Question

The longest national highway in India links __________ .
a.New Delhi and Kanyakumari
b.Varanasi and Guwahati
c.Mumbai and Srinagar
d.Varanasi and Kanyakumari

Answer 1

Hint: The longest National Highway of India is NH-44. It incorporates within itself the NH-7, which earlier bore the status of longest National Highway. Hence, the cities falling on the route followed by the NH-44 will be linked by NH-44.

Complete Step by Step Answer:
a.New Delhi and Kanyakumari: New Delhi and Kanyakumari are joined by the National Highway 44, which runs from Srinagar in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Since New Delhi falls on this route as the highway runs in the north south direction through Indian mainland, this is the correct answer. So, it is the correct option.
b.Varanasi and Guwahati : Varanasi and Guwahati fall on the East West corridor of the National Road network of India. However, the NH-44, which is the longest National Highway runs from north to south and Guwahati being in the far east cannot be linked via NH-44. So, it is an incorrect option.
c.Mumbai and Srinagar: The longest highway of India runs roughly though the centre of Indian mainland and Mumbai being on the extreme western side cannot fall as an intermediate point on the longest national highway, which is NH-44. So, it is an incorrect option.
d.Varanasi and Kanyakumari: Since Varanasi is located somewhat east of the NH-44, it is not at all linked with Kanyakumari directly by any single highway. However, it had a single highway, NH-7 which ran to Kanyakumari before it was merged into the NH-44 which now runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari. So, it is an incorrect option.

Note: Varanasi and Kanyakumari were connected by NH-7. which was the longest highway in India. But since the things have changed now, this option will always be available to test the knowledge of the candidates.