SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I · 16 September 2025, Shift 2 · General Awareness · Question 8 of 100

We transcribed this text from the pictures on a candidate's response sheet for this shift; the answer is the key SSC colour-marked on that sheet. Solution last reviewed 13 September 2026.

Where this paper and its answers come from

SSC does not publish CGL question papers or a public answer key. From 2025 the candidate response sheet prints every question and option as a picture, so the text here is transcribed from those pictures for this shift and checked against them independently; where the layout carries meaning, the picture is shown as well. Each answer is the key SSC colour-marked on that sheet. SSC released a tentative key for challenge and later its final one, both only to candidates behind a login, and the sheet does not say which of the two it carries. The solutions are written by UnlockIAS.

Which 2024 India–Bangladesh energy project involves a 765 kV cross-border transmission line to boost hydroelectric trade across multiple countries?

(a)Agartala–Parbotipur–Guwahati Transmission Grid
(b)Katihar–Parbotipur–Bornagar Interconnection Project
(c)Jalpaiguri–Chattogram Power Corridor
(d)Siliguri–Bogura–Mymensingh HVDC Link

Answer

Why

Correct — B. During Sheikh Hasina's state visit to India on 21–22 June 2024, the two governments agreed to expedite a 765 kV high-capacity interconnection between Katihar, Parbatipur and Bornagar, with Indian financial assistance.

The line runs from Katihar in Bihar, through Parbatipur in Bangladesh's Dinajpur district, to Bornagar in Assam. The option spells the middle point Parbotipur.

Why the others are wrong

(a)
Agartala–Parbotipur–Guwahati Transmission Grid — Agartala and Guwahati are not the named points. The interconnection agreed in June 2024 starts at Katihar in Bihar and ends at Bornagar in Assam.
(c)
Jalpaiguri–Chattogram Power Corridor — Chattogram lies on Bangladesh's south-east coast, while the line agreed in June 2024 crosses the north-west at Parbatipur, joining Bihar to Assam.
(d)
Siliguri–Bogura–Mymensingh HVDC Link — Siliguri, Bogura and Mymensingh are not the named points. The 2024 interconnection is Katihar–Parbatipur–Bornagar, linking Bihar with Assam through Dinajpur.

Concept

India and Bangladesh already trade power: an MEA brief of 2024 records Bangladesh importing 1,160 MW from India.

The Katihar–Parbatipur–Bornagar line would use Bangladesh as a corridor between Bihar and Assam.

The June 2024 statement ties grid links to sub-regional trade in clean power from India, Nepal and Bhutan through the Indian grid, which is the "multiple countries" of the stem.

Key facts

In June 2024, India and Bangladesh agreed to expedite a 765 kV Katihar–Parbatipur–Bornagar interconnection with Indian financial assistance.
Katihar is in Bihar, Parbatipur in Bangladesh's Dinajpur district, and Bornagar in Assam.
The June 2024 statement backs trade in clean power from India, Nepal and Bhutan through the Indian grid.
An MEA brief of 2024 records Bangladesh importing 1,160 MW of power from India.

Study next

India–Bangladesh power cooperation and the Maitree Super Thermal Power PlantIndia–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline (2023)Cross-border electricity trade with Nepal and Bhutan

Common traps

Treating "Parbotipur" as the clue, when it sits in two options and only the endpoints decide.
Picking an option with better-known cities such as Siliguri or Chattogram, when the named endpoints are Katihar and Bornagar.

The stem gives the year, the 765 kV rating and the purpose, then asks for the project by its three named points.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Topic: General Policy — all 308 SSC CGL questions on it, every solved shift.