WorksheetsLife Lines Of National Economy Part 4
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
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.
2.
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
3.
Which of the following is not a means of communication?
a)
radio
b)
press
c)
roads
d)
films
4.
Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays? (Textbook)
a)
Railways
b)
Roadways
c)
Pipelines
d)
Waterways
5.
Which of the following modes of transport would you find in higherareas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
a)
Railways
b)
Roadways
c)
Inland waterways
d)
Airways
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
7.
Which of the following is the northernmost international airport in India?
a)
Raja Sansi
b)
Meenam Bakkam
c)
Srinagar
d)
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
8.
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
9.
India has one of the largest networks of which of the following modes of transport?
a)
Roadways
b)
Railways
c)
Waterways
d)
Pipelines
10.
Which of the following is the cheapest mode of transport?
a)
Roadways
b)
Railways
c)
Waterways
d)
Airways
11.
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
12.
Which of the following modes of transport is fuel efficient and environment friendly?
a)
Roadways
b)
Railways
c)
Airways
d)
Waterways
13.
STD refers to:
a)
Sururban Telephone Dialling
b)
Subsciber Trunk Dialling
c)
Social Telephone Distributor
d)
Speed Telephone Dialling
14.
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
15.
Which one of the following means of transport is used for carrying solids in a slurry form? [Foreign 2012]
a)
Trucks
b)
Railways
c)
Pipelines
d)
Ships
16.
Which is the extreme south-western port located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour?
a)
Tuticorin
b)
Chennai
c)
Kochi
d)
New Mangalore
17.
Which one of the following is a subsidiary port of Kolkata?
a)
Tuticorin
b)
Jawaharlal Nehru
c)
Haldia
d)
Vishakhapatnam
18.
Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?
a)
Tuticorin
b)
Vishakhapatnam
c)
Chennai
d)
Mumbai
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