Class 12 Geography Ch 7 Transport And Communication
1. What is the primary focus of the passage?
(a) Agricultural production
(b) Transportation and communication
(c) Market economy
(d) Consumer behavior
Answer
Answer: (b) Transportation and communication
2. What does the passage suggest about the purpose of production?
(a) Entertainment
(b) Consumption
(c) Education
(d) Innovation
Answer
Answer: (b) Consumption
3. What role does transportation play in making goods available to consumers?
(a) It is irrelevant
(b) It is the only factor
(c) It is necessary
(d) It is detrimental
Answer
Answer: (c) It is necessary
4. What is mentioned as an example of material things in the passage?
(a) Views and messages
(b) Ideas
(c) Books
(d) Entertainment
Answer
Answer: (c) Books
5. How do human beings move goods and commodities from one place to another?
(a) By using magic
(b) By using various methods
(c) By relying on animals
(d) By not moving them at all
Answer
Answer: (b) By using various methods
6. What is the passage’s perspective on the use of transport and communication?
(a) It is unnecessary
(b) It is essential
(c) It is harmful
(d) It is occasional
Answer
Answer: (b) It is essential
7. What does the passage suggest about the exchange of views and messages?
(a) It is impossible
(b) It is limited to certain individuals
(c) It occurs with the help of various means
(d) It is one-sided
Answer
Answer: (c) It occurs with the help of various means
8. What is emphasized as being brought from the site of production to the market?
(a) Raw materials
(b) Finished goods
(c) Ideas and messages
(d) Both (b) and (c)
Answer
Answer: (d) Both (b) and (c)
9. According to the passage, what depends upon the need to move things from place to place?
(a) The weather
(b) Human emotions
(c) Transport and communication
(d) Market prices
Answer
Answer: (c) Transport and communication
10. What is NOT mentioned as an item used in daily life in the passage?
(a) Toothpaste
(b) Bed tea
(c) Electronics
(d) Clothes
Answer
Answer: (c) Electronics
11. According to the passage, what makes goods available to consumers?
(a) Production
(b) Transportation and communication
(c) Market demand
(d) Advertising
Answer
Answer: (b) Transportation and communication
12. What do human beings use to move ideas from one place to another, according to the passage?
(a) Telepathy
(b
) Transport and communication
(c) Written letters
(d) Smoke signals
Answer
Answer: (b) Transport and communication
13. What is the passage’s stance on the use of transport and communication in daily life?
(a) They are irrelevant
(b) They are crucial
(c) They are harmful
(d) They are occasional
Answer
Answer: (b) They are crucial
14. According to the passage, what is meant for consumption?
(a) Production
(b) Transportation
(c) Communication
(d) All the production
Answer
Answer: (d) All the production
15. What is the purpose of moving goods from the site of production to the market?
(a) To increase production
(b) To make them available to consumers
(c) To reduce transportation costs
(d) To limit consumer choices
Answer
Answer: (b) To make them available to consumers
1. What has been used for transportation in India since ancient times?
(a) Railways
(b) Metalled roads
(c) Pathways and unmetalled roads
(d) Ropeways
Answer
Answer: (c) Pathways and unmetalled roads
2. What were developed with economic and technological development to move large volumes of goods and people?
(a) Ropeways
(b) Pathways
(c) Metalled roads and railways
(d) Cableways
Answer
Answer: (c) Metalled roads and railways
3. What percentage of passenger traffic is carried by roads in India every year?
(a) 70%
(b) 85%
(c) 50%
(d) 30%
Answer
Answer: (b) 85%
4. When was the ‘Nagpur Plan’ for road transport in India drawn?
(a) Pre-Independence era
(b) World War-II
(c) 1943
(d) 1961
Answer
Answer: (c) 1943
5. Why couldn’t the ‘Nagpur Plan’ be implemented?
(a) Lack of coordination among princely states and British India
(b) Lack of funds
(c) Lack of public support
(d) Lack of technology
Answer
Answer: (a) Lack of coordination among princely states and British India
6. What was introduced after Independence to improve the conditions of roads in India?
(a) Nagpur Plan
(b) Ropeways
(c) Twenty-year road plan (1961)
(d) Metalled roads
Answer
Answer: (c) Twenty-year road plan (1961)
7. What is the primary focus of road transport in India, according to the passage?
(a) Urban areas
(b) Remote areas
(c) Metalled roads
(d) National Highways
Answer
Answer: (a) Urban areas
8. How are roads classified for the purpose of construction and maintenance?
(a) Urban Roads and Rural Roads
(b) National Highways (NH), State Highways(SH), Major District Roads, and Rural Roads
(c) Metalled Roads and Unmetalled Roads
(d) Modern Roads and Ancient Roads
Answer
Answer: (b) National Highways (NH), State Highways(SH), Major District Roads, and Rural Roads
9. What is the total length of India’s road network, according to the Annual Report 2020-21?
(a) 50.16 lakh km
(b) 62.16 lakh km
(c) 75.16 lakh km
(d) 80.16 lakh km
Answer
Answer: (b) 62.16 lakh km
10. What percentage of freight traffic is carried by roads in India every year?
(a) 50%
(b) 70%
(c) 30%
(d) 90%
Answer
Answer: (b) 70%
1. What are the main roads constructed and maintained by the Central Government known as?
(a) State Highways
(b) Rural Roads
(c) National Highways
(d) Urban Roads
Answer
Answer: (c) National Highways
2. What is the primary purpose of National Highways?
(a) Local transportation
(b) Inter-state transport and movement of defence personnel and material
(c) Rural connectivity
(d) Urban development
Answer
Answer: (b) Inter-state transport and movement of defence personnel and material
3. What locations do National Highways primarily connect?
(a) Villages and towns
(b) State capitals, major cities, important ports, railway junctions, etc.
(c) Rural areas
(d) Educational institutions
Answer
Answer: (b) State capitals, major cities, important ports, railway junctions, etc.
4. How much has the length of National Highways increased from 1951 to 2020?
(a) Decreased
(b) Remained the same
(c) Increased from 19,700 km to 1,36,440 km
(d) Increased from 10,000 km to 50,000 km
Answer
Answer: (c) Increased from 19,700 km to 1,36,440 km
5. What percentage of the total road length do National Highways constitute?
(a) 10%
(b) 2%
(c) 25%
(d) 50%
Answer
Answer: (b) 2%
6. What percentage of road traffic is carried by National Highways?
(a) 20%
(b) 40%
(c) 60%
(d) 80%
Answer
Answer: (b) 40%
7. When was the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) operationalized?
(a) 1951
(b) 1961
(c) 1995
(d) 2000
Answer
Answer: (c) 1995
8. What is the NHAI responsible for?
(a) Local roads
(b) Rural connectivity
(c) Development, maintenance, and operation of National Highways
(d) Urban planning
Answer
Answer: (c) Development, maintenance, and operation of National Highways
9. What is the NHAI’s role in improving roads designated as National Highways?
(a) No role
(b) Limited role
(c) Apex body
(d) Rural development
Answer
Answer: (c) Apex body
10. What ministry does the NHAI operate under?
(a) Ministry of Railways
(b) Ministry of Defence
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Ministry of Surface Transport
Answer
Answer: (d) Ministry of Surface Transport
1. What is the primary objective of the Golden Quadrilateral project?
(a) To connect rural areas
(b) To connect India’s four big metro cities
(c) To create a waterway network
(d) To establish international trade routes
Answer
Answer: (b) To connect India’s four big metro cities
2. What is the total length of the Golden Quadrilateral project?
(a) 4,076 km
(b) 5,846 km
(c) 3,640 km
(d) 10,000 km
Answer
Answer: (b) 5,846 km
3. What are the mega cities connected by the Golden Quadrilateral?
(a) Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Bangalore
(b) Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata
(c) Kolkata-Chennai-Delhi-Bangalore
(d) Chennai-Delhi-Mumbai-Bangalore
Answer
Answer: (b) Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata
4. What is the purpose of the North-South corridor?
(a) To connect east and west
(b) To connect Silchar and Porbandar
(c) To connect Srinagar and Kanniyakumari
(d) To connect rural areas
Answer
Answer: (c) To connect Srinagar and Kanniyakumari
5. How long is the road in the East-West Corridor?
(a) 3,000 km
(b) 3,640 km
(c) 4,076 km
(d) 5,000 km
Answer
Answer: (b) 3,640 km
6. What is the primary goal of the East-West Corridor?
(a) To connect rural areas
(b) To connect east and west
(c) To facilitate international trade
(d) To connect Silchar and Porbandar
Answer
Answer: (b) To connect east and west
7. When was the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) operationalized?
(a) 1951
(b) 1961
(c) 1995
(d) 2000
Answer
Answer: (c) 1995
8. Which ministry does the NHAI operate under?
(a) Ministry of Railways
(b) Ministry of Defence
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Ministry of Surface Transport
Answer
Answer: (d) Ministry of Surface Transport
1. Who is responsible for the construction and maintenance of State Highways?
(a) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
(b) Central Government
(c) State governments
(d) Border Road Organisation (BRO)
Answer
Answer: (c) State governments
2. What is the primary function of State Highways?
(a) To connect international borders
(b) To connect district headquarters and important towns within a state
(c) To connect state capitals with metro cities
(d) To facilitate rural development
Answer
Answer: (b) To connect district headquarters and important towns within a state
3. What percentage of the total road length in India do State Highways constitute?
(a) 2%
(b) 4%
(c) 10%
(d) 14%
Answer
Answer: (b) 4%
4. What is the primary purpose of District Roads?
(a) To connect international borders
(b) To connect rural areas
(c) To connect district headquarters and other important nodes in the district
(d) To connect state capitals
Answer
Answer: (c) To connect district headquarters and other important nodes in the district
5. What percentage of the total road length in India do District Roads constitute?
(a) 10%
(b) 14%
(c) 20%
(d) 5%
Answer
Answer: (b) 14%
6. What is the primary significance of Rural Roads?
(a) To connect international borders
(b) To connect state capitals
(c) To facilitate links in rural areas
(d) To connect metro cities
Answer
Answer: (c) To facilitate links in rural areas
7. What percentage of the total road length in India is categorized as rural roads?
(a) 50%
(b) 70%
(c) 80%
(d) 90%
Answer
Answer: (c) 80%
8. What organization was established in May 1960 for improving strategically important roads along the northern and northeastern boundary of India?
(a) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
(b) Border Road Organisation (BRO)
(c) Rural Development Authority
(d) Metro Cities Development Authority
Answer
Answer: (b) Border Road Organisation (BRO)
9. What is the average altitude of the road constructed by the Border Road Organisation (BRO) joining Chandigarh with Manali (Himachal Pradesh) and Leh (Ladakh)?
(a) 2,000 meters
(b) 3,000 meters
(c) 4,270 meters
(d) 5,000 meters
Answer
Answer: (c) 4,270 meters
10. What is the primary purpose of international highways in India?
(a) To connect rural areas
(b) To promote harmonious relationships with neighboring countries
(c) To facilitate urban development
(d) To enhance international trade
Answer
Answer: (b) To promote harmonious relationships with neighboring countries
1. What is the name of the world’s longest highway tunnel?
(a) Manali Tunnel
(b) Lahaul-Spiti Tunnel
(c) Atal Tunnel
(d) Pir Panjal Tunnel
Answer
Answer: (c) Atal Tunnel
2. Who built the Atal Tunnel?
(a) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
(b) Border Road Organisation (BRO)
(c) Ministry of Surface Transport
(d) Rural Development Authority
Answer
Answer: (b) Border Road Organisation (BRO)
3. Where does the Atal Tunnel connect?
(a) Manali to Shimla
(b) Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley
(c) Shimla to Leh
(d) Leh to Ladakh
Answer
Answer: (b) Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley
4. Why was the Lahaul-Spiti valley cut off for about six months each year before the construction of the Atal Tunnel?
(a) Due to political reasons
(b) Due to heavy rainfall
(c) Due to heavy snowfall
(d) Due to earthquakes
Answer
Answer: (c) Due to heavy snowfall
5. At what altitude is the Atal Tunnel located from the Mean Sea Level (MSL)?
(a) 500 meters
(b) 1500 meters
(c) 3000 meters
(d) 5000 meters
Answer
Answer: (c) 3000 meters
1. What is the primary objective of the Bharatmala scheme?
(a) Development of State roads along coastal border areas
(b) Backward areas religious and tourist places connectivity programme
(c) Construction of major bridges and rail under bridges
(d) All of the above
Answer
Answer: (d) All of the above
2. What does the Setubharatam Pariyojana focus on?
(a) Construction of major bridges
(b) Development of State roads
(c) Connectivity of non-major ports
(d) Backward areas religious and tourist places
Answer
Answer: (a) Construction of major bridges
3. How many major bridges does Setubharatam Pariyojana aim to construct?
(a) 500
(b) 1000
(c) 1500
(d) 2000
Answer
Answer: (c) 1500
4. What is the District Headquarters connectivity Scheme focused on?
(a) Development of State roads
(b) Connectivity of non-major ports
(c) Construction of major bridges
(d) Development of newly declared National Highways
Answer
Answer: (d) Development of newly declared National Highways
5. What is the target completion year for the Bharatmala scheme?
(a) 2020
(b) 2021
(c) 2022
(d) 2025
Answer
Answer: (c) 2022
1. When was the Indian Railway introduced?
(a) 1750
(b) 1800
(c) 1853
(d) 1900
Answer
Answer: (c) 1853
2. What was the initial distance covered by the Indian Railways in 1853?
(a) 10 km
(b) 25 km
(c) 34 km
(d) 50 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 34 km
3. What did Mahatma Gandhi say about Indian Railways?
(a) It’s a burden on the economy
(b) It’s a symbol of modernity
(c) It brought people together for India’s freedom struggle
(d) It hinders cultural diversity
Answer
Answer: (c) It brought people together for India’s freedom struggle
4. What is the length of the Indian Railways network according to the Railway yearbook 2019-20?
(a) 50,000 km
(b) 67,956 km
(c) 75,000 km
(d) 90,000 km
Answer
Answer: (b) 67,956 km
5. How many zones is the Indian railway system divided into?
(a) 10
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 16
Answer
Answer: (d) 16
1. Which railway zone has Mumbai CST as its headquarters?
(a) Central
(b) Eastern
(c) Southern
(d) Western
Answer
Answer: (a) Central
2. What is the headquarters of the East Central railway zone?
(a) Mumbai CST
(b) Kolkata
(c) Hajipur
(d) Bhubaneswar
Answer
Answer: (c) Hajipur
3. Which railway zone has New Delhi as its headquarters?
(a) Central
(b) Eastern
(c) Northern
(d) Southern
Answer
Answer: (c) Northern
4. What is the headquarters of the North Western railway zone?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Jaipur
(c) Gorakhpur
(d) Maligaon (Guwahati)
Answer
Answer: (b) Jaipur
5. Which railway zone has Chennai as its headquarters?
(a) Southern
(b) South Central
(c) South Eastern
(d) South Western
Answer
Answer: (a) Southern
6. What is the headquarters of the West Central railway zone?
(a) Mumbai (Church Gate)
(b) Jabalpur
(c) Secunderabad
(d) Bilaspur
Answer
Answer: (b) Jabalpur
7. What is the headquarters of the South Western railway zone?
(a) Hubli
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai (Church Gate)
(d) Secunderabad
Answer
Answer: (a) Hubli
8. Which railway zone has Maligaon (Guwahati) as its headquarters?
(a) Southern
(b) South Central
(c) South Eastern
(d) North East Frontier
Answer
Answer: (d) North East Frontier
1. What is the distance between rails in the Broad gauge of Indian Railways?
(a) 1.0 meter
(b) 1.5 meters
(c) 1.676 meters
(d) 2.0 meters
Answer
Answer: (c) 1.676 meters
2. What is the total length of Metre gauge lines in Indian Railways?
(a) 1000 km
(b) 2000 km
(c) 2402 km
(d) 3000 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 2402 km
3. What is the distance between rails in Narrow gauge of Indian Railways?
(a) 0.5 meter
(b) 0.610 meter
(c) 0.762 meter
(d) 1.0 meter
Answer
Answer: (c) 0.762 meter or 0.610 meter
1. What is the primary goal of the extensive program launched by Indian Railways?
(a) To increase the length of railway tracks
(b) To convert broad gauge to narrow gauge
(c) To convert metre and narrow gauges to broad gauge
(d) To replace diesel engines with steam engines
Answer
Answer: (c) To convert metre and narrow gauges to broad gauge
2. What has the replacement of steam engines with diesel and electric engines achieved?
(a) Decreased speed and haulage capacity
(b) Increased speed and haulage capacity
(c) No impact on speed and haulage capacity
(d) Reduced environmental improvement
Answer
Answer: (b) Increased speed and haulage capacity
3. How has the replacement of steam engines affected the environment of railway stations?
(a) No change
(b) Worsened the environment
(c) Improved the environment
(d) Increased air pollution
Answer
Answer: (c) Improved the environment
4. What has revolutionized the urban transport system in India?
(a) Expansion of road networks
(b) Introduction of electric buses
(c) Metro rail
(d) Steam engines
Answer
Answer: (c) Metro rail
5. What areas were well-connected by railways during the British colonial era?
(a) Remote villages
(b) Urban centers
(c) Areas around towns, raw material producing areas, hill stations, and cantonment towns
(d) Desert regions
Answer
Answer: (c) Areas around towns, raw material producing areas, hill stations, and cantonment towns
6. What is the most significant development mentioned in the passage?
(a) Introduction of electric buses
(b) Development of Konkan Railway
(c) Replacement of diesel buses with CNG-run vehicles
(d) Decrease in railway routes after Independence
Answer
Answer: (b) Development of Konkan Railway
7. According to the passage, what areas have relatively less dense railway networks?
(a) Hill states, north eastern states, central parts of India, and Rajasthan
(b) Urban centers
(c) Coastal areas
(d) Western regions
Answer
Answer: (a) Hill states, north eastern states, central parts of India, and Rajasthan
8. What continues to remain the main means of transport for the masses?
(a) Air travel
(b) Metro rail
(c) Road transport
(d) Railway
Answer
Answer: (d) Railway
1. What is an important mode of transport for both passenger and cargo traffic in India?
(a) Air transport
(b) Water transport
(c) Rail transport
(d) Road transport
Answer
Answer: (b) Water transport
2. Why is water transport considered the cheapest means of transport?
(a) It is the fastest mode of transport
(b) It is the most luxurious mode of transport
(c) It is suitable for carrying heavy and bulky material
(d) It is the most fuel-efficient mode
Answer
Answer: (c) It is suitable for carrying heavy and bulky material
3. What are the two types of water transport mentioned in the passage?
(a) Air and water transport
(b) Inland waterways and oceanic waterways
(c) Rail and road transport
(d) Passenger and cargo transport
Answer
Answer: (b) Inland waterways and oceanic waterways
4. What was the chief mode of transport before the advent of railways?
(a) Road transport
(b) Air transport
(c) Water transport
(d) Rail transport
Answer
Answer: (c) Water transport
5. Why did inland waterways face tough competition from road and railway transport?
(a) Inland waterways were more expensive
(b) Road and railway transport were faster
(c) Diversion of river water made them non-navigable
(d) Inland waterways were less eco-friendly
Answer
Answer: (c) Diversion of river water made them non-navigable
6. How much of the country’s transportation does navigable waterways contribute?
(a) 5%
(b) 1%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
Answer
Answer: (b) 1%
7. When was the Inland Waterways Authority set up in India?
(a) 1986
(b) 2000
(c) 1995
(d) 1970
Answer
Answer: (a) 1986
8. How many kilometers of major rivers are navigable by mechanized flat bottom vessels at present?
(a) 1,000 km
(b) 3,000 km
(c) 5,685 km
(d) 10,000 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 5,685 km
9. What agency is responsible for the development, maintenance, and regulation of national waterways in India?
(a) Indian Railways
(b) Water Resources Authority
(c) Inland Waterways Authority
(d) Oceanic Waterways Authority
Answer
Answer: (c) Inland Waterways Authority
10. What waterways have been declared as National Waterways by the Government?
(a) All rivers in India
(b) All oceanic waterways
(c) Specific waterways mentioned in Table 7.3
(d) Inland waterways only
Answer
Answer: (c) Specific waterways mentioned in Table 7.3
11. How much of India’s waterways are inland waterways?
(a) 50%
(b) 25%
(c) 10%
(d) 75%
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Answer
Answer: (d) 75%
12. What percentage of the country’s transportation does navigable waterways contribute?
(a) 5%
(b) 1%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
Answer
Answer: (b) 1%
13. What are the components of inland waterways?
(a) Mountains, valleys, and deserts
(b) Rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks, etc.
(c) Lakes and ponds
(d) Urban and rural areas
Answer
Answer: (b) Rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks, etc.
14. What did diversion of river water for irrigation purposes result in?
(a) Increased navigability
(b) Decreased navigability
(c) Increased competition with railways
(d) Increased road transport
Answer
Answer: (b) Decreased navigability
15. What is the contribution of navigable waterways to India’s transportation?
(a) 5%
(b) 1%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
Answer
Answer: (b) 1%
1. Which waterway is navigable by mechanical boats up to Patna and by ordinary boats up to Haridwar?
(a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
(b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
(c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
(d) NW 4 Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers
Answer
Answer: (a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
2. Which waterway includes the west coast canal along with Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal?
(a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
(b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
(c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
(d) NW 4 Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers
Answer
Answer: (c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
3. Which waterway is shared by India and Bangladesh?
(a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
(b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
(c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
(d) NW 4 Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers
Answer
Answer: (b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
4. Which waterway includes specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers along with the Kakinada Puducherry stretch of canals?
(a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
(b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
(c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
(d) NW 4 Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers
Answer
Answer: (d) NW 4 Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers
5. What is the total stretch of NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri?
(a) 1,620 km
(b) 891 km
(c) 205 km
(d) 1078 km
Answer
Answer: (b) 891 km
6. What is the significance of NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch?
(a) It connects India and Bangladesh
(b) It includes the west coast canal along with Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal
(c) It is navigable by mechanical boats up to Patna and by ordinary boats up to Haridwar
(d) It includes specified stretches of river Brahmani along with Matai river, delta channels of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers
Answer
Answer: (b) It includes the west coast canal along with Champakara canal and Udyogmandal canal
7. What is the stretch of NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia Farakka part?
(a) 560 km
(b) 460 km
(c) 600 km
(d) 1,620 km
Answer
Answer: (a) 560 km
8. Which waterway includes specified stretches of river Brahmani along with Matai river, delta channels of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers and East Coast canals?
(a) NW 1 Allahabad-Haldia stretch
(b) NW 2 Sadiya-Dhubri stretch
(c) NW 3 Kottapuram-Kollam stretch
(d) NW 5 Specified stretches of river Brahmani along with Matai river, delta channels of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers and East Coast canals
Answer
Answer: (d) NW 5 Specified stretches of river Brahmani along with Matai river, delta channels of Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers and East Coast canals
1. What is the special significance of the backwaters (Kadal) in Kerala?
(a) They are the headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority
(b) They are used for fishing only
(c) They provide cheap means of transport and attract tourists
(d) They are the site of major industrial development
Answer
Answer: (c) They provide cheap means of transport and attract tourists
2. Which event is held in the backwaters of Kerala?
(a) Kumbh Mela
(b) Diwali Festival
(c) Nehru Trophy Boat Race (VALLAMKALI)
(d) Onam Celebration
Answer
Answer: (c) Nehru Trophy Boat Race (VALLAMKALI)
3. What is the role of the Inland Waterways Authority in the backwaters of Kerala?
(a) To organize cultural events
(b) To upgrade inland waterways
(c) To promote industrial development
(d) To conduct educational programs
Answer
Answer: (b) To upgrade inland waterways
1. What is the total length of India’s coastline?
(a) 5,000 km
(b) 6,000 km
(c) 7,517 km
(d) 8,000 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 7,517 km
2. How many major ports support oceanic routes in India?
(a) 5
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 15
Answer
Answer: (c) 12
3. What percentage of India’s foreign trade by volume moves through ocean routes?
(a) 50%
(b) 70%
(c) 80%
(d) 95%
Answer
Answer: (d) 95%
4. When did air transport in India make its beginning?
(a) 1900
(b) 1911
(c) 1920
(d) 1947
Answer
Answer: (b) 1911
5. What is the responsibility of the Airport Authority of India?
(a) Managing railway stations
(b) Providing air traffic and aeronautical communication services
(c) Operating helicopters
(d) Managing seaports
Answer
Answer: (b) Providing air traffic and aeronautical communication services
6. How many airports does the Airport Authority of India manage?
(a) 75
(b) 100
(c) 125
(d) 150
Answer
Answer: (c) 125
7. Which helicopter service operates in hilly areas?
(a) Air India
(b) Pawan Hans
(c) Jet Airways
(d) IndiGo
Answer
Answer: (b) Pawan Hans
8. In which sector does Pawan Hans mainly provide helicopter services?
(a) Tourism
(b) Agriculture
(c) Petroleum
(d) Education
Answer
Answer: (c) Petroleum
9. What is the length of India’s coastline, including islands?
(a) 5,000 km
(b) 6,000 km
(c) 7,000 km
(d) 7,517 km
Answer
Answer: (d) 7,517 km
10. What percentage of India’s foreign trade by value moves through ocean routes?
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 70%
(d) 80%
Answer
Answer: (c) 70%
1. What is the most convenient and efficient mode of transporting liquids and gases over long distances?
(a) Railways
(b) Pipelines
(c) Roadways
(d) Airways
Answer
Answer: (b) Pipelines
2. In which year was Oil India Limited (OIL) incorporated as a company?
(a) 1947
(b) 1959
(c) 1966
(d) 1984
Answer
Answer: (b) 1959
3. What is the distance covered by Asia’s first cross-country pipeline constructed by OIL?
(a) 500 km
(b) 800 km
(c) 1,157 km
(d) 1,500 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 1,157 km
4. What is the administrative set up under which Oil India Limited (OIL) operates?
(a) Ministry of Transport
(b) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
(c) Ministry of Commerce
(d) Ministry of Agriculture
Answer
Answer: (b) Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
5. When was GAIL (India) Ltd. established?
(a) 1947
(b) 1959
(c) 1966
(d) 1984
Answer
Answer: (d) 1984
6. What was the first cross-country gas pipeline constructed by GAIL (India) Ltd.?
(a) Delhi-Agra Pipeline
(b) Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(c) Mumbai-Pune Pipeline
(d) Kolkata-Chennai Pipeline
Answer
Answer: (b) Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
7. What did the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) pipeline link?
(a) Airports
(b) Power plants
(c) Gas fields
(d) Seaports
Answer
Answer: (c) Gas fields
8. How much has India’s gas infrastructure expanded from 1,700 km to?
(a) 5,000 km
(b) 10,000 km
(
c) 18,500 km
(d) 34,000 km
Answer
Answer: (c) 18,500 km
9. What is expected to be the length of India’s Gas Grid?
(a) 5,000 km
(b) 10,000 km
(c) 18,500 km
(d) 34,000 km
Answer
Answer: (d) 34,000 km
10. What is the purpose of linking all the gas sources and consuming markets across the country?
(a) Tourism
(b) Agriculture
(c) Air quality improvement
(d) Economic development
Answer
Answer: (d) Economic development
11. What is the role of pipelines in transporting solids?
(a) They cannot transport solids
(b) Solids are transported as they are
(c) Solids are converted into slurry before transportation
(d) Solids are compressed into small pieces for transportation
Answer
Answer: (c) Solids are converted into slurry before transportation
12. What is the primary engagement of Oil India Limited (OIL)?
(a) Transportation of goods
(b) Exploration, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas
(c) Agriculture
(d) Tourism
Answer
Answer: (b) Exploration, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas
13. What was the purpose of constructing the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) gas pipeline?
(a) Connecting metro cities
(b) Linking gas fields with power plants
(c) Developing air travel
(d) Promoting tourism
Answer
Answer: (b) Linking gas fields with power plants
14. What is the responsibility of GAIL (India) Ltd.?
(a) Exploration of crude oil
(b) Transportation of goods
(c) Transport, process, and market natural gas
(d) Managing seaports
Answer
Answer: (c) Transport, process, and market natural gas
15. In what year did GAIL (India) Ltd. construct the Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) gas pipeline?
(a) 1960
(b) 1975
(c) 1984
(d) 1995
Answer
Answer: (c) 1984
1. How were messages delivered in earlier times before the invention of modern communication devices?
(a) Email
(b) Drum beats and hollow tree trunks
(c) Satellite signals
(d) Social media
Answer
Answer: (b) Drum beats and hollow tree trunks
2. What were some of the animals used for sending messages in ancient times?
(a) Elephants and lions
(b) Camels and dogs
(c) Tigers and bears
(d) Horses and monkeys
Answer
Answer: (b) Camels and dogs
3. What invention made communication much faster and easier?
(a) Printing press
(b) Telegraph
(c) Satellite
(d) Email
Answer
Answer: (a) Printing press
4. In what way did humans initially use animals for communication?
(a) As messengers
(b) As carriers of letters
(c) As translators
(d) As broadcasters
Answer
Answer: (a) As messengers
5. What is the impact of science and technology on communication?
(a) Slowed down communication
(b) No impact
(c) Revolutionized communication
(d) Reduced the need for communication
Answer
Answer: (c) Revolutionized communication
6. What modes of communication are mentioned in the text?
(a) Drum beats and smoke signals
(b) Email and social media
(c) Horses and camels
(d) Post office and satellite
Answer
Answer: (d) Post office and satellite
7. What has significantly contributed to the revolution in communication?
(a) Ancient methods
(b) Science and technology
(c) Animals
(d) Social media
Answer
Answer: (b) Science and technology
8. What categories can the mode of communication be divided into based on scale and quality?
(a) Fast and slow
(b) Ancient and modern
(c) Expensive and cheap
(d) Various methods
Answer
Answer: (d) Various methods
1. What is considered the most effective and advanced personal communication system?
(a) Telegraph
(b) Internet
(c) Smoke signals
(d) Postal service
Answer
Answer: (b) Internet
2. Where is the internet widely used?
(a) Rural areas
(b) Urban areas
(c) Hilly areas
(d) Coastal areas
Answer
Answer: (b) Urban areas
3. What does the internet enable users to do in terms of communication?
(a) Send letters
(b) Use smoke signals
(c) Establish direct contact through e-mail
(d) Use telegrams
Answer
Answer: (c) Establish direct contact through e-mail
4. What is the internet increasingly used for?
(a) Transportation
(b) Agriculture
(c) E-commerce and money transactions
(d) Railway services
Answer
Answer: (c) E-commerce and money transactions
5. How is the internet described in terms of data?
(a) Small warehouse of data
(b) Large central warehouse of data
(c) No data storage
(d) Limited data access
Answer
Answer: (b) Large central warehouse of data
6. What does the network through the internet and e-mail provide?
(a) Expensive access to information
(b) Limited access to information
(c) Efficient access to information at a comparatively low cost
(d) No access to information
Answer
Answer: (c) Efficient access to information at a comparatively low cost
7. What basic facilities does the internet provide?
(a) Limited communication
(b) No communication
(c) Basic facilities of direct communication
(d) Only postal communication
Answer
Answer: (c) Basic facilities of direct communication
1. When did radio broadcasting start in India?
(a) 1910
(b) 1923
(c) 1930
(d) 1957
Answer
Answer: (b) 1923
2. What was the original name of All India Radio?
(a) Indian Broadcasting System
(b) Radio Club of Bombay
(c) Akashwani
(d) Radio Club of India
Answer
Answer: (a) Indian Broadcasting System
3. When did All India Radio change its name to Akashwani?
(a) 1923
(b) 1936
(c) 1957
(d) 1972
Answer
Answer: (c) 1957
4. What type of medium is television broadcasting?
(a) Audio-only
(b) Visual-only
(c) Audio-visual
(d) Written-only
Answer
Answer: (c) Audio-visual
5. When did television broadcasting begin in India?
(a) 1911
(b) 1957
(c) 1959
(d) 1976
Answer
Answer: (c) 1959
6. What is the separate identity of television broadcasting in India?
(a) Doordarshan
(b) All India Radio
(c) INSAT
(d) IRS
Answer
Answer: (a) Doordarshan
7. What does INSAT stand for?
(a) Indian Network Satellite
(b) Indian National Satellite System
(c) International Satellite Network
(d) Indian Remote Sensing Satellite
Answer
Answer: (b) Indian National Satellite System
8. When was the INSAT established?
(a) 1936
(b) 1957
(c) 1972
(d) 1983
Answer
Answer: (d) 1983
9. What is IRS in the context of satellite systems in India?
(a) Indian Railway System
(b) Indian Remote Sensing Satellite System
(c) Indian Radio System
(d) Indian Rural Satellite
Answer
Answer: (b) Indian Remote Sensing Satellite System
10. What does PSLV stand for?
(a) Public Satellite Launch Vehicle
(b) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(c) Private Satellite Launch Vehicle
(d) Pawan Satellite Launch Vehicle
Answer
Answer: (b) Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle
11. What is the primary purpose of satellite images in India?
(a) Entertainment
(b) Weather forecast
(c) Fictional purposes
(d) Sports broadcasting
Answer
Answer: (b) Weather forecast
12. What does the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) at Hyderabad provide?
(a) Satellite manufacturing
(b) Facilities for data acquisition and processing
(c) Television broadcasting services
(d) Internet services
Answer
Answer: (b) Facilities for data acquisition and processing
13. How is satellite communication vital for the country?
(a) Only for entertainment purposes
(b) For economic and strategic reasons
(c) For sports broadcasting
(d) For social media purposes
Answer
Answer: (b) For economic and strategic reasons
14. What does GAIL (India) Ltd. do?
(a) Television broadcasting
(b) Oil and gas pipeline transportation
(c) Radio broadcasting
(d) Railway transportation
Answer
Answer: (b) Oil and gas pipeline transportation
15. What is the role of GAIL (India) Ltd. in the field of transportation?
(a) Air transportation
(b) Water transportation
(c) Railway transportation
(d) Oil and gas pipeline transportation
Answer
Answer: (d) Oil and gas pipeline transportation
