Question

Which road has its length 1,232 km in Tamil Nadu?
A. National Highway 45
B. National Highway 68
C. National Highway 7
D. Golden Quadrilateral Project

Answer 1

Hint: The tenth Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee laid the foundation stone of the road which has its length 1,232 kilometres in Tamil Nadu. This road connects four metropolitan cities of the country, namely, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.

Complete answer: The largest highway project of the country was launched in 2001 under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP). The total length of the road is 5,846 kilometres of which 1,232 kilometres run in Tamil Nadu.

Option A - The National Highway 45 or the NH 45 is a primary national highway of India which traverses the states of Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The total length of this highway is 593.5 kilometres whose west end is in Obaidullaganj and the east end is in Bilaspur.
Option B - The total length of the National Highway 68 is 670 kilometres. NH 68 begins from the Jaisalmer city of Rajasthan and ends in Prantij town of Gujarat, connecting the cities of Barmer, Sanchore and Radhanpur.
Option C - The total length of the National Highway 7 is 845 kilometres which connect Punjab and Uttarakhand. It was earlier known as NH 58 and goes to the Mana Pass which is near to the Indian-Tibetan border.
Option D - The Golden Quadrilateral Project is known as the longest highway in the world. Its total length is 5,846 kilometres of which 1,232 kilometres run in Tamil Nadu. It connects four major cities of India - Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai, thereby forming a quadrilateral. Hence, it is named as the Golden Quadrilateral.

Thus, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: This project is classified into four sections - Section I: Delhi to Kolkata; Section II: Kolkata to Chennai; Section III: Chennai to Mumbai; and Section IV: Mumbai to Delhi. The project has not yet been finished and around 99 percent of the project is complete except the six schemes under the project which are still pending.