Out of the following which National Highway does not pass through State of Madhya Pradesh ?
- (a)NH-3
- (b)NH-12
- (c)NH-7
- (d)NH-8
Correct — D, NH-8. Under the old (pre-2010) National Highway numbering, NH-8 ran from Delhi to Mumbai via Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Ahmedabad and Vadodara — through Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra, but not Madhya Pradesh. The other three all cross MP: NH-3 (Agra–Mumbai) via Gwalior and Indore, NH-12 (Jabalpur–Jaipur) via Bhopal, and NH-7 (Varanasi–Kanyakumari) via Jabalpur and Seoni.
- (a)NH-3 — Old NH-3, the Agra–Mumbai road, passes through MP (Gwalior, Shivpuri, Indore), so it does cross the state.
- (b)NH-12 — Old NH-12 ran Jabalpur–Bhopal–Jaipur, lying largely within MP, so it clearly passes through the state.
- (c)NH-7 — Old NH-7 (Varanasi–Kanyakumari), then India's longest highway, runs through MP via Jabalpur, Lakhnadon and Seoni before entering Maharashtra.
This uses the pre-2010 National Highway numbering. NH-8 = Delhi–Mumbai via Rajasthan and Gujarat (renumbered NH-48). NH-3 = Agra–Mumbai (Agra–Gwalior–Indore–Dhule–Mumbai). NH-7 = Varanasi–Kanyakumari, the longest highway of that era. NH-12 = Jabalpur–Jaipur via Bhopal. Only NH-8 skirts around MP to its west.
The trap: all four are major highways, and a student may assume the big Delhi–Mumbai route (NH-8) crosses central India and hence MP. In fact it swings west through Rajasthan and Gujarat and bypasses MP. India renumbered its National Highways in 2010, so treat these as the old numbers.
- NH-8 (old): Delhi–Jaipur–Ahmedabad–Vadodara–Mumbai; through Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra — not MP (now NH-48)
- NH-3 (old): Agra–Gwalior–Indore–Mumbai — passes through MP
- NH-7 (old): Varanasi–Jabalpur–Nagpur–Kanyakumari — passes through MP; was India's longest NH
- NH-12 (old): Jabalpur–Bhopal–Jaipur — largely within MP
- National Highways were renumbered in 2010; these are the pre-2010 numbers
Under the old numbering, NH-8 bypasses MP to the west; the other three cross the state.
- Mixing up old and new National Highway numbers
- Assuming the Delhi–Mumbai NH-8 runs through Madhya Pradesh
MPPSC and UPSC ask which National Highway passes through given states, which is the longest, or NH–city matches.
Which of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?
- (a) NH-4
- (b) NH-5
- (c) NH-6
- (d) NH-7
Answer(c) NH-6 — the old Surat–Kolkata highway crossing Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.
Same concept — knowing which old-numbered National Highway runs through which states (there NH-6; here the state MP is the one NH-8 avoids).
The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered
- (a) 1
- (b) 2
- (c) 4
- (d) 8
Answer(b) NH-2 — the old Delhi–Kolkata highway via Mathura and Varanasi.
Same skill — linking old National Highway numbers to their routes across states.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Under the old numbering, which National Highway connected Varanasi to Kanyakumari and was the longest in India?
- (a)NH-7
- (b)NH-8
- (c)NH-2
- (d)NH-3
Answer(a) NH-7 — Varanasi to Kanyakumari, the longest under the old numbering.
- practice — not a real PYQ
After the 2010 renumbering of National Highways, the old NH-8 (Delhi–Mumbai) is now numbered
- (a)NH-44
- (b)NH-48
- (c)NH-19
- (d)NH-27
Answer(b) NH-48 — the Delhi–Mumbai NH-8 became NH-48.