Choose the correct option:
Question 1.
Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1?
(a) Kolkata-Amritsar
(b) Ranchi-Kolkata
(c) Delhi-Punjab
(d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
Answer
Answer: (c) Delhi-Punjab
Question 2.
National Waterway No. 1 is navigable between which of the following places?
(a) Sadiya and Dhubri
(b) Allahabad and Haldia
(c) Udyogamandal and Champakkara
(d) Kottapuram and Komman
Answer
Answer: (b) Allahabad and Haldia
Question 3.
Which one of the following ports is the biggest with a spacious natural and well-sheltered harbour?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer
Answer: (c) Mumbai
Question 4.
port was developed as a subsidiary port in order to relieve growing pressure on the Kolkata port.
(a) Haldia
(b) Kochi
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer
Answer: (a) Haldia
Question 5.
Which one of the following is considered as the first-class mail by the Indian postal network?
(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Registered periodicals
(c) Book packets
(d) Registered newspapers
Answer
Answer: (a) Cards and envelopes
Question 6.
Which one of the following is the southernmost international airport in India?
(a) Nedimbacherry
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji
(c) Raja Sansi
(d) Meenam Bakkam
Answer
Answer: (a) Nedimbacherry
Question 7.
Which one of the following is the oldest port of the eastern coast of India?
(a) Kolkata (Haldia)
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Chennai (Madras)
Answer
Answer: (d) Chennai (Madras)
Question 8.
Narrow Gauge railway line is found in
(a) the Northern Plains
(b) the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Shillong and Ooty
(c) deserts of Rajasthan
(d) the Central Highlands
Answer
Answer: (b) the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Shillong and Ooty
Question 9.
Which one of the following is not an advantage of pipeline transportation?
(a) Pipelines are used for transporting crude oil and gas from fields to refineries.
(b) Solids can be transported in slurry form through pipelines.
(c) Pipelines rule out trans-shipment losses or delays.
(d) Initial cost of laying a pipeline is high.
Answer
Answer: (d) Initial cost of laying a pipeline is high.
Question 10.
Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the border areas?
(a) NHAI
(b) BRO
(c) Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana
(d) BSF
Answer
Answer: (b) BRO
Question 11.
Which one of the following ports is a tidal port?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Mangalore port
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer
Answer: (c) Kandla
Question 12.
Which one of the following ports was developed in order to relieve the pressure of Kolkata port?
(a) Paradip port
(b) Tuticorin port
(c) Haldia port
(d) Chennai port
Answer
Answer: (c) Haldia port
Question 13.
Which two extreme locations are connected by the North-South Corridor?
(a) Amritsar and Tuticorin
(b) Srinagar and Tiruvananthapuram
(c) Srinagar and Tuticorin
(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Answer
Answer: (d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Question 14.
National Waterway No. 1 is navigable between which of the following places?
(a) Between Sadiya and Dhubri
(b) Between Allahabad and Haldia
(c) Between Kottapuram and Komman
(d) Between Udyogamandal and Champakkara
Answer
Answer: (b) Between Allahabad and Haldia
Question 15.
Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
Answer
Answer: (c) Chennai
Question 16.
National Highways are constructed and maintained by:
(a) NHAI
(b) CPWD
(c) SPWD
(d) BRO
Answer
Answer: (b) CPWD
Question 17.
Which one of the following modes of transportation reduces tran-shipment losses and delays in the supply of petroleum and gases?
(a) Railways
(b) Roadways
(c) Pipeline
(d) Waterways
Answer
Answer: (c) Pipeline
Question 18.
The helicopter services to Oil and Natural Commission in its offshore operations are provided by:
(a) Air India
(b) Indian Airlines
(c) Pawanhans helicopters
(d) Alliance Air
Answer
Answer: (c) Pawanhans helicopters
Question 19.
The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Urdu
(d) Marathi
Answer
Answer: (a) Hindi
Question 20.
Which one of the following is not true regarding the sea ports of India?
(a) Mumbai is the biggest port with a spacious natural and well sheltered harbour.
(b) Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu has a natural harbour and hinterland.
(c) Vishakhapatnam is the deepest landlocked and well protected port.
(d) Chennai is an inland riverine port.
Answer
Answer: (d) Chennai is an inland riverine port.
Question 21.
In recent years, India is earning large foreign exchange through the export of which of the following?
(a) Ores and Minerals
(b) Information Technology
(c) Agricultural Products
(d) Electrical goods
Answer
Answer: (b) Information Technology
Question 22.
Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher Airline
(d) Indigo
Answer
Answer: (a) Air India
Question 23.
Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher Airline
(d)Indigo
Answer
Answer: (a) Air India
Question 24.
Which of the following is the oldest artificial port and the second most important port of the country?
(a) Mumbai port
(b) Kandla port
(c) Chennai port
(d) Ennore port
Answer
Answer: (c) Chennai port
Question 25.
Which one of the following types of communication service in India is the largest in the world?
(a) Postal network
(b) Television network
(c) Internet services
(d) Radio broadcasting
Answer
Answer: (a) Postal network
Map-based Questions:
Question 1.
On the given outline political map of India, mark the following international airports.
• Raja Sansi
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
• Chhatrapati Shivaji
• Meenambakkam
Answer
Answer: Do it yourself
