Lifeline of the Indian economy
CLASS 10
MCQ's
1.Tourism help in the development of international understanding and
a) Brotherhood
b) Culture and heritage
c) National pride
d) Handicrafts
Ans: (c)
2.Which of the following visits India for heritage tourism, eco tourism, adventure tourism cultural tourism, medical tourism and business tourism?
(a) Foreign tourists (1) Local tourists
(c) Students as tourist (d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
3. What locations are connected by the longest National Highway-7?
a) Delhi and Kanyakumari
b) Delhi and Mumbai
c) Jabalpur and Madurai
d) Varanasi and Kanyakumari
Ans: (c)
4.Which one of the following is the eastern terminal of East-West Corridor?
a) Shilong
b) Silchar
C) Silvassa
d) Singrauli
Ans: (b)
5. Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridors?
a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
b) Silcher and Porbandar
c) Mumbai and Kolkata
d) Nagpur and Siligudi
Ans: (b)
6. Which one of the following ports was developed to relieve the pressure on Kolkata port?
a) Haldia
b) Vishakhapatnam
c) Paradip
d) Navasheva
Ans : (a)
7.The main type of water transport is:
a) ocean
b) inland waterways
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of these
Ans: (c)
8.Which of the following National Highway is called Sher-Shah Suri Marg?
a) National Highway-1
b) National Highway-9
c) National Higliwny-5
d) National Highway-7
Ans: (a)
9 Countries like Nepal and Bhutan are called:
a) coastal countries
b) landlocked countries
c) gulf countries
d) none of these
Ans : (b)
10. Air transport was nationalised in the year:
a) 1918
b) 1970
c) 1953
d) 1960
Ans: (c)
11..........has one of the largest road networks in the world, aggregating to about 2.3 million km at preson
a) India
b) Bangladesh
c) China
d) Nepal
12.What is the major objective of the Super Highways?
a) To reduce time and distance between mega cities
b) To break inter-state barriers.
c) To compete with the railways in India.
d) None of these
Ans : (a)
13. Which of the following corridors links Srinagar Kanyakumari?
a) North-South corridor
b) North-East corridor
C) East-West corridor
d) Sout-West corridor
Ans : (a)
14. The National Highway I following places in India?
a) Delhi-Amritsar
b) Delhi-Patiala
C) Delhi Lucknow
Ans: (a)
15.Which of the following roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Social Yojana?
a) Rural roads
b) Urban roadse
C) District roads
d) National Highways
Ans : (a)
16. How many type of important networks of pipeline transportation are there in the country?
a) One
b) Three
C) Two
d) Four
Ans: (b)
17.Gas pipelines from Hazira in Gujarat connects Jagdishpur in which of the following state?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Himachal Pradesh
Ans : (b)
18 Which of the following port was planned with a ww to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a port to this region?
a) Kandla port
b) Marmagao port
c) Jawaharlal Nehru port
d) None of the above
Ans : (c)
19.How many railway zones are there in India?
a) 11 zones
b) 16 zones
c) 15 zones
d) 18 zones
Ans : (b)
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a) 7.5%
b) 9.9%
c) 4%
d) 6.3%
Ans : (b)
21. The highway projects are being implement by:
a) Central Public Words Department
b) State Public Works Department
c) National Highway Authority of India
d) Both (a) and (c)
Ans: (c)
22. What percentage of foreign tourists arrivals in country witnessed in the year 2010 against the year the 2009?
a) 10.8%e
b) 12.8%
c) 11.8%
d) 13.8%
Ans: (c)
23.Which of the following promotes national integration and provides support to local handicrafts and cultural pursuits?
a) Tourism
b) Services
Ans: (a)
24. The historical Sher-Shah Suri Marg is called National Highway No.1, between Delhi and _______.
a) Jalandhar
b) Chandigarh
c) Ludhiana
d) Amritsar
Ans: (d)
25. Roads linking a state capital with different district headquarters are known as ________.
a) National Highways
b) State Highways
c) Expressways
d) Super Highways
Ans: (b)
26. District Roads connect the district headquarters with other places in the district. These roads are maintained by the ________.
a) Zila Parishad
b) State Government
c) Central Government
d) Village Panchayat
Ans: (a)
27. ____________ is a Government of India undertaking which constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country.
a) Public Works Department
b) Border Roads Organisation
c) National Highway Authority of India
d) None of the above
Ans: (b)
28. Petroleum and Petroleum products constitute ________ of the total commodities imported to India.
a) 5.2 per cent
b) 9.4 per cent
c) 2.7 per cent
d) 28.6 per cent
Ans: (d)
29. Border Roads Organisation (BRO) was established in _____ for the development of roads of strategic importance in the northern and northeastern border areas.
a) 1965
b) 1955
c) 1960
d) 1970
Ans: (c)
30. The length of road per _______ of the area is known as the density of roads.
a) 100 sq. km
b) 300 sq. km
c) 200 sq. km
d) 500 sq. km
Ans: (a)
31. Density of all roads varies from only 12.14 km in Jammu and Kashmir to 517.77 km in __________, as of 31st March 2011.
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Karnataka
c) Maharashtra
d) Kerala
Ans: (d)
32. ___________ is the largest public sector undertaking in India.
a) National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)
b) Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
c) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
d) Indian Railways
Ans: (d)
33. The first train in India steamed off from ______ to ______ in 1853, covering a distance of 34 km.
a) Mumbai to Thane
b) Mumbai to Surat
c) Delhi to Lucknow
d) Delhi to Mumbai
Ans: (a)
34. The Indian Railway network runs on multiple gauge operations, and ________ has the maximum total track in kilometres.
a) Broad Gauge
b) Metre Gauge
c) Narrow Gauge
d) None of the above
Ans: (a)
35. From _______ in Gujarat to Jagdishpur in Uttar Pradesh, via Vijaipur in Madhya Pradesh is one of the three important networks of pipeline transportation in the country.
a) Surat
b) Ahmedabad
c) Hazira
d) Porbandar
Ans: (c)
36. 95 per cent of India’s trade in volume and 68 per cent of India’s trade in terms of value is moved by _____.
a) Railways
b) Sea
c) Roadways
d) Airways
Ans: (b)
36. _______ port was the first port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port in the wake of the loss of Karachi port to Pakistan after the Partition.
a) Surat
b) Porbandar
c) Okha
d) Kandla
Ans: (d)
37. ________ is the premier iron ore exporting port of India.
a) Marmagao port
b) Mumbai port
c) Mangalore port
d) Chennai port
Ans: (a)
38. ________ port is the deepest landlocked and well-protected port of India.
a) Vishakhapatnam
b) Kochi
c) Tuticorin
d) Paradip
Ans: (a)