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Which of the following towns is not on the Golden Quadrilateral being created for the roads infrastructure of the country?

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  1. Chennai

  2. Visakhapatnam

  3. Bhubaneswar

  4. Hyderabad

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Correct Option: D

Which highway sector is common to both the Golden Quadrilateral Highway and the North-South Corridor Highway?

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  1. Bangalore-Krishnagiri

  2. Delhi-Jaipur

  3. Coimbatore-Salem

  4. Agra-Jhansi

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Correct Option: A

Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee of India started a program related to upgradation of highways, called ________.

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  1. NHCP

  2. NHDP

  3. NHSP

  4. NHJP

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Correct Option: B

Mana Pass is located within Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve in _______.

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  1. Kalka

  2. UP

  3. Haryana

  4. Uttarakhand

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Correct Option: D

The National Highway 1 links New Delhi with the city of ________.

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  1. Jammu

  2. Agra

  3. Attari

  4. Jaipur

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Correct Option: C

Which one is the last city in India through which Grand Trunk Road passed before entering in Pakistan?

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  1. Attari

  2. Jalandhar

  3. Ludhiana

  4. Ambala

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Correct Option: A

The roads linking to the state capital with district headquarters are called ________?

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  1. State Highways

  2. National Highways

  3. Corridor Highways

  4. District Roads

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Correct Option: A

The four or six-lane highway connecting the metropolitan cities Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Delhi is called ______.

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  1. National Corridor

  2. Golden Quadrilateral

  3. National Highway

  4. Golden Triangle

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Golden Quadrilateral is a network of four or six-lane highways which connects top four metropolitan cities of India, namely Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata, thereby, forming a quadrilateral. It is the largest highway project in India. The Golden Quadrilateral project was launched in 2001 as part of National Highways Development Project. Its overall length is 5,846km.

The National Highways which are part of the 'Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project' and 'National Corridor Project' are.

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  1. NH $13$ and NH $17$

  2. NH $48$ and NH $206$

  3. NH $4$ and NH $7$

  4. NH $206$ and NH $209$

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Correct Option: C

Fill in the blanks.
Maintenance of National Highways is done by __________.

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  1. National Highways Authority of India

  2. State Goverment

  3. Local Government

  4. All of these

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Correct Option: A