National, State, District Highways and Border Roads

Q. What is the total length of India's roadway network?

1. 56 Lakhs km
2. 23 Lakhs km
3. 45 Lakhs km
4. 12 Lakhs km

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-27
3. NH-48
4. NH-52

Q. Roads that connect villages and rural areas with towns fall under the category of ‘______’.

1. Other Roads
2. Rural roads
3. Village roads
4. Town roads

Q. Who gave the slogan 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'?

1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Rajiv Gandhi

Q.

Which Type Of Road Is Constructed Under The Ground?

1. Flyover

2. Expressways

3. Subways

4. None of these

Q. When was the Border Roads organisation set up?

1. 1967
2. 1945
3. 1960
4. 1950

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

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

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

Q.

Why was the march started by gandhiji on 11th march 1930 is referred to as dandi march?

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

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

Q.

what are express ways, golden quadrilateral and national highways ??

Q.

What is the significance of unsurfaced roads in india?