Civil Services Prep

Prelims 2014 · Geography · Question 57

Consider the following pairs — National Highway : Cities connected. 1. NH 4 : Chennai and Hyderabad 2. NH 6 : Mumbai and Kolkata 3. NH 15 : Ahmedabad and Jodhpur. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

  1. 1 and 2 only
  2. 3 only
  3. 1, 2 and 3
  4. None

Answer

None

1. NH 4 : Chennai and Hyderabad — Incorrect. In the old NH numbering, NH 4 connected Mumbai–Pune–Bengaluru–Chennai, not Chennai and Hyderabad.
2. NH 6 : Mumbai and Kolkata — Incorrect. Old NH 6 connected Hazira/Surat region to Kolkata; it did not start from Mumbai.
3. NH 15 : Ahmedabad and Jodhpur — Incorrect. Old NH 15 ran from Pathankot to Samakhiali in Gujarat via Rajasthan; Ahmedabad was not its terminal city.
Therefore, none of the pairs is correctly matched.

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