alleryThe Konkan Railway, a major engineering feat under Indian Railways, links Mumbai with which southern Indian city?
AKanyakumari
BBengaluru
CMysuru
DMangaluru
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Mangaluru
1. Your syllabus highlights Konkan Railway as an engineering achievement.
2. The Konkan Railway connects Roha (Maharashtra) to Mangaluru (Karnataka) along the western coast.
3. It was completed in 1998 and traverses 760 km through hilly terrain with 92 tunnels.
_Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Railways ¶2_
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