BharatNotes Built from the infrastructure chapter, whose figures all come from chapter 7 of the Government of Rajasthan's Economic Review 2025-26, read directly.
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Almost every figure in this topic carries a different cut-off, and that is the central trap. Capacity and transmission run to December 2025, consumers to November 2025, energy flows to September 2025, and the road table to March 2025. A question that names a year is not naming a period.
Work in this order: Section A, because the capacity table is the most heavily set thing in this chapter; then D, because approved and installed are constantly merged; then the rest.
Read the tag on each question
| Tag | What it tests | If you keep missing these |
|---|---|---|
| Type A · cut-off | A December, November or September position read as a full year | Ask what date the figure stops at |
| Type B · approved vs installed | Sanctioned capacity offered as capacity built | Ask whether anything was actually commissioned |
| Type C · which block | A state-owned figure offered for the renewable block, or vice versa | The capacity table has three blocks and they behave differently |
| Type D · stale figure | The March-2025 capacity offered as the current one | Capacity moved 4,273 MW in nine months |
| Recall / Concept | No trap — the figure, or the reasoning behind it | Ordinary revision |
Section A — Installed capacity (Q1–8)
1. Rajasthan's installed power capacity up to December 2025 was — Type D · stale figure
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(c) 31,556.43 MW.
Why not the others: (a) 27,283.83 MW is the March 2025 position and is the figure most notes still carry; (b) is 2023-24 and (d) is 2021-22. About 4,273 MW was added in those nine months, almost all of it solar.
2. Wind and solar together accounted for what share of installed capacity up to December 2025? — Recall
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(a) 45.36 per cent — the Review states the percentage itself rather than leaving it to be computed.
Why not the others: (c) 57.84 per cent would be the whole third block including private thermal and biomass; (d) 29.53 per cent is GFCF as a share of GSDP from another chapter. 4,416.12 MW of wind plus 9,898.00 MW of solar against a total of 31,556.43 MW.
3. Between 2021-22 and December 2025, wind capacity in Rajasthan — Concept
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) describes solar, which went from 3,057.60 to 9,898.00 MW; (b) wind rose, if modestly; (c) the reverse happened — solar overtook wind during 2023-24 and is now more than double it. Anyone still calling Rajasthan's renewables wind-led is four years out of date.
4. State-owned and shared projects contributed what capacity up to December 2025? — Type C · which block
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(b) 9,447.79 MW.
Why not the others: (a) 18,252.57 MW is the renewable and private block; (c) 3,856.07 MW is the central sector allocation; (d) 7,830 MW is state-owned thermal alone, one line within the block. State-owned capacity has been flat for five years and actually fell by 3 MW when gas came off the books.
5. The 221 MW of gas capacity that falls to zero in the capacity table was — Recall
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(a) — an NTPC allocation surrendered on cost grounds.
Why not the others: (b), (c) and (d) are inventions; the Review states the reason in a note to the table. The state's own gas capacity of 600.50 MW is a separate line and remains.
6. Total installed capacity grew at what CAGR from 2020-21 to 2024-25? — Recall
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(c) 5.55 per cent.
Why not the others: (b) 27.31 per cent is the transmission network's growth since 2016-17; (d) 2.44 per cent is the growth in the number of consumers; (a) 11.81 per cent is GFCF growth from another chapter.
7. Atomic power in the state's central-sector allocation up to December 2025 stood at — Type C · which block
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(b) 806.74 MW.
Why not the others: (a) 456.74 MW is the atomic figure that held from 2021-22 to 2024-25, so it is right for the earlier years and wrong for this one; (c) 851.86 MW is central hydel and (d) 2,197.47 MW central thermal, both December 2025.
8. Which statement about the third block of the capacity table is correct? — Type C · which block
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(d) — RREC, RSMML and private wind, biomass and solar projects, rising from 10,635.65 to 18,252.57 MW.
Why not the others: (a) omits biomass at 196.45 MW and private thermal and hydel at 3,742.00 MW; (b) inverts the ownership; (c) it is the only block that has grown at all.
Section B — Transmission (Q9–13)
9. The state's Extra High Voltage transmission network up to December 2025 measured — Recall
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(a) 45,933.315 circuit km, including PPP projects.
Why not the others: (b) is the March 2025 figure; (c) 36,079 is the March 2017 figure from which the 27.31 per cent growth is measured; (d) 14,320 km is the length of OPGW installed on transmission lines under the smart-grid programme.
10. The number of EHV grid sub-stations rose to what figure by December 2025? — Recall
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(c) 678.
Why not the others: (a) 657 is the March 2025 total; (b) 523 is the count of 132 KV sub-stations alone, the largest single voltage class; (d) 552 is the number of substation locations given IP/MPLS communication under STNAMS.
11. Total EHV transformation capacity up to December 2025 was — Recall
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(b) 1,09,071 MVA.
Why not the others: (a) 1,02,952 MVA is the March 2025 total; (c) 42,921 MVA is the 132 KV class alone and (d) 9,000 MVA the 765 KV class alone. The four voltage classes sum exactly to the total.
12. Maintenance of how many 132 KV grid sub-stations has been entrusted to the private sector? — Recall
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(d) 245, saving about ₹45 lakh per sub-station a year.
Why not the others: (a) 523 is the total number of 132 KV sub-stations, of which 245 are privately maintained; (b) 133 is the count of 220 KV sub-stations; (c) 678 is all EHV sub-stations.
13. Which pair of transmission lines was developed on the public-private partnership mode under a viability gap funding scheme? — Recall
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(c), both completed and commissioned.
Why not the others: (a) Alwar and Deedwana are the two 400 KV grid sub-stations built on PPP mode, not lines, and are the designed confusion; (b) and (d) appear nowhere in the chapter.
Section C — Distribution and consumers (Q14–19)
14. The number of electricity consumers in Rajasthan up to November 2025 was — Type A · cut-off
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(a).
Why not the others: (b) 1,97,93,655 is the March 2025 total; (c) 4,84,976 is the number of connections released during those eight months; (d) 1,58,44,700 is the domestic category alone. The Review marks the 2025-26 columns tentative.
15. Domestic consumers as a share of all electricity consumers in November 2025 were about — Concept
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(b) about 78 per cent — 1,58,44,700 of 2,02,78,631.
Why not the others: (c) about 10 per cent is agriculture's share of consumers, at 21,08,710; (a) and (d) are far off. Agriculture is about a tenth of consumers and draws a wholly disproportionate share of subsidy.
16. The tariff subsidy provided to farmers in 2025-26 up to November was — Type A · cut-off
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(d) ₹14,612.19 crore, an eight-month figure.
Why not the others: (a) and (b) are RIICO's expenditure and recovery on industrial areas from another chapter; (c) ₹6,251 crore is road programme expenditure to November. The farm tariff subsidy alone is larger than several full departmental budgets.
17. Up to December 2025 the number of villages electrified was — Recall
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(a) 43,965.
Why not the others: (b) 39,666 is the number of villages connected by road; (c) 14,403 is the number of Gram Panchayats; (d) 38,452 is the number of villages with self-help groups. Four village-related counts, four different meanings.
18. In 2024-25, of the energy purchased, the share that reached a paying consumer was about — Concept
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(c) about 78 per cent — 9,200.80 sold against 11,770.00 purchased.
Why not the others: (a) about 91 per cent is the share reaching the distribution network, that is 10,735.55 of 11,770.00, and is the designed near-miss; (b) and (d) overstate. Roughly a fifth is lost between purchase and sale.
19. What caution does the parent page attach to the energy availability table? — Concept
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(d) — the page reproduces the table as printed and interprets only the ratios between columns, which hold whichever unit is intended.
Why not the others: (a), (b) and (c) are not stated anywhere. No conversion to million units has been invented to make the table tidy.
Section D — PM-KUSUM (Q20–24)
20. Total approved capacity under PM-KUSUM Component A in Rajasthan is — Type B · approved vs installed
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(b) 5,250 MW — 153 plus 397 plus 1,000 plus 3,700.
Why not the others: (a) 3,700 MW is revised Phase-III alone, the largest single phase; (d) 1,000 MW is revised Phase-II; (c) about 482 MW is what has actually been installed.
21. Installed capacity under PM-KUSUM Component A up to 31 December 2025 was about — Type B · approved vs installed
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(c) about 482 MW — 468.75 MW in Phase-I across 364 plants, 11 MW in Phase-II across 6, and 2 MW in Phase-III across 1.
Why not the others: (a) is approved capacity; (d) 153 MW is Phase-I's approved figure, which the installed 468.75 MW actually exceeds; (b) appears nowhere. Installation is under a tenth of approval.
22. The ceiling pre-fixed levelised tariff approved by RERC for PM-KUSUM Phase-I was — Recall
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(a).
Why not the others: (b) ₹2.79 is the lowest discovered tariff, not the ceiling; (c) ₹3.04 is the pre-fixed levelised tariff for the revised Phase-II; (d) appears nowhere. Ceiling and discovered tariff are two different things and both are asked.
23. Implementation of PM-KUSUM in Rajasthan was transferred from RRECL to the Discoms on — Recall
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(d) 23 July 2024, on directions of the Energy Department.
Why not the others: (a) 16 September 2025 is the date of the MNRE order extending Phase-I commissioning; (b) 31 December 2025 is the extended deadline itself; (c) 20 July 2025 is when the revised Phase-III capacity was reallocated among the three Discoms.
24. Under Component C, central financial assistance is — Recall
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(b) 30 per cent in CAPEX mode.
Why not the others: none of the other rates is attached to this component in the Review. Component C is feeder-level solarisation, installing plants near sub-stations to meet the annual requirement of segregated agriculture feeders.
Section E — Roads (Q25–33)
25. The total classified road length in Rajasthan up to March 2025 was — Recall
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(c) 3,35,306 km.
Why not the others: (a) 2,72,162 km is the black-top length alone; (b) 2,16,144 km is village roads alone; (d) about 1.97 lakh km is what PWD maintains of the total. All four are real figures from the same table or its surrounding text.
26. Rajasthan's road density up to March 2025 was — Recall
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(a) 97.97 km per 100 sq km.
Why not the others: (b) 91.68 is the percentage of villages connected by road, not a density; (c) and (d) borrow digits from 39,666 villages and 13,553 km. The network has grown from 13,553 km in 1949.
27. National Highways in Rajasthan up to March 2025 measured — Recall
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(b) 10,790 km, all of it black-top.
Why not the others: (a) 17,316 km is State Highways, (c) 18,234 km is Major District Roads and (d) 72,822 km is Other District Roads. National Highways are the smallest of the five classes.
28. Of 47 national highway works in the state, the position reported was — Recall
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(d).
Why not the others: (b) swaps the completed and ongoing counts; (c) omits the four terminated works, which is the detail most notes drop; (a) overstates. 26 plus 17 plus 4 accounts for all 47.
29. Which road scheme had the largest budget provision for 2025-26? — Recall
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(a) Rural Roads, at ₹7,200 crore — more than four times the next largest.
Why not the others: (b), (c) and (d) are real provisions but far smaller. Rural Roads also carried the largest physical target, 9,675 km, of which 7,368 km was completed by December.
30. Which of these schemes had already exceeded its full-year physical target by December 2025? — Type A · cut-off
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(c).
Why not the others: (a) Rural Roads reached 7,368 km of 9,675, (b) NABARD 1,632 km of 2,109 and (d) CRIF 735 km of 1,050, all short of target at that date. Four schemes had exceeded target by December, and SRF is one of them, along with SMR-MDR, SMR-SH and Urban Roads.
31. Under PMGSY-III the length upgraded up to December 2025 was — Type B · approved vs installed
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(b).
Why not the others: (a) 8,662.50 km is the length selected and (c) 8,658.35 km the length approved by the Ministry at ₹5,174.06 crore; (d) 9,675 km is the Rural Roads scheme target. Selected, approved and upgraded are three numbers within 102 km of each other, which is what makes them confusable.
32. Ring roads were announced for 15 cities in the 2025-26 Budget. Which is complete? — Type B · approved vs installed
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(d).
Why not the others: (a) Kotputli is under construction, (b) Sikar is in land acquisition and (c) Deeg has a prepared DPR. The Review distinguishes six stages — complete, under construction, land acquisition, DPR prepared, DPR in progress and approved — and "approved" is the earliest of them.
33. Against the Rajasthan Road Development and Maintenance Programme, expenditure up to November 2025 was — Type A · cut-off
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(c).
Why not the others: (a) is the allocation, not the spend; (b) more than ₹60,000 crore is the five-year programme size; (d) is PMGSY-III expenditure. Allocation, expenditure and programme size are three different quantities.
Section F — Road transport, rail and aviation (Q34–39)
34. RSRTC's total fleet up to December 2025 was — Recall
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(a) 3,423.
Why not the others: (b) 2,968 is the number run daily, which is smaller than the fleet; (c) 2,025 is the number of routes; (d) borrows digits from the 7.27 lakh daily passengers. The corporation covers 12.46 lakh km a day.
35. RSRTC provided free travel in 2025-26 to how many candidates appearing for competitive examinations and interviews? — Recall
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(d) 102.87 lakh.
Why not the others: (a) 7.50 lakh women travelled free on Women's Day and (b) 16.03 lakh on Raksha Bandhan; (c) 7.27 lakh is the daily passenger count. Four concession or ridership figures, four different bases.
36. On 22 May 2025, 103 Amrit Bharat stations were inaugurated nationally by video conference from — Recall
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(b) Deshnok.
Why not the others: (c) Gogamedi is one of the five North Western Railway stations among those inaugurated, along with Fatehpur Shekhawati, Rajgarh, Mandi Dabwali and Deshnok itself; (d) Madar Junction is where the first Amrit Bharat train of the NWR ran from, to Darbhanga, in October 2025; (a) was not the venue.
37. The Swarn Nagari Express was flagged off on 29 November 2025 between — Recall
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(c).
Why not the others: (a) is the first Amrit Bharat train of the North Western Railway, of October 2025; (b) and (d) appear nowhere. "Swarn Nagari" is Jaisalmer, which is the clue in the name.
38. Under the Rajasthan Civil Aviation Policy, 2024, a new airport is to be developed in the first phase at — Recall
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(a) Kota.
Why not the others: (b) Uttarlai, with Udaipur, is marked for upgradation of an existing airport; (c) Nagaur and (d) Abu Road are among the airfields to get night-flight equipment, alongside Chakchainpura, Hamirgarh and Lalgarh Jatan. Upgradation, night-flight equipment and a new airport are three different commitments.
39. Automatic signalling on the North Western Railway network covers how many route kilometres? — Recall
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(b).
Why not the others: (a) 82 km is the part completed in the year, not the total; (c) 75 is the number of stations given a double distant signalling system; (d) 1,504 km is the length of the Western Dedicated Freight Corridor.
Section G — Posts and telecom (Q40–45)
40. The number of post offices in Rajasthan in 2025-26 was — Recall
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(d) 11,031.
Why not the others: (a) 10,419 is the rural count and (b) 612 the urban, and the two sum exactly to the total; (c) 9,172 is the number of bank offices, a different network entirely.
41. Rural post offices as a share of all post offices in Rajasthan are about — Concept
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(c) about 94.5 per cent — 10,419 of 11,031.
Why not the others: (a), (b) and (d) all understate it. That share is the structural fact about the postal network, and it is a derived figure rather than one the Review prints.
42. Total telecom subscribers in Rajasthan, wireless and wireline together, stood at — Recall
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(a) 6.66 crore, up to September 2025.
Why not the others: (b) 6.53 crore is wireless alone and (c) 0.13 crore wireline alone, and the two sum to the total; (d) borrows digits from the post office count.
43. Wireline subscribers as a share of Rajasthan's telecom subscribers are — Concept
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(d) under 2 per cent — 0.13 crore of 6.66 crore.
Why not the others: all three overstate it by a wide margin. The state's connectivity is effectively wireless.
44. The Review attributes its telecom subscriber figures to — Recall
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(b).
Why not the others: none of the other three is named as the source for this table. The post office figures run to December 2025 and the telecom figures to September 2025, so even within one table the two cut-offs differ.
45. What did the Review state about wind capacity between 2024-25 and December 2025? — Type D · stale figure
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(c) unchanged at 4,416.12 MW in both columns.
Why not the others: (a) about 4,273 MW is the rise in total capacity across those nine months, almost all of it solar; (b) 3,730.35 MW is wind in 2022-23; (d) describes solar's longer trajectory, not wind's. Any claimed wind increase in that period is not in this source.
More in This Series
- Infrastructure: Energy, Transport and Communication — the parent chapter every answer here comes from
- Economy of Rajasthan — the unit index
- Minerals and Energy — the power stations themselves, and the national rank questions
- Caution for Readers — the claims across this site that are genuinely unsettled
