MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q.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
Ans. (c)
Q.2. India has one of the largest networks of which of the following modes of
transport?
(a) Roadways (b)
Railways
(c) Waterways
(c) Pipelines
Ans. (a)
Q.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
Ans. (b)
Q.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
Ans. (a)
Q.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
Ans. (b)
Q.6. Which of the following National Highways is the longest in the country?
(a) National
Highway No. 8
(b) National
Highway No. 7
(c) National
Highway No. 4
(d) National
Highway No. 2
Ans. (b)
Q.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
Ans. (c)
Q.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
Ans. (d)
Q.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
Ahmedabad, 1854
(d) Chennai to
Arkonam, 1856
Ans. (b)
Q.10. Which of the following is the busiest railway junction in Northern India?
(a) Ambala (b)
New Delhi
(c) Lucknow (d)
Amritsar
Ans. (b)
Q.11. Which of the following is the headquarter for the South-Eastern Railway
and Eastern Railway Zones?
(a) Kolkata (b)
Kharagpur
(c) Bhubaneshwar
(d) Mumbai
Ans. (a)
Q.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
Ans. (c)
Q.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 oilfields
to Kanpur (Uttar
Pradesh)
(b) Pipeline
from Salaya in Gujarat to
Jalandhar in
Punjab
(c)
Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline
from Mumbai High to
Trombay
Ans. (a)
Q.14. Which of the following modes of transport is fuel efficient and
environment friendly?
(a) Roadways (b)
Railways
(c) Airways (d)
Waterways
Ans. (d)
Q.15. Which of the following is the cheapest mode of transport?
(a) Roadways (b)
Railways
(c) Waterways
(d) Airways
Ans. (c)
Q.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
Ans. (c)
Q.17. Which of the following was the first port to be developed soon after
Independence?
(a) Mumbai (b)
Kolkata
(c) Paradip (d)
Kandla
Ans. (d)
Q.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
Ans. (c)
Q.19. 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
Ans. (a)
Q.20. Which one of the following is a means of personal communication?
(a) Television
(b) Radio
(c) Internet
(d) Mobile
phones
Ans. (d)
Q.21. Which of the following is a means of mass communication?
(a) Letters (b)
Television
(c) Telephones
(d) Telegraph
Ans. (b)
Q.22. Which of the following airlines is the nationalized airline of India?
(a) Air India
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher
Airline(d) Indigo
Ans. (a)
Q.23. The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the
following languages?
(a) Hindi (b)
English
(c) Urdu (d)
Marathi
Ans. (a)
Q.24. 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
Ans. (b)
PREVIOUS YEARS’ QUESTIONS
Q.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
Ans.
(c)
Q.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 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.
Ans.
(d)
Q.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
Ans.
(c)
Q.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
Ans.
(a)
Q.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
Ans.
(a)
Q.6. 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
Ans.
(c)
Q.7. District Roads are maintained by :
(a) PWD (b) Zila
Parishad
(c) CPWD (d) BRO
Ans.
(b)
Q.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
Ans.
(c)
Q.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
Ans.
(d)
Q.10. National Highways are constructed and maintained by :
(a) NHAI (b)
CPWD
(c) SPWD (d) BRO
Ans.
(b)
Q.11. Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country ?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai (d)
Mumbai
Ans.
(c)
Q.12. Which of the following is the deepest and land locked port ?
(a) Kolkata (b)
Vishakhapatnam
(c) Haldia (d)
Mumbai
Ans.
(b)
Q.13. In which year was the air transport nationalized in India ?
(a) 1951 (b)
1952
(c) 1953 (d)
1963
Ans.
(c)
Q.14. Which one of the following ports is an inland riverine port ?
(a) Kolkata (b)
Tuticorin
(c) Mumbai (d)
Kandla
Ans.
(a)
Q.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
Ans.
(b)
Q.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
Ans.
(d)
Q.17. STD refers to :
(a) Sururban
Telephone Dialling
(b) Subsciber
Trunk Dialling
(c) Social
Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed
Telephone Dialling
Ans.
(b)
Q.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
Ans.
(d)
Q.19. In which region air travel is extended to the common people through a
special provision ?
(a) Northern
States
(b) North -
western States
(c) North -
Eastern States
(d) South -
Western States
Ans.
(c)
Q.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
Ans.
(d)
Q.21. The HVJ natural gas pipeline connects?
(a) Hazira,
Vijaipur, Jagdishpur
(b) Hazira,
Bareli, Jemshedpur
(c) Hazira,
Bokaro, Jaipur
(d) None of
these
Ans.
(a)
Q.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) Chennai port
Ans.
(c)
Q.23. Which one of the following ports is a tidal port ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New
Mangalore port
(c) Kandla
(d)
Vishakhapatnam
Ans.
(c)
Q.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
Ans.
(c)
Q.25. Which is the first class mail from the following?
(a) Book packets
(b) Registered
newspapers
(c) Periodicals
(d) Envelopes
Ans.
(d)