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MCQ CH-8

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Trans–Continental Stuart Highway runs between

a)

Darwin and Melbourne

b)

Edmonton and Anchorage

c)

Vancouver and St. John’s City

d)

Chengdu and Lhasa

2.

Which country has the highest density of railway network?

a)

Brazil

b)

Canada

c)

U.S.A

d)

Russia

3.

The Big Trunk Route runs through

a)

The Mediterranean – Indian ocean

b)

The North Atlantic Ocean

c)

The South Atlantic Ocean

d)

The North Pacific Ocean

4.

The Big Inch pipeline transports

a)

Milk

b)

Water

c)

Liquid petroleum gas (LGP)

d)

Petroleum

5.

Which one pair of the following places is linked by Channel Tunnel?

a)

London – Berlin

b)

Berlin – Paris

c)

Paris – London

d)

Barcelona – Berlin

6.

Name two terminals of the orient express.

a)

Paris

b)

Istambul

c)

Both

d)

None

7.

Name the longest railway route of the world

a)

Trans Siberian railway

b)

Trans Canadian railway

c)

Trans Australian railway

d)

None

8.

Which is the busiest sea route of the world?

a)

Pacific route

b)

Indian ocean

c)

Panama route

d)

North Atlantic Rout

9.

Name the terminal points of Suez canal.

a)

Port said and Colon

b)

Port said and Augusta

c)

Port Suez and Port said

d)

North cape and Aden

10.

Which is the busiest inland waterway of the world?

a)

Danube

b)

Volga

c)

St. Laurence

d)

Rhine

11.

Which country is the largest consumer of internet?

a)

China

b)

USA

c)

Japan

d)

Germany

12.

What is a Transport Network ?

a)

Several places (nodes) joined together

b)

Several places (nodes) joined together by a

series of routes

c)

communication, promote cooperation

d)

series of routes (links) to form a pattern

13.

The principal modes of world transportation are....

a)

land, water, air

b)

land, water, air and pipelines

c)

water, air and pipelines

d)

land, water, air and waterways

14.

When was first public railway line was opened ?

a)

1837

b)

1814

c)

1853

d)

1825

15.

First public railway line was opened between .....

a)

Bombay to Thane

b)

Stockton and Darlington

c)

Stockton and London

d)

Paris to Berlin

16.

What are the name of Highways in Germany?

a)

Highways

b)

Autobahns

c)

Insleberg

d)

Roadways

17.

Which continent account the highest road density?

a)

North America

b)

Europe

c)

Africa

d)

Asia

18.

The Trans-Canadian Highway links....

a)

Darwin(north coast) and Melbourne

b)

Melbourne via Tennant Creek

c)

Vancouver to St. John’s City

d)

Edmonton to Anchorage

19.

The Alaskan Highway links...

a)

Edmonton (Canada) to Anchorage (Alaska).

b)

St. John’s City in Newfoundland (east coast)

c)

Darwin(north coast) and Melbourne

d)

Tennant Creek and Alice Springs

20.

The Trans- Continental Stuart Highway connects....

a)

British Columbia(west coast) to St. John’s City

b)

Edmonton (Canada) to Anchorage (Alaska

c)

Vancouver in British Columbia(west coast) to Helifex

d)

Darwin(north coast) and Melbourne

21.

Which is not true abot the railway gauges indifferent

countries ?

a)

standard (1.44 m)

b)

smaller gauges. (0.44 m)

c)

metre gauge (1 m)

d)

broad(more than 1.5 m

22.

Name the only one trans-continental rail in South America

route linking....

a)

Buenos Aires (Argentina) with Valparaiso (Chile)

b)

Sau Paulo with Valparaiso (Chile)

c)

Buenos Aires (Argentina) with Santiago (Chile)

d)

Argentina) with Valparaiso

23.

What is Trans–continental railways?

a)

run across the continent and link its two ends

b)

run across the within the continent

c)

run across the continent and link its two continent

d)

link its two ends

24.

Trans–siberian Railways rail route of Russia runs from..

a)

St. Petersburg in the west to Novosibirsk

b)

St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok

c)

Moscow to Ufa

d)

St. Petersburg in the west to Khabarovsk

25.

What is the length of trans–siberian Railways?

a)

(9,333km

b)

(9,332 km

c)

(9,3322 km

d)

(9,312 km

26.

Trans–Canadian Railways runs from...

a)

Halifax in the east to Vancouver

b)

St. Petersburg in the west to Vladivostok

c)

Winnipeg and Calgary

d)

Montreal and Ottawa

27.

What is the length of Trans–Canadian Railways?

a)

7,050 km

b)

7,055 km

c)

7,0500 km

d)

7,1050 km

28.

The Union and Pacific Railway rail-line connects....

a)

New York on the Atlantic Coast to San Francisco

b)

Ogden and Sacramento

c)

Evans and Ogden

d)

Clevelandn and Chicago

29.

The Orient Express line runs from....

a)

Paris to Istanbul

b)

Budapest and Belgrade

c)

Strasbourg and Munich

d)

Munich and Vienna

30.

There is a proposal to build a Trans–Asiatic

Railway linking....

a)

India and Bangladesh

b)

Bangladesh and Myanmar.

c)

Istanbul with Bangkok

d)

Iran and Pakistan

31.

The Suez Canal situated in which country..

a)

Panama

b)

Oman

c)

Egypt

d)

Yeman

32.

The Suez Canal

This canal had been constructed in 1869 in

Egypt between ....

a)

Port Said in the north and Port Suez in the south

b)

Port Said in the north and Port S uski in the south

c)

Port cairo in the north and Port Suez in the south

d)

Port Said in the north and Port Aden in the south

33.

The Panama Canal canal connects......

a)

Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west

b)

Red Sea and the Red Sea

c)

Atlantic Ocean and the Red Sea

d)

Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean in the west

34.

What is the Canal Zone?

a)

Canal is about 72 km

b)

Panama Isthmus between Panama City and Colon

c)

8 km of area on either side of canal

d)

six lock system

35.

How many lock system in panama canal?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

2

d)

5

36.

Panama canal shortens the distance between.....

a)

St Lawrence and San Francisco by 13,00 km by sea

b)

New York and New Orleans by 13,000 km by sea

c)

New York and San Francisco by 13,00000 km by sea

d)

New York and San Francisco by 13,000 km by sea

37.

The Rhine flows through......

a)

Germany and the Netherlands

b)

Germany and Switzerland.

c)

Germany and France

d)

Belgium and the Netherlands

38.

The Danube river rises in....

a)

Black Forest

b)

Germany,

c)

Belgium

d)

France,

39.

The Volga Waterway in which country...

a)

Russia

b)

Germany,

c)

France,

d)

Belgium

40.

The Great Lakes of North America not include...

a)

Superior and Erie

b)

Ontario

c)

lake van

d)

Huron

41.

The Great Lakes of North America Superior,Huron Erie and Ontario are connected by which canal?

a)

Duluth and Buffalo

b)

St. Lawrence River

c)

Soo Canal and Welland Canal

d)

Taurna Severin

42.

The Mississippi-Ohio waterway connects.....

a)

Minneapolis

b)

U.S.A. with the Gulf of Mexico

c)

Ohio

d)

Minneapolis with the Gulf of Mexico

43.

Why there are limited air services between 10-35 latitudes in the Southern hemisphere?

a)

sparser population,

b)

limited landmass

c)

economic development

d)

all of the above

44.

Which is not true ?

a)

Aryabhatt was launched on 19 April 1979

b)

Bhaskar-I in 1979

c)

On 18 June 1981, APPLE (Arian Passenger Payload Experiment) was launched

d)

INSAT I-B have made long distance missile

45.

Bhaskar,Challenger and INSAT I-B have made for the purpose......

a)

communication, television and radio

b)

weather forecasting

c)

computer networks

d)

Internet