Question

Q1.Read the given passage and answer the following questions.

National Highways (NH) connect all the major cities. Though they constitute only about 2 per cent of the

total road length of India, they carry more than 40 per cent of the total traffic in India. There are 77

national highways in India. These are the primary road grids and are under the direct responsibility of the

Central Government. The development of National Highways in the country, aims towards providing

hassle-free transport and is a priority of the Government of India.

In fact, an official of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) claims that a lot has been achieved in

terms of the addition to the national highway system. In the past, only 50kms were added in an entire year.

Today about 10kms are being added every single day, especially with developmental works progressing

rapidly in the Golden Quadrilateral. Isn’t that just fantastic! State Highways (SH) are the main arteries of

commercial and passenger transport in the individual states. They connect every town with the state

capital, the national highways and other commercially important centres. The development and

maintenance of the state highways is under the jurisdiction of the respective state governments. Seventy

per cent of the state highways are single- lane roads, of which, 2300km of roads are unsurfaced. The funds

for the construction and maintenance of the state highways are raised through state allocation and loans by

financial institutions.

Questions :

a. The priority of the Government of India is to:

i) connect all the major cities

ii) increase the number of highways

iii) hassle-free transport for people

iv) collect lots of funds to construct and maintain the state highways

b. In the past, what length was added to national highways every year?

i) 200kms

ii) 150kms

iii) 100kms

iv) 50kms

c. State Highways connect every town with :

i) State capital

ii) National Highways

iii) commercially important centres

iv) all of these

d. The development and maintenance of State Highways is looked after by:

i) National Highways

ii) their respective state government

iii) central government

iv) none of these

e. At present what length of road is added to the National Highways every day?

i) 5kms

ii) 10kms

iii) 20kms

iv) 30kms

f. What percentage of the State Highways are the single -lane roads?

i) Thirty percent

ii) Forty percent

iii) Sixty percent

iv) Seventy percent

g. National Highways make up ------------- of the total road length of India.

h. According to the National Highways Authority of India, nothing has been done to improve the

National Highway System. ( True/False).

i. Find the word in the passage which means ‘problem’.

j. Write the adjective form of the word ‘responsibility’ in the passage.​

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) (iii) Hassle free transport for the people

(b) (iv) 50 km

(c)(ii) National highways

(d)(ii) Their respective State governments

(e)(i)5 km

(f) (iv) 70%

(g) National Highways (NH) connect all the major cities. Though they constitute only about 2 per cent of the

total road length of India,

(h) False

(I) hassle

(j) Direct

Answer 2

Answer:

A. iii

B. iiii

C. i

D. ii

E. ii

F. iiii

G. 2%

H. False

I. Hassle

J. Responsible

Explanation:

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