Match List-I (National Highway) with List-II (Pass through) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I: a. National Highway 30 b. National Highway 39 c. National Highway 46 d.

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Match List-I (National Highway) with List-II (Pass through) and select the correct answer from the codes given below:
List-I: a. National Highway 30  b. National Highway 39  c. National Highway 46  d. National Highway 44
List-II: i. Khajuraho  ii. Bhopal  iii. Sagar  iv. Jabalpur

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Correct — C, a–iv, b–i, c–ii, d–iii. NH-30 passes through Jabalpur (it junctions there with NH-34/NH-45); NH-39 — the Jhansi–Chhatarpur–Panna–Satna–Rewa corridor — passes through Khajuraho; NH-46, running Gwalior to Betul, passes through Bhopal; and NH-44, India's longest national highway (Srinagar to Kanyakumari), passes through Sagar in its Madhya Pradesh stretch (along with Lakhnadon and Seoni).

Why the other options are wrong — (a) Swaps NH-39 and NH-46 — it sends NH-39 to Bhopal and NH-46 to Khajuraho, the reverse of the real pairing.  (b) Swaps NH-30 and NH-44 — it sends NH-30 to Sagar and NH-44 to Jabalpur, the reverse of the real pairing.  (d) Swaps NH-39 and NH-44 — it sends NH-39 to Sagar and NH-44 to Khajuraho, the reverse of the real pairing.

Concept: Madhya Pradesh's highway network is carried by several numbered National Highways, each identified by the towns it links. NH-30 runs a long Uttarakhand–Andhra Pradesh corridor and touches Jabalpur; NH-39 is the Jhansi–Khajuraho–Panna–Satna–Rewa road; NH-46 connects Gwalior to Betul via Bhopal; and NH-44 — the longest National Highway in India — threads through Sagar on its Srinagar-to-Kanyakumari run.

State PCS 2021 Q81 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q81 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer