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SSC CGL 2020 PYQ — Question 43

SSC CGL - 6th March 2020 Shift 3 • General Awareness • Q43

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What was National Highway 66 (NH 66) previously known as?

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Correct answer: A

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The correct answer is option 1 i.e NH 17.

  • Prior to the building of National Highway 66 (NH 66), then known as National Highway 17 (NH17), in the 1960s and 1970s, ships and steamers running between Mumbai and Mangalore calling at different ports were the only means of transport along the west coast of India adjoining the Arabian Sea.
  • It connects Panvel (a city south of Mumbai) to Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari), passing through the states of Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.