National, State, and District Highways

Q. This National Highway was previously known as the NH-7. It covers the North-South Corridor of the National Highway Development Programme (NHDP). It starts from Srinagar in Kashmir and ends in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It came into being by merging the seven major national highways of India. Those seven national highways are NH-1A, NH-1, NH-2, NH-3, NH-75, NH-26, and NH-7. Identify this National Highway.

1. NH-44
2. NH-52
3. NH-27
4. NH-48

Q. What is a highway?

1. Highway refers to the part of land on which vehicles can be driven.
2. Roads that connect villages and rural areas with towns are called highways.
3. Roads that connect different district headquarters with the state capital are called highways.
4. Highway refers to an important public road that connects major cities and towns.

Q. _____ is a special scheme by the government to increase the construction of 'Other Roads'.

1. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
2. Pradhan Gram Yojana
3. Pradhan Sadak Yojana
4. Pradhan Yojana

Q. Which of the following are a part of the Golden Quadrilateral?

1. NH1
2. NH2
3. NH8
4. NH4

Q. Which among the following organisations is responsible for the maintenance of the National Highways of India?

1. State Public Works Department
2. Central Public Works Department
3. Ministry of Urban Affairs
4. Ministry of Rural Development

Q. The National Highways are maintained by which of the following?

1. Public Works Department
2. National Public Works Department
3. Central Public Works Department
4. Urban Development Ministry

Q. The National Highway 4 is also called the Sher Shah Suri Marg.

1. False
2. True

Q. Who constructs the road that connects the District headquarters with other places of the district?

1. State Public Works Department
2. Zila Parishad
3. Gram Panchayat
4. Central Public Works Department

Q. Match the following National Highways with the cities that they connect.

1. NH1
2. Delhi-Kolkata
3. Delhi-Amritsar
4. NH8
5. NH4
6. Delhi-Mumbai
7. NH2
8. Delhi-Chennai

Q. Which of the following organisation constructs and maintains the roads that connects the district headquarters with the state capitals?

1. Zila Parishad
2. Nagar Nigam
3. State Public Works Department
4. Central Public Works Department