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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 79 of 200

Q79
Geography (incl. West Bengal)West Bengal Geography
Bongaon and Kolkata is connected by ______ National Highway.
  1. a.NH-35
  2. b.NH-02
  3. c.NH-06
  4. d.NH-32

Answer: (A) NH-35

Answer as of 2018 — this may have changed since.

Under the old numbering, NH-35 ran from Barasat (near Kolkata) to Bongaon and the Petrapole border with Bangladesh; in the new system it is NH 112. The other options under the old system: NH-2 Delhi-Kolkata (now NH 19), NH-6 Hazira-Kolkata (the Kolkata-Mumbai road), and NH-32 in the Dhanbad-Jamshedpur area of Jharkhand. Old NH-34 (now NH 12) linked Kolkata with North Bengal.

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