Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Transport and Communcation

Question:

Through the construction of North-South and East-West Corridors, the NHAI aims to connect which Northern and Southern points of India?

Options:

Leh-Ladakh with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu

Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu

Amritsar in Punjab with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu

None of the above.

Correct Answer:

Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu

Explanation:

North-South and East-West Corridors: North-South corridor aims at connecting Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu (including Kochchi-Salem Spur) with 4,076-km long road. The East-West Corridor has been planned to connect Silchar in Assam with the port town of Porbandar in Gujarat with 3,640- km of road length