Arrange the following roads in descending order of importance and quality.
(A) District Roads
(B) State Highways
(C) Rural Roads
(D) Golden Quadrilateral
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (D), (B), (A), (C)
(D) Golden Quadrilateral — first. It is a 4/6 lane, high density traffic corridor of the National Highways that links Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
(B) State Highways — second. State governments build them. They join the state capitals with the district headquarters and other important towns.
(A) District Roads — third. They link the district headquarters with the other important places in the district.
(C) Rural Roads — fourth. They provide links in the rural areas. About 80 per cent of the total road length in India is made up of rural roads.
Note 1: The given answer is as per the official NTA Answer Key. The book does not rank these roads by importance and quality in clear words. It classifies roads as National Highways, State Highways, Major District Roads and Rural Roads, in that order, and the Golden Quadrilateral is a 4/6 lane, high density corridor of the National Highways.
Note 2: The same question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2023 on 30-05-2023 (Slot 2).
NCERT (2026-27): “For the purpose of construction and maintenance, roads are classified as National Highways (NH), State Highways(SH), Major District Roads and Rural Roads.” “National Highways Development Projects NHAI has taken up some major projects in the country under different phases : Golden Quadrilateral : It comprises construction of 5,846-km long 4/6 lane, high density traffic corridor, to connect India’s four big metro cities of Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata.” |