State Highways and District Roads

Q. What are state highways?

1. They are the roads that link important cities, like capitals of states and ports.
2. They are roads that connect the capital city of a state with its district headquarters, major towns and other highways.
3. They are roads which link district headquarters with taluk headquarters, major towns, villages, railways and major highways.
4. They are roads which link taluk headquarters with village and district highways.

Q. The construction and maintenance of district roads are under the supervision of the _________.

1. State government
2. Taluk panchayat
3. Zilla Parishad
4. Municipal corporation

Q. Which district in Karnataka has the least number of district roads?

1. Kodagu
2. Belagavi
3. Raichur
4. Tumkur

Q. ______ has the highest length of state highway in Karnataka, whereas ______ has the lowest.

1. Bengaluru, Belagavi
2. Ballari, Bengaluru
3. Belagavi, Bengaluru
4. Bengaluru, Ballari

Q. District highways are maintained by .

1. zilla parishat
2. taluk panchayat
3. town municipality

Q. (a) My friend was (b) habitual to drive a car (c) at very high speed.

1. (a)
2. (b)
3. (c)
4. No error

Q. Shanti is backpacking across India. After visiting Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, she has finally entered Karnataka. She started with the Summer Palace of Tipu Sultan and has the 'Scotland of India' on her list now. What would be the cheapest and easiest mode of transportation for her to get there?

1. Railways
2. Road Transport
3. Air Transport
4. Water Transport

Q. What are some of the things you now know about its distance from Bangalore and how to get there?