Bharatmala Project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious X is an umbrella highway development

project. The Centre has formally approved the Phase-1 of one of India’s biggest highway
development plan – the Bharatmala project. Under the phase-1 of the massive project, a total
of around 34,800-km of roads at an investment of over Y would be constructed by 2022.

1. What is X as mentioned in the given passage above?

a. Bharatmala Prajyala
b. Bharatmala Pariyojana
c. Bharatmala Prajajana
d. Bharatmala Paryalam

2. The said development project will cover a total distance of how many kilometers by
road in a phased manner?
a. 25,200-km
b. 50,700-km
c. 34,800-km
d. 10,900-km

3. Which of the following are one of the components of the said project?
a. Blue Field Expressway
b. Balance Hybrid Roadways
c. Port Connectivity and Coastal Road
d. Outer Corridor

4. Which state has the longest chain of roads?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. West Bengal
d. Andhra Pradesh

5. Which state has the highest number of highways in India?

a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Rajasthan
c. West Bengal
d. Assam

6. Which is the longest highway in India?

a. National Highway 44 (NH 44)
b. National Highway 34(NH 34)
c. National Highway 20 (NH 20)
d. National Highway 15 (NH 15)

7. The National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) was formed under which Act of
the Parliament?
a. NHAI Act, 1985
b. NHAI Act, 1988
c. NHAI Act, 1986
d. NHAI Act, 1990

8. For highways monitoring, the NHAI signed an MoU with ISRO and Z in 2016. What
is Z here?
a. North East Centre For Technology Application and Research (NECTAR)
b. North West Centre For Technology Application and Research (NECTAR)
c. Northern Centre For Technology Application and Research (NECTAR)
d. Eastern Centre For Technology Application and Research (NECTAR)

9.When was the said project marked as X above announced ?

a. 2022
b. 2020
c. 2016
d. 2017

10. Replace Y.
a. 5.53 lakh crores
b. 6.15 lakh crores
c. 4.48 lakh crores
d. 8.88 lakh crores

11. Which of the following is not true?

a. Under this project the Government plans to finish the construction of all the roads,
under this scheme, within a period of five years.
b. The project aims to construct multiple roads and for the proper execution of the
project, the Ministry has decided to divide the project into various categories for
proper construction of the roads.
c. Since the fund provided by the Government may not be sufficient for the
construction of roads, hence the Ministry relies on various other sources for the
completion of this project.
d. The latest reports suggest that the project currently is close to completion because
of the decreased land cost and the increase in the estimated budget for the project.
 12. The government plans to mobilise resources for Bharatmala through 4 different
routes. Which of the following is not one of them?
a. Central Road Fund
b. Contingency Fund Allocation
c. Monetizing Government owned road assets
d. Market Borrowings

13. Phase 2 of the said project is envisaged to be 48, 000 km of road network across
India and is scheduled to be completed by?
a. 2026
b. 2028
c. 2024
d. 2023

14. The National Highways Development Project (NHDP) is a how many phased
project?

a. 7 phase
b. 5 phase
c. 3 phase
d. 9 phase

15. NHAI will be monitoring the progress of its Officers and Project Directors (PD)
through which software ?

a. Project Management Software – Data Lake

b. Project Management Software – Satellite Link
c. Project Management Software – Manage Docx
d. Project Management Software – See Hub

16. Which of the following is true?

a. All North-South highways will carry EVEN number
b. All major Highways will be a triple digit number
c. North-South highways will decrease their numbers from East to West.
d. All North- East highways will carry odd number.

17. Which of the following is not a challenge faced by this said project?
a. Earlier similar plans execution suffered due to problems of funding and delays in
approval and execution.
b. The big concern is funding, the plan depends more on government funding, and as much
as 15 per cent of the total investment is expected from the private sector.
c. To speed up the process of approvals, the government has already empowered National
Highways Authority of India to approve all engineering, procurement and construction
projects.
d. Given the patchy record of public-private partnership schemes in India, there is no
clarity on private sector investments.

18. Who announced this scheme for the first time in the presence of the PM?
a. Mrs. Sushma Swaraj
b. Mr. Nitin Gadkari
c. Mr. Kiren Rijiju
d. Mr. Mansukh Mandaviya

19. Bharatmala Project will interconnect A District Headquarters (from current 300)
through a minimum 4-lane highway by raising the number of corridors to 50 (from
current 6) and move 80% freight traffic (40% currently) to National Highways by
interconnecting 24 logistics parks, 66 inter-corridors (IC) of total 8,000 km (5,000 mi),
116 feeder routes (FR) of total 7,500 km (4,700 mi) and 7 north east Multi-Modal
waterway ports. What is A ?

a. 570
b. 550
c. 580
d. 590

20. Which of the following is not a feature of the said project?

a. Improvement in the efficiency of existing corridors through the development
of Multimodal Logistics Parks and elimination of chokepoint
b. Satellite mapping of corridors to identify up-gradation requirements.
c. Delegation of powers to expedite project delivery for successful completion of Phase I
by 2022.
d. Enhance focus on improving connectivity in South West and leveraging synergies
with Riverine Waterways.

21. Recently, the Union Cabinet has approved Rs. 3.5-lakh crore Bharatmala Phase-1
project to develop 40,000 km roads. Consider the following statements regarding the
said Project:
1.The Bharatmala Pariyojana to be implemented with an outlay of Rs.5,35,000 crores
will generate 14.2 crores man-days of jobs.
2. Bharatmala works have been proposed for completion in 5 years by 2021-22
 through NHAI, NHIDCL, MoRTH and State PWDs.
3. The categories of roads like Economic Corridors, Inter Corridor and Feeder Route,
Border Roads and International Connectivity, Green field Expressways have been
proposed under this project.
Which of the following above statements is true?
a. 1 and 2
b. 2 and 3
c. 1 and 3
d. 1, 2 and 3

22. There are how many inland water ways in India?

a. 121
b. 111
c. 115
d. 171

23. Which statute in India regulates the inland waterways in India mostly?
a. National Waterways Act, 2016
b. National Waterways Act, 1875
c. National Waterways Act, 1952
d. National Waterways Act, 2007

24. The National Highway Authority of India recently completed the construction
of 3,979 km of national highways in which financial year?
a. 2018-19
b. 2019-20
c. 2021-22
d. 2020-21

25.NHAI was established in which year?

a. 1988
b. 1995
c. 1978
d. 1952

26. Meeting of the National Sagarmala Apex Committee was recently held where?

a. New Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Chennai
d. Lucknow

27. The Meeting was chaired by the Union minister of which ministry?

a. Ministry of Finance
b. ministry of Law
c. Ministry of Fishing
d. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

28. Who is the Minister in Charge of the abovementioned Ministry?

a. Harshvardhan
b. Kiran rijiju
c.Sarbananda Sonawal
d Nirmala Sitaraman

29.When was the Sagarmala project launched by the Government?

a. 2015
b. 2016
c. 2017
d. 2018

30. The project will conduct development along how many kilometres of coastline?

a. 7511km
b. 7512km
c. 7515km
d. 7516km

31. Which of the following are objectives of the Sagarmala Project

a.The vision of the Sagarmala Programme is to reduce logistics costs for EXIM (Export-
Import) and domestic trade with minimal infrastructure investment.
b.Sagarmala could boost India’s merchandise exports to USD 110 billion and create an
estimated 10 million new jobs (four million in direct employment).
c.Port Infrastructure Enhancement, including modernization and setting up of new
ports

d. All of the Above

32. Sagarmala could boost India’s merchandise exports to USD 110 billion by which year?
a. 2022

b. 2024
c. 2025
d. 2026

33. Which of the following are Components of the Sagarmala Project?

a. Port Connectivity Enhancement
b. Port-linked Industrialization
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A and B

34. Which of the are not objectives of the Sagarmala- Sagartat Samriddhi Yojna?
a. Coastal Infrastructure Development
b. Coastal Tourism
c. Both A and B
d. Neither A and B

35.The Sagarmala- Sagartat Samriddhi Yojna was launched in which year?

a. 2019

b. 2020
c. 2021
d. 2022

36.Under the Sagarmala- Sagartat Samriddhi Yojna how many projects have been
identified?
a. 1049
b. 1050
c. 1051
d. 1052

37.When was the Sagarmala Development Company Limited formed to implement the
project?
a. 2014
b. 2016
c. 2018
d. 2020

38. How many States are there in the Sagarmala Project?

a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10

39. Under Sagarmala what is the name of Plane Services Scheme launched?
a. Sagarmala Seaplane Services
b. Sagarmala Airplane Services
c. Sagarmala Cargo Plane Services
d. Sagarmala Passanger Plane Services

40. How many Coastal Economic Zones are under the Sagarmala Project
a. 12
b. 13
c. 14
d. 15
Answers
1. b. Bharatmala Pariyojana
2. a. 34,800-km

3. c. Port Connectivity and Coastal Road

4. b Rajasthan
5. a. Uttar Pradesh
6. a. National Highway 44 (NH 44
7. b. NHAI Act, 1988
8.a. North East Centre For Technology Application and Research (NECTAR
9. d. 2017

10. a. 5.53 lakh crores

11.d. The latest reports suggest that the project currently is close to completion because of
the decreased land cost and the increase in the estimated budget for the project.

12.b. Contingency Fund Allocation

13. c. 2024

14. a. 7 phase

15. a. Project Management Software – Data Lake

16. a. All North-South highways will carry EVEN number

17.c. To speed up the process of approvals, the government has already empowered National
Highways Authority of India to approve all engineering, procurement and construction
projects.

18.b. Mr. Nitin Gadkari

19. b. 550

20. d. Enhance focus on improving connectivity in South West and leveraging synergies with
Riverine Waterways.

21 d. 1, 2 and 3

22. b. 111
23. a. National Waterways Act, 2016

24. b. 2019-20
25. b. 1995

26. a. New Delhi

27. d. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

28.c. Sarbananda Sonawal

29. a. 2015

30. d. 7516km
31. d. All of the Above

32 c. 2025
33 c. Both A and B
34 d. Neither A and B
35 c. 2021

36 a. 1049
37 b. 2016
38 c. 9
39 a. Sagarmala Seaplane Services
40 c. 14