Indian Geography and General Knowledge Quiz

Jammu serves as the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir. Srinagar is the summer capital. The region has two capitals due to geographical and administrative reasons, with Jammu being the primary administrative headquarters.

Thiruvananthapuram (also known as Trivandrum) is the capital of Kerala. Kanyakumari is in Tamil Nadu, Rameshwaram is a temple town in Tamil Nadu, and Madurai is a major Tamil Nadu city. None of these are Kerala capitals.

Panaji (Panjim) is the capital of Goa. 'goa' is the state name, not a city. Madgaon (Margao) and Vasco da Gama are major cities in Goa but not the capital. Panaji has been the capital since Goa's liberation.

Bhubaneswar (also spelled Bhubneshwar) is the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa). Puri is a temple city, Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana, and Visakhapatnam (vizag) is a major port city in Andhra Pradesh. Bhubaneswar has been the capital since 1948.

Scientists recognize five major mass extinction events in Earth's history: the End-Ordovician, Late Devonian, Permian-Triassic, Triassic-Jurassic, and Cretaceous-Paleogene extinctions. The Permian-Triassic extinction was the most severe, eliminating about 96% of marine species.

Mammals did indeed diversify after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction about 65 million years ago, and early hominids like Orrorin tugenensis (about 6 million years old) show adaptations for bipedalism. Orrorin is considered one of the earliest known hominins that could walk upright.

The Shatabdi Express was India's first high-speed train service, inaugurated on July 10, 1988, and it originally ran between New Delhi and Jhansi. It was later extended to Bhopal. Options A and C are incorrect - Bombay and Calcutta were not the original destinations.

On December 12, 2009, the world population was approximately 6.8 billion people (about 6,803,000,000 as stated). This date and figure are consistent with UN population data for that time period, when global population was approaching 7 billion (reached in 2011 or 2012).

Idle Wilde (Idlewild) was the original name of New York's major international airport, now known as John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). It has served as New York's primary international gateway since it opened in 1948. Paris, Switzerland, and Japan do not have airports with this name.

Meteorites provide the oldest solid material from the early solar system available for study. The oldest meteorite fragments found on Earth are approximately 4.54 billion years old, dating to the formation of the solar system itself. This age is consistent with radiometric dating of primitive meteorites.

This question appears to be asking about the number of National Highways in India at a specific point in time. At various points in India's history, different sources have cited numbers ranging from about 40 to around 70 National Highways. The answer of 55 roads (option D) may be correct for a particular timeframe or source.