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S1: National highways connect one state will another and are of national importance.
S6: These road systems are also known as primary road systems and are laid and operated under the National Highway Authority of India.
P: There are important because while others are built to connect 75 per cent of the total road networks, they carry 40 per cent of the total road traffic.
Q: The infrastructure of the country is therefore crucial, and the development and maintenance is of critical importance.
R: This is due to the traffic because these roads connect long distances and pass through many cities and towns.
S: Since they cover the length and breadth of the country and link cities and towns, these highways are the primary facilitators of trade and connectivity.
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Download Solution PDF- The passage describes the importance and characteristics of National Highways in India. The jumbled sentences should logically connect the definition in S1 to the management and importance outlined in S6.
- S1: Defines National Highways and their national importance.
- Sentence S directly follows S1 by expanding on the role of National Highways: "Since they cover the length and breadth of the country and link cities and towns, these highways are the primary facilitators of trade and connectivity." This explains why they are of national importance.
- Sentence R explains the reason for the high traffic on these highways: "This is due to the traffic because these roads connect long distances and pass through many cities and towns." The word "This" refers back to the connectivity mentioned in S.
- Sentence P provides a statistic to highlight the importance, building on the traffic reason in R: "There are important because while others are built to connect 75 per cent of the total road networks, they carry 40 per cent of the total road traffic."
- Sentence Q acts as a consequence or summary: "The infrastructure of the country is therefore crucial, and the development and maintenance is of critical importance." This connects the specific information about highways to the overall importance of road infrastructure.
- S6: Finally, S6 provides information about the management of these highways, connecting back to the "National importance" mentioned in S1: "These road systems are also known as primary road systems and are laid and operated under the National Highway Authority of India."
- The most logical sequence is SRPQ.
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