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Geography One Liners

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1. For the construction of National Highways funds are provided by: Ministry of Surface Transport
(MOST) on behalf of Central Government.
2. Name the organisation which has been set up under Act of Parliament for National Highways
project implementation: NHAI (National Highways Authority of India)
3. The construction and management of the Border Roads are performed by: Border Road
Development Board
• Besides, the Border Road Organisation also plays a significant role in rapid construction of
roads and air-runways for Army in Border region of country
4. Which National Highway connects Delhi and Amritsar via Ambala and Jalandhar: NH-1
5. Which National Highway connects Delhi and Kolkata via Mathura and Varanasi: NH-2
6. NH-1 and NH-2 are collectively known as: Grand Trunk Road
7. NH-7 connects: Varanasi to Kanyakumari (via Nagpur, Bengaluru and Madurai)
8. NH-39 Connects: Numaligarh to Indo-Myanmar
9. Nh-39 is called as: Lifeline of Myanmar
10. Jawahar Tunnel is situated in which national Highway: NH-1A
11. Jawahar Tunnel is located at which pass: Banihal Pass
12. NH-6 and NH-7 cross each other at: Nagpur
13. NH-7 passes through ___ states? 6 States (UP, MP, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and
Tamil Nadu)
14. Which national highway is the longest in length: NH-7
• Its total length is 2369 Km
15. Which national highway is the smallest national highway in India: NH-47A
16. The Mekong-Ganga Project aims to connect: West Asia and South East Asia
17. Name the four metropolitans connected by the Golden Quadrilateral Project: Delhi, Mumbai,
Chennai and Kolkata
18. Total Length of Golden Quadrilateral is: 5846 km
19. East-West Corridor connects: Porbandar (Gujrat) to Silchar (Assam)
Note: N-S and E-W corridor cross each other at Jhansi (U.P.)
20. First Train in India was started by: Lord Dalhousie between Bombay and Thane on 16 April, 1853
21. Headquarter of southern railway: Chennai
22. Headquarter of Northern railway: New Delhi
23. Headquarter of North-Eastern Railway: Gorakhpur
24. Headquarter of North-Central Railway: Prayagraj
25. India’s Longest route train is: Vivek Express
• Vivek Express runs between Dibrugarh (Assam) to Kanyakumari.

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26. India’s first Railway University has been established at: Vadodara (Gujrat)
27. India’s first indigenously designed engine less train: Train 18 (Vande Bharat Express)
28. Which canal is the longest navigational canal of the country? Buckingham Canal (640 km)
29. Internal Waterway of India was established in: 1986
• It was established for the purpose of development maintenance and regulation of the
internal waterways of India
• Its headquarter is in Kolkata
30. Which national waterway connects Haldia (West Bengal) and Prayagraj: NW-1
31. Which National Waterway connects Dibrugarh (Assam) and Dhubri (Assam): NW-2
32. NW-4 Connects which two places? Kakinada (AP) to Puducherry on river Godavari
33. How many major ports are there in the country? 13 Major ports and 200 intermediate
34. Indira Gandhi International Airport is situated at: Delhi
35. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated at: Hyderabad
36. Lokpriya Gopinath Baddoloi International Airport is situated at: Guwahati
37. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport is situated at: Ahmedabad
38. Diamond Harbor is the ocean based dockyard of which port? Kolkata Port
39. Which port is known as the ‘Best port in the East’: Kochi Port
• It is a natural harbour located in the Vembanad Lake
• It handles export of spices and salt
40. Which is the largest artificial port of India? Navasheva (Jawhar Lal Nehru)

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