RAS question
What is the electrified railway line length in Rajasthan?
Correct answer: (D) 5,703 RKM.
Rajasthan has 5,703 RKM of electrified railway line, equal to 97 per cent of its Broad Gauge route.
Explanation
Rajasthan has 5,703 RKM of electrified railway line. The Rajasthan Economic Review states that the total electrified railway line in the state is 5,703 RKM, which is 97 per cent of the Broad Gauge route. The nearby figure of 5,568 RKM should not be confused with the total: it refers only to the route kilometres electrified in Rajasthan since 2014. Rajasthan's electrified railway line length is the current total, not the post-2014 addition or an approximate value.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 4,568 RKM is lower than the official total of 5,703 RKM for Rajasthan's electrified railway line.
- (B) 6,500 RKM is too high because the official total electrified railway line length is 5,703 RKM.
- (C) 5,568 RKM is the length electrified since 2014, not the total electrified railway line length in Rajasthan.
Concept
Rajasthan infrastructure indicators fall under the state economy syllabus. Economic Review data often appear in RAS as precise current-state facts, especially where a similar-looking process figure can distract from the total.