UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NHAI Releases First Annual Report on National Highways – Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) for 2025-26

Question 1

The National Highways – Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) is prepared and released by which one of the following implementing agencies?

Accepted Answer

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Answer

National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL)

Answer

National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML)

Answer

Border Roads Organisation (BRO)

Question 2

Which one of the following is the lead technical/space partner that generates the satellite-derived NH-GCI assessment for NHAI?

Accepted Answer

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderabad

Answer

Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad

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Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun

Answer

ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC), Bengaluru

Question 3

The NH-GCI green-cover percentage is computed and reported along the Right of Way at a spatial granularity of how many kilometres of highway?

Accepted Answer

1 km

Answer

0.5 km

Answer

5 km

Answer

10 km

Question 4

The first-of-its-kind Annual Report on the National Highways Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) 2025-26 was released under which one of the following ministries?

Accepted Answer

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways

Answer

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

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Ministry of Science and Technology

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Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Question 5

The 'Harit Path' mobile application, used to geo-tag and monitor highway plantations, was developed and operated by which one of the following bodies?

Accepted Answer

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

Answer

National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)

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National Informatics Centre (NIC)

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Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG-N)

Question 6

The 'Miyawaki method', adopted by NHAI for greening land parcels along National Highways, is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A Japanese afforestation technique to rapidly create dense, native, biodiverse forests

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A satellite spectral technique to measure chlorophyll content along highways

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A soil-less hydroponic technique for growing roadside saplings

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A plantation model relying exclusively on fast-growing exotic timber species

Question 7

Apart from its main campus at Hyderabad, NRSC operates how many regional centres across the country for promoting remote-sensing applications?

Accepted Answer

Five

Answer

Three

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Four

Answer

Seven

Question 8

The NHAI–NRSC/ISRO Memorandum of Understanding, which applies space technology to environmental monitoring of highways and underpins the NH-GCI, was signed for a period of how many years?

Accepted Answer

Three years

Answer

Two years

Answer

Five years

Answer

Ten years

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — NHAI Releases First Annual Report on National Highways – Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) for 2025-26

Q1. The National Highways – Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) is prepared and released by which one of the following implementing agencies?

Q2. Which one of the following is the lead technical/space partner that generates the satellite-derived NH-GCI assessment for NHAI?

Q3. The NH-GCI green-cover percentage is computed and reported along the Right of Way at a spatial granularity of how many kilometres of highway?

Q4. The first-of-its-kind Annual Report on the National Highways Green Cover Index (NH-GCI) 2025-26 was released under which one of the following ministries?

Q5. The 'Harit Path' mobile application, used to geo-tag and monitor highway plantations, was developed and operated by which one of the following bodies?

Q6. The 'Miyawaki method', adopted by NHAI for greening land parcels along National Highways, is best described as:

Q7. Apart from its main campus at Hyderabad, NRSC operates how many regional centres across the country for promoting remote-sensing applications?

Q8. The NHAI–NRSC/ISRO Memorandum of Understanding, which applies space technology to environmental monitoring of highways and underpins the NH-GCI, was signed for a period of how many years?