Which one of the following National Highways crosses India from west to east?

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Q: 17 (IES/2015)

Which one of the following National Highways crosses India from west to east?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IES

stats: 

0,26,34,13,26,9,12

keywords: 

{'national highways': [1, 0, 3, 1], 'nh': [0, 0, 2, 3], 'east': [0, 0, 2, 1], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'west': [11, 4, 16, 22]}

Option 1: NH 5 - This National Highway does not cross India from west to east.

Option 2: NH 6 - This National Highway does cross India from west to east. It starts from Hazira in Gujarat and passes through multiple states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and West Bengal before terminating at Kolkata.

Option 3: NH 7 - This National Highway runs from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh to Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. It does not cross India from west to east.

Option 4: NH 8 - This National Highway runs from Delhi in the west to Mumbai in the west. It does not cross India from west to east.

Therefore, option 2 is the correct answer as NH 6 is the National Highway that crosses India from west to east.

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