What is revised number of the National Highways connecting Indore to Jaipur ?
- (a)52
- (b)47
- (c)03
- (d)46
Correct — A, 52. Under the 2010 rationalisation of India's National Highway numbers, the highway linking Indore and Jaipur carries the revised number NH 52. The word 'revised' is the key: the older two-digit numbers were replaced in that renumbering by a systematic directional scheme.
- (b)47 — Wrong — NH 47 is not the revised number of the Indore–Jaipur route.
- (c)03 — The trap. Indore sat on the old NH-3 (the Agra–Mumbai 'A-B Road'), so '03' feels right — but NH-3 ran toward Agra/Gwalior, not Jaipur, and those old numbers were themselves superseded in the 2010 renumbering.
- (d)46 — Wrong — NH 46 is not the number assigned to the Indore–Jaipur highway.
In 2010 the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways renumbered India's National Highways on a systematic plan, replacing the old ad-hoc numbers. Many familiar routes received new numbers, so questions that say 'revised number' are testing whether you know the post-2010 scheme rather than the old NH-3/NH-8 style numbers.
The question is built around a single trap: candidates remember 'Indore is on NH-3' and pick 03. But NH-3 heads to Agra, not Jaipur, and 'revised number' signals the new system — the Indore–Jaipur highway is NH 52.
- India's National Highways were systematically renumbered in 2010 by the MoRTH
- New scheme (broadly): north–south highways get odd numbers, east–west highways get even numbers
- The old NH-3 was the Agra–Mumbai ('A-B') road and did pass through Indore
- The revised National Highway connecting Indore and Jaipur is NH 52
After the 2010 renumbering, the Indore–Jaipur route is NH 52; old NH-3 through Indore ran toward Agra, not Jaipur.
- Choosing 03 from memory of Indore lying on the old NH-3
- Assuming the pre-2010 numbers still apply when the question says 'revised'
MPPSC and UPSC both ask you to match National Highway numbers to the cities/routes they connect — UPSC did this in 2014 (NH–cities pairs) and 1995 (Delhi–Calcutta NH).
Consider the following pairs: National Highway - Cities connected 1. NH 4 - Chennai and Hyderabad 2. NH 6 - Mumbai and Kolkata 3. NH 15 - Ahmedabad and Jodhpur. Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- (a) 1 and 2 only
- (b) 3 only
- (c) 1, 2 and 3
- (d) None
Answer(d) None
Same concept — matching National Highway numbers to the cities/routes they connect.
The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered
- (a) 1
- (b) 2
- (c) 4
- (d) 8
Answer(b) 2
Same idea — identifying a National Highway by its number for a given route.
- practice — not a real PYQ
India's National Highways were systematically renumbered in which year?
- (a)2000
- (b)2005
- (c)2010
- (d)2014
Answer(c) 2010 — when the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways introduced the new directional numbering scheme.
- practice — not a real PYQ
In the current numbering scheme, National Highways running broadly north–south are given which type of numbers?
- (a)Even numbers
- (b)Odd numbers
- (c)Only single-digit numbers
- (d)Only three-digit numbers
Answer(b) Odd numbers — north–south highways are odd, east–west highways are even.