Question 79 from UPSC CSE 2014 - Geography

Question

Consider the following pairs:
1. NH4 - Chennai and Hyderabad
2. NH6 - Mumbai and Kolkata
3. NH15 - Ahmedabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

IASCODEX · Accepted Answer

Correct Option: D. None

Strategy: Focus on precise knowledge of India's National Highways' routes, as highway numbers only sometimes follow linear logic.

Key Info: National Highways in India are designated trunk roads managed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Highway numbers underwent restructuring in 2010 for logical sequencing.

- NH4 (old numbering) historically connected Mumbai to Chennai, but after renumbering, NH4 primarily runs from Bengaluru to Chennai. There is no direct Chennai-Hyderabad NH.
- NH6 (old) ran from Surat to Kolkata, passing through central India (Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal). It never connected Mumbai to Kolkata directly.
- NH15 is entirely in the state of Rajasthan, running roughly parallel along the India-Pakistan border from Pathankot (Punjab) to Samakhiali (Gujarat) but does not connect Ahmedabad and Jodhpur directly.

India's modern National Highway renumbering assigns even numbers for east-west and odd for north-south highways. Knowledge of key, long highways and their endpoints is important for geography and infrastructure sections in UPSC Prelims.

IASCODEX · Answer

Option A: 1 and 2 only

IASCODEX · Answer

Option B: 3 only

IASCODEX · Answer

Option C: 1, 2, and 3

Consider the following pairs: NH4 - Chennai and Hyderabad NH6 - Mumbai and Kolkata NH15 - Ahmedabad and Jodhpur Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following pairs:

NH4 - Chennai and Hyderabad

NH6 - Mumbai and Kolkata

NH15 - Ahmedabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?