02-01-2018, 04:33 PM
ROAD Transportation
*The largest road transport system in the world
Ans : USA
*The second largest road transport system in the world
Ans : India
*The length of National highways in India
Ans : 65,600 kms
*There are around 33 lakh km roads in India.
*The union territory of India which have least National Highway system
Ans : Chandigarh (24Km)
*The Union territory that has longest national Highway system
Ans : Andaman Nicobar Island (300 Km)
*NH 1 connects Delhi with Amritsar.
*North South and East West are the two super highways in India.
*East West highway connects between Silchar (Assam) and Porbandar (Gujarat).
*North South highway connects between Kanyakumari and Srinagar (J & K).
*The first express highway in India is
Ans : Mumbai - Pune express highway
*The longest expressway in south india is
Ans : Chennai Bypass
The East West Corridor and North South corridor project meet at Jhansi in U.P.
*The largest highway project in India is National Highway development project (NHDP).
*India’s longest green field expressway
Ans : Agra- Lucknow expressway
*Andaman trunk Road (NH 223) connects Port Blair and Mayabunder also known as
Ans : Great Andaman Trunk Road
GRAND TRUNK ROAD
*Grand Trunk road is the first national high way in India built by Shersha.
*Grand Trunk Road connects
Ans : Culcutta to Amritsar
*Different names by which Grand Trunk road was known
Ans : Long Walk, Uttarpath, Shah Rah e- Azam, Sadak e-Azam, Badshahi Sadak
Info Plus
*Largest international Highway in the world
Ans : Pan American Highway
*The longest N.H. in India is NH-44 (Varanasi - Kanyakumari).
*The least length highway in India -NH - 966B (Kundannoor -Wellington, 8Kn
Basic Info
*The largest road transporting state in India
Ans : Maharashtra
*The state in which most number of National Highways pass through
Ans : Uttar Pradesh .
*Least number of National highways in India
Ans : Sikkim
*The longest national highways in South India
Ans : Tamil Nadu
