Question 4126
National Highway NH 27 starts from Gujarat and ends in:
Answer
Assam
Why?
The correct answer is Assam . Key Points National Highway 27 (NH 27) is a major East-West National Highway in India that starts from Porbandar in Gujarat and terminates at Silchar in Assam . It constitutes the main axis of the East-West Corridor project, which is a significant component of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) managed by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) . The highway spans a total length of approximately 3,507 kilometers (2,179 miles), making it the second-longest National Highway in India after NH 44 . It traverses through seven prominent Indian states: Gujarat , Rajasthan , Madhya Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh , Bihar , West Bengal , and Assam . Key cities connected by this route include Rajkot , Samakhiali , Radhanpur , Kota , Jhansi , Kanpur , Lucknow , Ayodhya , Gorakhpur , Muzaffarpur , Darbhanga , Purnia , and Guwahati . Additional Information East-West Corridor This infrastructure project aims to connect the Saurashtra region in the west to the Barak Valley in the northeast. It serves as a vital economic lifeline for transporting goods across the Indo-Gangetic Plain and into the North-Eastern Region of India. The highway crosses major rivers such as the Chambal , Yamuna , Ganges , Kosi , and the Brahmaputra near Guwahati via the Saraighat Bridge . National Highway Renumbering The current NH 27 designation was created by merging several older highway segments, including parts of the old NH 8A , NH 76 , NH 25 , NH 28 , NH 57 , and NH 31 . Under the new numbering system, even-numbered highways run in an East-West direction, while odd-numbered highways run in a North-South direction.
