Arrange the following ways of India in descending order of their length.
A. East West Corridor
B. North South Corridor
C. National Waterway 3
D. National Waterway 2
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B, A, D, C
(B) North South Corridor — the longest of the four. This road links Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir with Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu and is 4,076 km long.
(A) East West Corridor — this road links Silchar in Assam with the port town of Porbandar in Gujarat and is 3,640 km long.
(D) National Waterway 2 — the Sadiya-Dhubri stretch of the Brahmaputra, 891 km long.
(C) National Waterway 3 — the Kottapuram-Kollam stretch of the west coast canal in Kerala, only 205 km long.
The two corridors are roads and the other two are waterways, but NTA asked for one order of length. Learn the lengths in the chapter’s tables along with the names.
NCERT (2025-26): “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.”
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