UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Multi-disciplinary team of experts to ‘define’ Aravallis

Question 1

The committee that recommended the uniform criterion of '100 metres above local relief' for defining the Aravalli hills, accepted by the Supreme Court in November 2025, was constituted by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Answer

Ministry of Mines

Answer

Ministry of Coal

Answer

Ministry of Jal Shakti

Question 2

The Supreme Court order of 29 December 2025 staying its earlier ruling on the Aravalli definition and directing constitution of a fresh multi-disciplinary expert committee was passed by a bench headed by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Chief Justice Surya Kant

Answer

Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud

Answer

Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna

Answer

Chief Justice B R Gavai

Question 3

Which one of the following was the first State in India to formally adopt the criterion of '100 metres above local relief' for regulating mining in the Aravalli region, a benchmark later proposed as the uniform national definition?

Accepted Answer

Rajasthan

Answer

Haryana

Answer

Gujarat

Answer

Delhi

Question 4

The Aravalli Green Wall Project, launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, targets a 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Hill Range covering how many districts across the four implementing States/UT?

Accepted Answer

29 districts

Answer

19 districts

Answer

24 districts

Answer

35 districts

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Multi-disciplinary team of experts to ‘define’ Aravallis

Q1. The committee that recommended the uniform criterion of '100 metres above local relief' for defining the Aravalli hills, accepted by the Supreme Court in November 2025, was constituted by which one of the following?

Q2. The Supreme Court order of 29 December 2025 staying its earlier ruling on the Aravalli definition and directing constitution of a fresh multi-disciplinary expert committee was passed by a bench headed by which one of the following?

Q3. Which one of the following was the first State in India to formally adopt the criterion of '100 metres above local relief' for regulating mining in the Aravalli region, a benchmark later proposed as the uniform national definition?

Q4. The Aravalli Green Wall Project, launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, targets a 5 km buffer area around the Aravalli Hill Range covering how many districts across the four implementing States/UT?