded the garden in 1787. He proposed it in 1786 and became its first Superintendent.

Roxburgh took charge only in 1793, after Kyd.

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was India’s first biosphere reserve under UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme.

The Kabini backwaters separate Nagarhole from Bandipur Tiger Reserve. The Kabini also forms the boundary between the two parks.

It was renamed Rajiv Gandhi National Park in 1992, in honour of the former Prime Minister.

The park holds six wild cat species: snow leopard, clouded leopard, Indian leopard, jungle cat, Asian golden cat, and leopard cat.

A Mixed site meets both natural and cultural criteria at once, a single designation, not two separate listings.