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Lifelines of National Economy 🚚

NCERT-aligned Class 10 Geography topic. Every item is anchored to a real location on India's map — built for boards (CBSE, ICSE, state) and UPSC aspirants.

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Sample questions (12 of 73)

Total length of roads in India?
Over 6.2 million km (2nd largest road network in the world after USA)
National Highways length?
Over 1,46,000 km (as of 2025)
Longest National Highway?
NH-44 (Srinagar to Kanyakumari — ~3,745 km)
Golden Quadrilateral?
Delhi–Mumbai–Chennai–Kolkata (5,846 km) — longest highway project
North-South & East-West Corridors?
Srinagar–Kanyakumari & Silchar–Porbandar (under NHDP)
Major expressways?
Ahmedabad-Vadodara, Delhi-Agra, Mumbai-Pune, Bangalore-Mysore, Eastern Peripheral
Challenges?
Land acquisition, environmental clearances, maintenance, traffic congestion, poor quality in rural areas
Government initiatives?
Bharatmala Pariyojana (34,800 km new highways), PM Gati Shakti, Setu Bharatam (railway overbridges)
Best example?
Golden Quadrilateral — dramatically reduced travel time between major metros
Future focus?
All-weather roads, expressways, smart highways, last-mile connectivity in rural areas
India’s railway network?
4th largest in the world (after USA, China, Russia) — over 68,000 km track
Daily passengers?
Over 2.3 crore passengers per day

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This topic is part of the NCERT Class 10 Geography syllabus, drawn from the chapter Ch 7: Lifelines of National Economy. Content is cross-referenced against the latest NCERT textbook editions + standard reference works.

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