Question

Which is the longest road in India ?
(A) Pathankot jammu road
(B) Great deccan road
(C) Grand trunk road
(D) Mahatma gandhi road

Answer 1

Hint: The Grand Trunk Road is one of the oldest and longest major roads not only in India, but also in South Asia. The road is often called the "Gernelli Sadak" (road of generals) and Sadak-e-Azam (The Grand Road) covers a distance of 2,500 kilometers. It was built by Sher Shah Suri. Presently, it extends from Amritsar to Kolkata. It is divided into 2 sections: (a) National Highway NH-1 from Delhi to Amritsar and (b) NH-2 from Delhi to Kolkata.

Complete answer: The responsibility of the construction, management and maintenance of national highways is of the Government of India. This work is done through the Ministry of Public - Construction Department of State, Indian National Highway Authority and Border Road Organization. Their control is done by the Central Public Works Department (C.P.W.D) under the Ministry of Transport. There are 235 national highways in the country. According to 'India' 2015, a total of 96,214 km under the National Highway System. Long roads are included. It is only 2% of the total length of the country's roads, but about 40% of the road transport of the entire country is completed. Single lane 24% in their total length Dual lane is 24% of 54% and 4.6 or 8 lane. Usually the width of single-lane highways is 3.75 m And more than 3.5m highways in the highways. Per lane occurs. State-wise distribution of national highways in the country is very odd. Five states of the highest length of national utensils are underlined.
Road Transport has an important role in social and economic development of any country, because it is the highest of traffic for low and medium distances Easy and cheap means. At present, 87.4% of total passenger traffic in the country and 60% of goods traffic are completed by road transport (highways). On the basis of management in India, roads have been kept in three sections. These are-
(1) National Highways.
(2) highway of states
(3) Frontline roads (Border Roads). Apart from this there are district roads and rural roads, which is the basis of short level transport.

So option D is the correct answer.



Note: National Highway Development Project (NHDP): The government has started a comprehensive National Highway Development Project to promote economic development in the country. Under this about 14,145 km. The format of a large project has been prepared to change the national highways in four to six lanes. This is the biggest project that is implemented by the National Highway Authority in the Road Development Zone of the country. Under NHDP 1 and NHDP 2.