LIFELINES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The means for the movement of goods and services
from their supply locations to demand locations can be termed as which of the
following?
(a) Capital (b) Traders
(c) Transport system (d) Power supply
2. India has one of the largest networks of which
of the following modes of transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways
(c) Waterways (c) Pipelines
3. Which of the following modes of transport would
you find in higher areas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
(a) Railways (b) Roadways
(c) Inland waterways (d) Airways
4. Which of the following are the primary road
systems of our country?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways
(c) District roads (d) Border roads
5. The National Highway No.1 is also known by which
of the following names?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Road
(b) Sher Shah Suri Marg
(c) Red Road
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
6. Which of the following National Highways is the
longest in the country?
(a) National Highways No. 8
(b) National Highways No. 7
(c) National Highways No. 4
(d) National Highways No. 2
7. Which of the following types of roads received
special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways
(c) Rural Roads (d) District Roads
8. The national average for density of roads is 75
km in India. Which of the following states has a much higher road density of 375
km?
(Length of road per 100 sq km area = density of
roads)
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Rajasthan
(d) Kerala
9. When and between which two stations did the
first train of India steam off?
(a) Kolkata to Raniganj, 1874
(b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
(c) Mumbai to Ahmedbad, 1854
(d) Chennai to Arkonam, 1856
10. Which of the following is the busiest railway
junction in Northern India?
(a) Ambala (b) New Delhi
(c) Lucknow (d) Amritsar
11. Which of the following is the headquarter for
the South-Eastern Railway and Eastern Railway Zones?
(a) Kolkata (b) Kharagpur
(c) Bhubaneswar (d) Mumbai
12. Which of the following means of transportation
is used to transport crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways
(c) Pipelines (d) Waterways
13. Which of the following networks of pipeline
bring mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and petrochemical complex of
Haldia?
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oil fields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Pipeline from Salaya in Gujarat to Jalandhar in Punjab
(c) Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline from Mumbai High to Trombay
14. Which of the following modes of transport is
fuel efficient and environment friendly?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways
(c) Airways (d) Waterways
15. Which of the following is the cheapest mode of
transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways
(c) Waterways (d) Airways
16. 95 percent of India’s trade volume (68 percent
in terms of value) is carried on through which of the following transportation
routes?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways
(c) Sea routes
(d) Inland waterways
17. Which of the following was the first port to be
developed soon after Independence?
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata
(c) Paradip (d) Kandla
18. 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
19. Which one of the following ports is the deepest
land-locked and well-protected port along the west coast?
(a) Chennai (b) Paradip
(c) Tuticorin (d) Visakhapatnam
20. Which mode of transportation reduces
transshipment losses and delays?
(a) Railways (b) Roadways
(c) Pipeline (d) Waterways
21. Which one of the following states is not
connected with the H.V.J. pipeline?
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat (d) Uttar Pradesh
22. Which 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
23. Which one of the following is a means of
personal communication?
(a) Television (b) Radio
(c) Internet (d) Mobile phones
24. Which of the following is a means of mass
communication?
(a) Letters (b) Television
(c) Telephones (d) Telegraph
25. Which of the following is the national
television channel of India?
(a) Star Plus (b) Aaj Tak
(c) Doordarshan (d) NDTV
26. Wich of the following airlines is the
nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India (b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher Airline (d) Indigo
27. The largest number of newspapers published in
India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi (b) English
(c) Urdu (d) Marathi
28. Which one of the following terms is used to
describe trade between two or more countries?
(a) Internal trade (b) International trade
(c) External trade (d) Local trade
29. 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
30. What is India’s position among the best tourist
destinations of the world?
(a) First (b) Fourth
(c) Seventh (d)
Tenth
QUESTION FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. Which is the extreme south-western port located
at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbor?
(a) Tuticorin (b) Chennai
(c) Kochi (d) New Mangalore
2. 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
harbor.
(b) Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu has a natural harbor and hinterland.
(c) Vishakhapatnam is the deepest landlocked and well protected port.
(d) Chennai is an inland riverine port.
3. Which one of the following is the premier iron
ore exporting sea port of the country?
(a) New Mangalore (b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Marmagao (d) Paradip
4. 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
5. Which one of the following groups of cities is
connected by the National Highway No. 1?
(a) Delhi - Amritsar (b) Delhi - Kolkata
(c) Delhi -
Mumbai (d) Varanasi – Kanyakumari
6. Which one of the following modes of
transportation reduces tarns-shipment losses and delays in the supply of
petroleum and gases?
(a) Railways (b) Road ways
(c) Pipeline (d) Waterways
7. District Roads are maintained by:
(a) PWD (b) Zila Parishad
(c) CPWD (d) BRO
8. 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
9. 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
10. National Highways are constructed and
maintained by:
(a) NHAI (b) PWD (c) SPWD (d) BRO
11. Which one of the following is the oldest
artificial port of the country?
(a) Tuticorin (b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
12. Which of the following is the deepest and land
locked port?
(a) Kolkata (b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia (d) Mumbai
13. In which year was the air transport
nationalised in India?
(a) 1951 (b) 1952 (c) 1953 (d) 1963
14. Which one of the following ports is an inland
riverine port?
(a) Kolkata (b) Tuticorin
(c) Mumbai (d) Kandla
15. 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
16. Which are the terminal stations of National
Highway No. 7?
(a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
(b) Porbandar and Silchar
(c) Delhi and Kolkata
(d) Varanasi and Kanyakumari
17. STD refers to :
(a) Sururban Telephone Dialling
(b) Subsciber Trunk Dialling
(c) Social Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed Telephone Dialling
18. Which one of the following ports is the deepest
land - locked and well protected port along the east coast?
(a) Chennai (b) Paradip
(c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
19. In which region air travel is extended to the
common people though a special provision?
(a) Northern States
(b) North - western States
(c) North - Eastern States
(d) South - Western States
20. Which one of the following pair of cities is
connected by NH-7?
(a) Delhi-Amritsar (b) Delhi-Kolkata
(c) Delhi-Mumbai (d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
21. The HVJ natural gas pipeline connects?
(a) Hazira, Vijaipur, Jagdishpur
(b) Hazira, Bareli, Jemshedpur
(c) Hazira, Bokaro, Jaipur
(d) None of these
22. 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) Chennnai port
23. Which one of the following ports is a tidal
port?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Mangalore port
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
24. Which among the following sea ports was planned
to decongest the Mumbai port?
(a) Goa port
(b) Marmagao port
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru port
(d) Kandla port
25. Which is the first class mail from the
following?
(a) Book packets
(b) Registered newspapers
(c) Periodicals
(d) Envelopes
SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1.
Write a short
note on the Golden Quadrilateral and the North-South and East-West Corridors.
2.
What is the
significance (importance) of (a) National Highways and (b) Border Roads?
3.
How do
physiographic and economic factors influence the distribution pattern of Indian
railway network? Explain with suitable examples.
4.
Which are the
three important networks of pipeline transportation in the country? What is the
significance of developing pipeline transportation in India?
5.
What are the
advantages of waterways as a means of transport? Mention the names of three
National Waterways in India.
6.
Which two modes
of transport are widely used within the north-eastern states of India? Why?
7.
Which port
serves the rich hinterland of Ganga- Brahmaputra basin? Write a short note on
this port. What is the significance of the ports in India’s economy?
8.
What is the
significance of airways as a mode of transport? Mention two merits and one
demerit of airways.
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
Why is
international trade considered the economic barometers for a country?
2.
What is meant by
road density? Describe any four advantages Roadways have over Railways.
3.
Why are metalled
roads better than unmetalled roads? What is the role of border roads and
national highways in transportation?
4.
Explain any
four
reasons why a dense and efficient network of transport and communication is a
pre-requisite for trade of today.
5.
Explain any four
factors responsible for the development of iron and steel industries in
communication is a pre-requisite for trade of today.
6.
As an industry,
how has tourism a bright future in India? Explain.
7.
What is the
difference between personal communication and mass communication? State any two
points of importance of mass communication.
8.
Explain any four
major problems faced by Indian Railways.
9.
Why do roadways
have an edge over railways? Explain.
10.
What are Golden
Quadrilateral Super Highways? Mention any two objectives of this project. The
North-South and East-West Corridors join which terminal cities?
11.
Why is air
transport an important means of transport in the north-eastern part of our
country? Explain any four reasons.
12.
‘Transport,
communication and trade are complementary to each other.’ Explain with four
examples.
13.
‘Efficient means
of transport are pre-requisities for fast development”. Support the statement
with suitable examples.
14.
Explain four
advantages of road transport in India.
15.
What is meant by
international trade? State any features of India’s international trade.
16.
“The
distribution pattern of the Railways network in the country has been largely
influenced by physiographic factors” – Support the statement with four examples.
17.
Explain any four
advantages of pipeline transportation.
18.
What is the
importance of railways transport? Explain three major problems faced by Indian
railways.
19.
Define the
following terms:
(i) Trade
(ii) International trade
(iii) Favourable Balance of Trade
(iv) Unfavourable Balance of Trade
20. Describe any
four major problems faced by the road transportation in India.
21.
Why are the
means of transportation and communication called the lifelines of national
economy? Give any four reasons to support your answer.
22.
Explain any four
qualitative improvements made in Indian Railways.
23.
Study the
following table carefully and answer the questions that follow:
Railways Network in India
Year
Langth of rail routes (kms)
1999-2000
2000-2001
Total length
62,809
62,759
Broad Gauga
44,216
44,383
Metre Gauge
15,178
15,013
Narrow Gauge
3,415
3,363
Electrified Route
14,579
15,063
(i) What was the total length of railways route in 2000-2001?
(ii) How much increase occured in the length of electrified routes between
1999-2000 and 2000-2001?
(iii) How is narrow gauge different from broad gauge?
24.
Describe the
changing nature of the international trade in the last fifteen years.
25.
Name the longest
National Water way of India. Write any three points of importance of waterways?
26.
“Modern means of
transport and communication serve as lifelines of our nation.” Explain.
LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS
1.
Mention four
merits and four demerits of road transportation with reference to India.
OR
Why is road transport more useful than other means of transport? Give four
reasons.
OR
‘Indian road transportation is confronted with problems.’ Describe any four.
2.
Where and why is
rail transport the most convenient means of transportation? What changes or
qualitative improvements have taken place in the Indian railways since
independence?
Mention two problems faced by the railways.
3.
Why are the
means of transport and communication called the lifelines of a nation and its
economy?
4.
What is meant by
trade? What is the difference between international and local trade? In this
regard explain the terms export, import and balance of trade.
5.
Write a note on
the changing nature of the international trade in the last fifteen years.
6.
What is mass
communication? What are thedifferent means of mass communication? What is the
significance of mass communication in a country like India?
7.
Discuss the
importance of tourism in India?
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
Write a short
note on (a) Personal written communication (b) Telecom network of India.
2.
Explain any four
merits of pipleline transport in India.
3.
Why is road
transport more useful than rail transport in India? Explain four reasons.
4.
How do physical
and economic factors influence the distribution pattern of the Indian railway
newtwork? Explain with examples.
MAP WORK
1.
On an outline
map of India, mark and label the following:
(a) Western Terminal of East-West Corridor.
(b) Eastern Terminal of East-West Corridor.
(c) Southern Terminal of North-Sourth Corridor.
(d) Northern Terminal of North-South Corridor.
2.
On an outline
map of India on the next page, mark and label the following seaports:
(a) Kandla Seaport
(b) Tuticorin Seaport
(c) Kochi Port
(d) Paradip Seaport
(e) Vishakhapatnam Port
(f) Kolkata Port
(g) Ennore Port
(h) Nhava Sheva Port
3.
On an outline
map of India, identify, mark and label the following airports:
(a) Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
(b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
(c) Meenambakkam International Airport
(d) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(e) Nedimbacherry International Airport
(f) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
(g) Raja Sansi International Airport