Question

National Highway -7 is the longest national highway in India, which traverses between Varanasi and Kanyakumari. Identify the places on route from North to South.
a.Nagpur - Jabalpur - Bangalore - Hyderabad - Madurai
b.Jabalpur - Nagpur - Hyderabad - Bangalore -Madurai
c.Jabalpur - Nagpur - Bangalore - Hyderabad -Madurai
d.Nagpur - Jabalpur - Hyderabad - Bangalore -Madurai

Answer 1

Hint: India has around 200 national highways. The total length of state highways in India sum up to a total of 1,31,899 km.

Complete Answer: Uttar Pradesh has the longest network of National Highways in India with a total of 35 National Highways. National Highway 1 or NH 1 was the first National Highway of India. It was a part of the Grand Trunk Road and linked New Delhi to Punjab, near the India–Pakistan border. The shortest National Highway is the NH 47A. It connects Kundanoor Junction of Maradu in Kochi city to the Kochi port.

It covers the North-South Corridor of NHDP and it is connected Srinagar in the North to Kanyakumari in the south.
It is maintained by the Central Public Works Department(CPWD).

The highway passes through the 11 states of India which included;
Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Telangana and Tamil Nadu.

On the basis of the requirement of the question, the North to South route follows this order,
Jabalpur - Nagpur - Hyderabad - Bangalore -Madurai

Option 'b' is correct.

Note:
-The National highways in India are managed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
-National Highway 44 (NH 44) is the longest-running National Highway in India which was known as National Highway 7. National Highway 44 (NH 44) is the longest-running National Highway in India which was known as National Highway 7.