In which year was the first sub-urban railway started in India, with its inauguration in Mumbai?

• 1853
• 1905
• 1925
• 1947

What is the name of the research institute established in 1983 by the Central Silk Board to support the silk industry?

• National Silk Research Institute
• Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute
• Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI)
• Indian Institute of Silk Technology

India possesses 24% of the world's known and economically viable reserves of which mineral, primarily mined along the shores of Kerala?

• Uranium
• Thorium
• Titanium
• Monazite

India is the world's biggest producer of which of the following mineral products?

• Barite and Chromite
• Iron Ore and Coal
• Mica blocks and mica splittings
• Bauxite and Manganese Ore

Which company, established in 1961, started India's first naphtha-based chemical industry in Mumbai?

• Reliance Industries
• Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited
• National Organic Chemicals Industries Limited (NOCIL)
• Haldia Petrochemicals

The Bokaro Steel Plant, set up in 1964, was established with collaboration from which country?

• Germany
• United Kingdom
• Russia
• United States

Which agricultural revolution is associated with the production of fruits, honey, and overall horticulture development?

• Silver Revolution
• Round Revolution
• Golden Fibre Revolution
• Golden Revolution

In which regions are Peaty and marshy soils typically found in India?

• Northern Gujarat and Rajasthan
• Deccan lava plateau
• Kottayam and Alappuzha districts of Kerala and coastal Odisha
• Foothills of the Himalayas

The cultivation of coffee, a tropical plantation crop, was initially introduced in India on which hills?

• Nilgiri Hills
• Cardamom Hills
• Baba Budan Hills
• Anaimalai Hills

Which of the following states is a major producer of Ragi, a millet crop of dry regions?

• Punjab
• West Bengal
• Karnataka
• Haryana