Which of the following options is not correctly matched?
- AOption (a)
Ahmedabad : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
- BOption (b)
New Delhi : Indira Gandhi International Airport
- COption (c)
Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
- DOption (d)
Kolkata: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
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Correct answer
Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Why this answer is correct
The correct answer is Bengaluru: Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
Key Points
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is situated in Hyderabad Telangana.
- Kempegowda International Airport is situated in Bengaluru Karnataka
- The Airports Authority of India, or AAI, is a Miniratna Category-1 Public Sector Undertaking, under the ownership of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India.
- It is responsible for creating, upgrading, maintaining, and managing civil aviation infrastructure in India.
- There are seventeen international airports in India as on November 2022
| Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, | Kolkata |
|---|---|
| Chennai International Airport | Chennai |
| Thiruvananthapuram International Airport | Kerala |
| Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Airport | Ahmedabad |
| Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar |
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport | Guwahati |
| Goa International Airport (Civil Enclave) | Goa |
| Srinagar International Airport | Jammu&Kashamir |
| Jaipur International Airport | Jaipur |
| Kozhikode Airport | Calicut |
| Veer Savarkar International Airport | Port Blair, A&N Islands (UT) |
| Indira Gandhi International Airport | Delhi |
| Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport | Mumbai |
| GMR Hyderabad International Airport | Hyderabad |
| Bangalore International Airport Limited | Bengaluru |
| Cochin International Airport | Kochi (Private) |
| Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar International Airport | Nagpur (Maharashtra) |
In News
- The Centre has so far privatized six airports, with Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Guwahati, Thiruvananthapuram, Jaipur, and Mangaluru being leased out to Adani Enterprises for 50 years.
- Delhi Airport Becomes India's First to Run Solely on Hydro & Solar Power. (June 2022)
- Kerala's Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) is the first airport in the world that would be running fully on solar power. (2021)
- Indra Gandhi International Airport was awarded 'the best and 'the cleanest' airport in India/South Asia, and Rajiv Gandhi International Airport bagged the title of the 'Best Airport Staff in India & South Asia' (in 2022).
- Some Important Airports Name changes recently:-
| Former Name | Current Name | Year of change |
|---|---|---|
| Lucknow Airport | Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, Lucknow | 2008 |
| Rajasansi International Airport, Amritsar | Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar | 2010 |
| Mana Airport, Raipur | Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur | 2012 |
| Bengaluru International Airport, Bengaluru | Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru | 2013 |
| Agartala Airport | Maharaja Bir Bikram Singh Airport, Agartala | 2018 |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai | 2018 |