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Q27 (CDS-I/2008) Economy › Industry, Infrastructure & Investment › Transport infrastructure Answer Verified

Consider the following statements 1. The Golden Quadrilateral connects the four major cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. 2. The North-South Corridor will pass through Hyderabad. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Your answer: —  Â·  Correct: B
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Statement 1 is incorrect because the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) connects India's four major metro cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata [2][t3]. While the GQ passes through Bengaluru (via NH-48), the primary vertices of the quadrilateral are Chennai and Kolkata, not Bengaluru [t4][t8]. Statement 2 is correct as the North-South Corridor connects Srinagar to Kanyakumari [c1][c3]. This corridor follows the alignment of NH-44 (formerly NH-7), which passes through major cities including Nagpur, Hyderabad, and Bengaluru [c4][t7]. The North-South and East-West Corridors (NS-EW) represent Phase II of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP), covering approximately 7,300 km to integrate the country's extreme geographical points [t3][t5]. Therefore, only the second statement regarding the North-South Corridor's passage through Hyderabad is accurate.

Sources

  1. [1] INDIA PEOPLE AND ECONOMY, TEXTBOOK IN GEOGRAPHY FOR CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 7: Transport and Communication > National Highways Development Projects > p. 77
  2. [2] Geography of India ,Majid Husain, (McGrawHill 9th ed.) > Chapter 12: Transport, Communications and Trade > Highways and Roads > p. 3
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