UPSC Indian Economy – Chapter 28: Infrastructure II – Roads, Railways, Ports and Airports (26 MCQs)
UPSC Indian Economy – Chapter 28: Infrastructure II – Roads, Railways, Ports and Airports (26 MCQs) – 26 questions, subject: Indian Economy. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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India's national highway network in December 2025 was about:
Correct Answer: A [1,46,560 km]
Explanation:
MoRTH's Year End Review 2025 put the national highway network at 1,46,560 km, up from 91,287 km in 2014.
Under the Hybrid Annuity Model for highways, the Government pays during construction about:
Correct Answer: C [40 per cent]
Explanation:
Under HAM the Government pays 40 per cent of the project cost during construction and the rest as annuities.
The East–West Corridor of the NHDP connects:
Correct Answer: B [Silchar and Porbandar]
Explanation:
The NHDP East–West Corridor runs from Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat.
The Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims Scheme, 2025 covers treatment of up to:
Correct Answer: C [₹1.5 lakh per victim]
Explanation:
Road accident victims get cashless treatment of up to ₹1.5 lakh each at designated hospitals.
By March 2026, the share of India's broad-gauge network that was electrified was about:
Correct Answer: A [99.6 per cent]
Explanation:
Indian Railways had electrified 99.6 per cent of its broad-gauge network by March 2026.
Kavach is:
Correct Answer: D [an indigenous automatic train protection system]
Explanation:
Kavach is an indigenous Automatic Train Protection system developed by the RDSO with Indian firms.
Consider the following statements:
1. The Western Dedicated Freight Corridor was completed in March 2026.
2. The National Rail Plan aims at a 45 per cent freight share by 2030.
3. The Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed line is built with French assistance.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: C [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
the high-speed line has Japanese assistance.
The first Vande Bharat train was built at:
Correct Answer: A [Integral Coach Factory, Chennai]
Explanation:
The Integral Coach Factory, Chennai built the first Vande Bharat train, introduced in 2019.
Cargo handled by India's major ports in 2025-26 was about:
Correct Answer: A [915 million tonnes]
Explanation:
Major ports handled a record 915 million tonnes in 2025-26, growth of over 7 per cent.
The Indian Ports Act, 2025 replaced an Act of:
Correct Answer: B [1908]
Explanation:
The Indian Ports Act, 2025 replaced the colonial-era Indian Ports Act, 1908.
Assertion (A): Shifting freight from road to rail can lower India's logistics costs.
Reason (R): Rail moves bulk goods over long distances at a lower cost per tonne-km than road.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Rail's lower cost per tonne-km for bulk long-haul freight is exactly why shifting freight to rail cuts logistics costs.
India's largest container port among the major ports is:
Correct Answer: B [Jawaharlal Nehru Port]
Explanation:
Jawaharlal Nehru Port handles the most containers among the major ports; only private Mundra handles more.
The Polar Code is associated with:
Correct Answer: C [the International Maritime Organization]
Explanation:
safety of ships in polar waters.
Consider the following statements:
1. UDAN is a regional air connectivity scheme launched in 2016.
2. Vijayawada International Airport is a greenfield airport.
3. Navi Mumbai International Airport began commercial operations in December 2025.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Correct Answer: D [1 and 3 only]
Explanation:
UDAN dates from 2016 and Navi Mumbai airport opened on 25 December 2025, but Vijayawada is not a greenfield airport.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Bharatmala Pariyojana
2. PMGSY
3. Sagarmala
4. Five maritime laws
Select the correct answer:
Correct Answer: C [2-3-1-4]
Explanation:
2000, 2015, 2017, 2025.
The 2015 committee on restructuring the Indian Railways was headed by:
Correct Answer: D [Bibek Debroy]
Explanation:
Bibek Debroy chaired the 2015 committee on restructuring the Railway Ministry and Railway Board.
Bharatmala works completed by 30 November 2025 were about:
Correct Answer: C [21,597 km]
Explanation:
of 26,425 km.
India's first major port registered as a company is:
Correct Answer: B [Kamarajar Port]
Explanation:
Kamarajar Port (Ennore) was the first major port registered as a company.
Which of the following airports was built as a greenfield project?
Correct Answer: B [Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar]
Explanation:
Donyi Polo Airport at Hollongi, Itanagar was built on a new site as a greenfield airport.
The Sagarmala programme is mainly concerned with:
Correct Answer: D [port-led development]
Explanation:
Sagarmala (2015) promotes port-led development – port modernisation, port connectivity and port-led industrialisation.
Consider the following statements:
I. Indian Railways have prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP) to create a 'future ready' railway system by 2028.
II. 'Kavach' is an Automatic Train Protection system developed in collaboration with Germany.
III. 'Kavach' system consists of RFID tags fitted on track in station section.
Which of the statements given above are not correct?
Correct Answer: A [I and II only]
Explanation:
I and II are wrong.
Consider the following airports:
1. Donyi Polo Airport
2. Kushinagar International Airport
3. Vijayawada International Airport
In the recent past, which of the above have been constructed as Greenfield projects?
Correct Answer: A [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Donyi Polo and Kushinagar were built as greenfield airports, while Vijayawada was an existing airport.
With reference to India's projects on connectivity, consider the following statements:
1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat.
2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar.
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China.
How many of the above statements are correct?
Correct Answer: D [None]
Explanation:
Every end-point is wrong: the correct links are Silchar–Porbandar, Moreh–Mae Sot and Kolkata–Kunming.
Consider the following pairs:
Port – Well known as
1. Kamarajar Port – First major port in India registered as a company
2. Mundra Port – Largest privately owned port in India
3. Visakhapatnam Port – Largest container port in India
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: B [Only two pairs]
Explanation:
Kamarajar (first major port registered as a company) and Mundra (largest private port) match; Visakhapatnam does not.
Which one of the following statements best describes the 'Polar Code'?
Correct Answer: A [It is the international code of safety for ships operating in polar waters.]
Explanation:
The IMO's Polar Code sets mandatory safety and environmental rules for ships operating in Arctic and Antarctic waters.
Consider the following pairs:
National Highway – Cities connected
1. NH 4 – Chennai and Hyderabad
2. NH 6 – Mumbai and Kolkata
3. NH 15 – Ahmedabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: D [None]
Explanation:
under the old numbering then in use.
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