Infrastructure MCQ — 12 Practice Questions with Answers

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CCEA approved Rs 19,142 crore for the 374 km six-lane greenfield corridor on December 31, 2025, to be developed on Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) toll mode. This is consistent with the government's preference for BOT-toll for high-traffic greenfield expressway corridors. Travel time from Nashik to Solapur will drop from 31 hours to about 17 hours, and distance by around 201 km.

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Wings India 2026 was held at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad. PM Modi, addressing the event on January 29, 2026, highlighted India's emergence as the world's fastest-growing civil aviation market.

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The DGCA granted the Aerodrome License to Yamuna International Airport Private Limited (YIAPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich Airport International AG, which has developed the airport under the PPP model with the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India.

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The four lighthouses on the Brahmaputra are being jointly executed by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships (DGLL), which handles maritime navigational aids, and the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), which manages national waterways. Both bodies function under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

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The corridor links with the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway near the Vadhawan Port interchange, connects to the Agra-Mumbai corridor at Nashik, and intersects with the Samruddhi Mahamarg near Pangri. It also connects to National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation nodes at Kopparthy and Orvakal, with onward connectivity to Kurnool.