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Study the data given below and answer the questions that precede them:

Railway Network in India
Length of Rail Routes (kms)	Year
	1999-2000	2000-2001
Total length	62,809	62,759
Broad Gauge	44,216	44,383
Metre Gauge	15,178	15,013
Narrow Gauge	3,415	3,363
Electrified Route	14,579	15,063

(a) What was the total length of railway route in 2000-2001?

(b) How much increase occurred in the length of electrified routes between 1999-2000 and 2000-2001?

                                                                                                        [Delhi 2003]

Answer:

(a) Total length of railway route in 2000 - 2001 was 62,759 kms.

(b) Increase of electrified route was 15,063 - 14,579  = 484 kms. in 2000 - 2001