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Bharatmala Pariyojana MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Q1Consider the following statements about project selection under Bharatmala Pariyojana: Statement 1: The programme uses origin-destination studies, freight-flow projections and geo-mapping for corridor-based planning. Statement 2: It is a household cash-benefit scheme in which eligible citizens apply directly to the Union ministry. Which option is correct?
Option C is correct. Bharatmala replaced isolated package-based planning with a corridor approach grounded in origin-destination studies, freight-flow projections and geo-mapping, so Statement 1 is true. Projects are selected by government agencies on network, strategic, economic and land-readiness criteria; citizens do not apply for a cash benefit, so Statement 2 is false.
Q2Assertion (A): Since November 2023, Bharatmala Pariyojana has not taken up new projects; work continues only on projects already awarded. Reason (R): Delays and cost escalation shifted the Phase-I completion target from 2022 to 2027-28. Select the correct answer.
Option B is correct. New sanctions under Bharatmala Phase-I were halted from November 2023, while already awarded projects continued, so the assertion is true. Delays and cost escalation also shifted the completion target from 2022 to 2027-28, so the reason is true. However, the deadline revision does not itself prove the cause of the halt in new sanctions; the two are reported as separate status facts.
Q3Match the Bharatmala Phase-I components in List I with their approved lengths in List II: 1. Economic corridors; 2. Inter-corridor and feeder roads; 3. National corridor efficiency improvement; 4. Greenfield expressways. a. 800 km; b. 5,000 km; c. 6,000 km; d. 9,000 km. Select the correct code.
Option D is correct. The approved Phase-I matrix assigned 9,000 km to economic corridors, 6,000 km to inter-corridor and feeder roads, 5,000 km to national corridor efficiency improvement and 800 km to greenfield expressways. Hence the matching order is 1-d, 2-c, 3-b and 4-a.
Q4What was the approved length structure of Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I?
Option A is correct. Phase-I approved 24,800 km across the six Bharatmala components and subsumed 10,000 km of unfinished residual works from the National Highways Development Programme. Their sum is the approved Phase-I length of 34,800 km, which must not be confused with later awarded or constructed lengths.
Q5Which institution approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I on 24 October 2017, and which Union ministry is its nodal ministry?
Option B is correct. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I on 24 October 2017. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is the nodal Union ministry responsible for this umbrella national-highway development programme.
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