State News Questions and Answers

Answer: A

The cricketer is Ekta Bisht.

Ekta Bisht, the left-arm spinner from Almora who has played for the Indian women's team, is the only cricketer among the four, so she is the recipient of the state award in the field of cricket.

Manoj Sarkar is a para-badminton player, Lakshya Sen a badminton player, and Gurmeet Singh a race walker; their awards would be in their own sports, not cricket.

Answer: A

The answer is Dehradun.

Uttarakhand's Directorate of Treasuries and Finance Services keeps its Finance Data Center in Dehradun, at the Directorate's own address on Laxmi Road, Dalanwala, as its treasury directory and its department page both state. Treasury, pension and accounts data for the state are held there, which is why it sits with the state's capital-based directorate.

Haridwar, Roorkee and Pithoragarh are towns with treasury offices of their own but not the state-level data centre.

Answer: B

The incorrect statement is (b), 210 km of high-altitude cycling.

The first Surya Devbhoomi Challenge (April 2025), run by the Army with the Uttarakhand government to publicise the Vibrant Villages Programme, began with a cycling leg of 110 km from Nelang to Bhatwari (a press release gives 105 km), not 210 km. The running legs were 37 km and the organisers welcomed more than 150 participants, which supports options (a) and (c).

Option (d), an 8 km road run, is the weakest to check: the organisers' release lists a 6.6 km road run to Sonprayag, so that figure was not confirmed. The cycling distance is the plain error, and it is the one the key names.

Answer: D

The wrongly matched pair is Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research - Haldwani.

The ICAR-Directorate of Coldwater Fisheries Research is at Bhimtal in Nainital district, not at Haldwani.

The other institutions are correctly placed: the Archaeological Survey of India has its Dehradun Circle there, the National Institute of Hydrology is at Roorkee, and the Forest Research Institute is at Dehradun.

Answer: D

The incorrectly matched pair is Indo-Himalayan Expo - Dehradun.

The second Indo-Himalayan Expo, on AYUSH, wellness and tourism, was held on 17 to 19 January 2025 at Shri Prem Nagar Ashram, Jwalapur Road, in Haridwar, so Dehradun is wrong.

The other pairs fit what was found: the International Yoga Festival is held at Rishikesh each year; the Tehri Lake Festival (Himalayan O2) is held at Tehri Lake; and the CII Uttarakhand Industrial Summit and Expo is a Haridwar event (the 2026 edition was there; the 2025 venue was not separately confirmed).

Answer: C

The tunnel spans 4.531 km.

The Silkyara Bend-Barkot tunnel on the Char Dham road project in Uttarkashi district is about 4.531 km long. By crossing under the ridge between the Bhagirathi and Yamuna valleys, it is expected to cut the road distance between Gangotri and Yamunotri by about 20 km. It became widely known after the collapse of November 2023, when 41 workers were rescued after 17 days.

The other lengths do not match the project.