In which of the following States is Dampa Tiger Reserve situated?
(a) Assam
(b) Karnataka
(3) Mizoram
(d) Orissa
Solution: (c)
Dampa Tiger Reserve is the largest wildlife sanctuary in Mizoram. It was notified in 1985 and declared a Tiger Reserve in 1994. It is situated in the western part of Mizoram state, at the international border with Bangladesh about 127 km from Aizawl.
Golden Quadrilateral Project for the development of National Highways was initiated by
(a) P V Narasimha Rao
(b) I K Gujral
(c) Manmohan Singh
(d) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Solution: (d)
The Golden Quadrilateralproject was launched by the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 2001.The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centres of India. It is the largest highway project in India and the fifth longest in the world.
India’s first Railway University is located at:
(a) Vadodara, Gujarat
(b) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(c) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
(d) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Solution: (a)
Vadodara in Gujarat is home to the country’s first railway university, names as NRTI (National Rail and Transportation Institute. It is third such institute in world, others being in Russia and China.
On 15 December 2018, Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has dedicated India’s first railway university to the Nation in Vadodara.
The ship building yard-Mazgaon Dock is located at
(a) Vishakhapatnam
(b) Kochi
(c) Kolkata
(d) Mumbai
Solution: (d)
Mazagon Dock is situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is India’s prime shipyard that manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy, and offshore platforms and associated support vessels for offshore oil drilling. It also builds tankers, cargo bulk carriers, passenger ships and ferries.
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at
(a) Paradip
(b) Cochin
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kolkata
Solution: (c)
Jawaharlal Nehru Port is south of Mumbai in Maharashtra. Also known as Nava Sheva, it is the largest container port in India. The port was created to relieve pressure on Mumbai Port, then the pre-eminent port of India.
