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Lifelines of National Economy Class 10

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
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

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

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

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

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

6.

Which one of the following is the southernmost international airport in India?

a)

Nedimbacherry

b)

Chhatrapati Shivaji

c)

Raja Sansi

d)

Meenam Bakkam

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)

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

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.

10.

Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the border areas?

a)

NHAI

b)

BRO

c)

Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana

d)

BSF

11.

Which one of the following ports is a tidal port?

a)

Mumbai

b)

New Mangalore port

c)

Kandla

d)

Vishakhapatnam

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

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

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

15.

Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?

a)

Tuticorin

b)

Vishakhapatnam

c)

Chennai

d)

Mumbai

16.

National Highways are constructed and maintained by:

a)

NAHI

b)

CPWD

c)

SPWD

d)

BRO

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

18.

The helicopter services to Oil and Natural Commission in its offshore operations are provided by:

a)

Air India

b)

ndian Airlines

c)

Pawanhans helicopters

d)

Alliance Air

19.

The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?

a)

Hindi

b)

English

c)

Urdu

d)

Marathi

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.

21.

n 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

22.

Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?

a)

Air India

b)

Jet Airways

c)

Kingfisher Airline

d)

Indigo

23.

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

24.

The roads that connects all the metro cities in India is known as -

a)

Golden Quadrilateral

b)

Super Highways

c)

National Highways

d)

State Highways