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UPSC 1995: 86. The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered
(a)1
(b)2
(c)4
(d)8
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2
The old National Highway 2 (now renumbered NH-19) connected Delhi with Kolkata via Mathura, Agra, Allahabad, Varanasi and other cities; therefore the Delhi–Calcutta route described is NH-2. The other numbers correspond to different highway alignments. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Highway_2_%28India%2C_old_numbering%29?utm_source=openai))
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