Which of the following airports is/are NOT an International Airport? 1. Bhopal 2. Indore 3. Khajuraho 4. Gwalior Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
- (a)Only 4
- (b)Only 3
- (c)3 and 4
- (d)1 and 2
No official answer — this question was CANCELLED by the Commission (grace marks to all candidates), so no option is marked correct. On the plain facts: Madhya Pradesh's two internationally-notified airports are Raja Bhoj International Airport, Bhopal, and Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport, Indore. Khajuraho and Gwalior are domestic airports — but Khajuraho holds customs clearance for chartered international tourist flights (largely serving the Buddhist circuit) without carrying the formal 'international airport' designation. That grey area between 'customs-cleared for charters' and 'formally international' plausibly made the intended option ungradeable, which is a likely reason the Commission withdrew the question.
- (a)Only 4 — Not officially confirmed (cancelled) — this understates the facts, since Khajuraho (3) is also not a formally international airport, not just Gwalior (4).
- (b)Only 3 — Not officially confirmed (cancelled) — this understates the facts, since Gwalior (4) is also a domestic-only airport, not just Khajuraho (3).
- (c)3 and 4 — Not officially confirmed (cancelled) — this is the option most consistent with the plain facts (Khajuraho and Gwalior are domestic, not formally international), but Khajuraho's customs-cleared chartered international flights make its classification arguable, which is likely why it could not be cleanly graded.
- (d)1 and 2 — Factually backwards on the plain facts — Bhopal and Indore ARE Madhya Pradesh's internationally-notified airports, not the ones lacking international status.
India formally designates 'international airport' status — with customs, immigration and international arrival/departure facilities — to specific airports, distinct from an airport merely receiving occasional chartered international flights. In Madhya Pradesh, only Raja Bhoj Airport (Bhopal) and Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport (Indore) carry this formal international designation. Khajuraho and Gwalior remain domestic airports, though Khajuraho is customs-notified for seasonal chartered international tourist flights.
Exam options on this topic often turn on exactly this subtlety — a 'customs-cleared for chartered flights' airport is not the same as a scheduled 'international airport.' That distinction is likely why this particular question could not be adjudicated cleanly and was cancelled.
- Raja Bhoj International Airport, Bhopal — MP's second-busiest airport, formally international.
- Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar International Airport, Indore — MP's busiest airport, formally international.
- Khajuraho Airport — a domestic airport, but customs-cleared for chartered international tourist flights.
- Gwalior (Rajmata Vijaya Raje Scindia) Airport — a domestic airport.
- Treating 'customs clearance for chartered flights' as equivalent to full formal international-airport status
- Assuming every prominent city's airport is automatically international — the designation is airport-specific, not city-tier based
MPPSC and UPSC both test airport classification (domestic/international, greenfield/brownfield, solar-powered, busiest) as direct-recall list-matching or true/false statement sets.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which of the following are Madhya Pradesh's formally internationally-notified airports?
- (a)Bhopal and Indore
- (b)Bhopal and Gwalior
- (c)Indore and Khajuraho
- (d)Gwalior and Khajuraho
Answer(a) Bhopal and Indore — Raja Bhoj Airport and Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, one of Madhya Pradesh's international airports, is located in which city?
- (a)Bhopal
- (b)Indore
- (c)Gwalior
- (d)Jabalpur
Answer(b) Indore — Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport is MP's busiest and one of its two international airports.