Which one of the following cities of Madhya Pradesh is not located on NH-3?
- (a)Sendhwa
- (b)Mhow
- (c)Sarangpur
- (d)Shujalpur
Correct — D, Shujalpur. The old National Highway 3 (the Agra–Mumbai road, locally the 'AB Road') runs through MP via Gwalior–Shivpuri–Guna–Biaora–Sarangpur–Shajapur–Maksi–Dewas–Indore–Mhow–Sendhwa before entering Maharashtra. Sendhwa, Mhow and Sarangpur all lie on this alignment; Shujalpur (in Shajapur district) sits off it, on the Bhopal–Ujjain side, so it is the one town not on NH-3.
- (a)Sendhwa — It is on NH-3, near the MP–Maharashtra border — the last major MP town on the route before Maharashtra — so it is not the exception.
- (b)Mhow — Mhow (Dr. Ambedkar Nagar) lies on NH-3 just south-west of Indore — squarely on the highway.
- (c)Sarangpur — In Rajgarh district, on the NH-3 stretch between Biaora and Shajapur — so it too is on the highway.
Old NH-3 is the Agra–Mumbai National Highway, one of India's historic trunk routes, locally called the AB (Agra–Bombay) Road. Through MP it threads the Malwa plateau from Gwalior down to Indore and on to Sendhwa near the state border. The 2010 renumbering split the old NH-3 into new numbers (such as NH-46 and NH-52), but MPPSC used the older 'NH-3' label.
Three of the four towns are genuinely on the AB Road, so the task is to spot the one that is not. Shujalpur lies on the Bhopal–Ujjain corridor, away from the NH-3 Shajapur–Maksi alignment — that geographic offset is the clue, even though it shares a district with Shajapur, which is on the highway.
- Old NH-3 = Agra–Mumbai (the AB Road); MP carries roughly 712 km of it.
- MP route: Gwalior–Shivpuri–Guna–Biaora–Sarangpur–Shajapur–Maksi–Dewas–Indore–Mhow–Sendhwa.
- Sendhwa, Mhow and Sarangpur are on NH-3; Shujalpur is not.
- The 2010 renumbering split old NH-3 into new NH-46 / NH-52 etc.
Only Shujalpur is off NH-3, so it is the answer.
- Assuming a town in Shajapur district (Shujalpur) must sit on the same NH as Shajapur town
- Forgetting the difference between the old and new NH numbering
MPPSC asks 'which town is / is not on NH-X' or matches NH numbers to towns — memorise the AB Road (NH-3) town sequence through MP.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The old National Highway 3 connected Agra with:
- (a)Kolkata
- (b)Mumbai
- (c)Chennai
- (d)Kanyakumari
Answer(b) Mumbai — the Agra–Mumbai (AB) Road.
- practice — not a real PYQ
On the old NH-3 through MP, which pair of towns lies on the route?
- (a)Rewa and Satna
- (b)Indore and Mhow
- (c)Jabalpur and Katni
- (d)Sagar and Damoh
Answer(b) Indore and Mhow — both on the Agra–Mumbai alignment.