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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper III: General Studies I · Question 112 of 200

Q112
Geography (incl. West Bengal)West Bengal Geography
Bongaon and Kolkata is connected by
  1. a.NH 31
  2. b.NH 34
  3. c.NH 06
  4. d.NH 35

Answer: (D) NH 35

Answer as of 2023 — this may have changed since.

Under the old national highway numbering, NH 35 ran from Barasat near Kolkata to Bongaon on the Bangladesh border. Old NH 34 ran north from Barasat to Dalkhola, NH 6 ran west from Kolkata towards Mumbai, and NH 31 lay in north Bengal and Bihar. Options use the pre-2010 national highway numbers; the Barasat–Bongaon road is now NH 112.

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