Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?

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Q: 54 (IAS/2004)
Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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{'national highway routes': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'kolkata': [1, 0, 1, 2], 'mumbai': [1, 0, 1, 0], 'chennai': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'pune': [1, 0, 1, 2], 'agra': [3, 0, 0, 0], 'machilipatnam': [0, 0, 3, 2]}

The question is about the longest National Highway route in India among the given options.

Option 1, Agra-Mumbai, is not the longest. The approximate distance between Agra and Mumbai is around 1,200 km.

Option 2, Chennai-Thane, is also not the longest. The distance between these two cities is approximately 1,335 km.

Option 3, Kolkata-Hajira, is the correct answer as it is the longest out of all four options. This highway route has a distance of about 2,013 km. This makes it the longest among the choices listed.

Option 4, Pune-Machilipatnam, doesn`t count as the longest either. It spans around 1,104 km.

In conclusion, the Kolkata-Hajira route is the longest considering the fact that it has the longest distance in kilometers among all these options.