7.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:

CLASS 10 GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS CHAPTER 7. LIFELINES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY 7.4 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
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7.4    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS :   (MCQ’s)

1.  Which of the following classes of roads , link extreme parts of the country ?

a) Border roads
b) National highways
c) State highways
d) District roads

2.  Which of the following agencies implement the Golden Quadrilateral Super Highway Project ?

a) CPWD
b) PWD
c) NHAI
d) Zilla parishad

3.  Which of the following classes of roads , are laid and maintained by the Central Public Works Department ?

a) Border roads
b) National highways
c) State highways
d) District roads

4.  Which of the following classes of roads , link a state capital with different district headquarters ?

a) National highways
b) Border roads
c) District roads
d) State highways

5.  Which one of the following states has highest density of roads ?

a) Kerala
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Jammu and Kashmir

6.  Which one of the following is the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India ?

a) Airways
b) Roadways
c) Railways
d) Waterways

7.  Which one of the following states has lowest density of roads ?

a) Kerala
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh

8.  Which one of the following is a new arrival on the transportation map of _________ .

a) Airways
b) Pipelines
c) Railways
d) Waterways

9.  Which one of the following is a tidal port ?

a) The Jawaharlal Nehru
b) New Mangalore
c) Kandla
d) Paradip

10. Which one of the following was planned with a view to decongest the Mumbai port 

a) The Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Kandla
c) Paradip
d) New Mangalore

11.  Which one of the following is the extreme south-western port , located at the entrance of a lagoon ?

a) Kochi
b) New Mangalore
c) Paradip
d) Kandla

12.  Which one of the following is one of the oldest artificial ports of India ?

a) The Jawaharlal Nehru
b) Chennai
c) Mumbai
d) Kolkata

13.  Which one of the following is an inland riverine port ?

a) Mumbai
b) Chennai
c) The Jawaharlal Nehru
d) Kolkata

14.  In which one of the following languages are the largest number of newspapers published in India ?

a) English
b) Hindi
c) Urdu
d) Marathi

15.  Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays ?

a) Airways
b) Pipelines
c) Railways
d) Waterways

16. 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

17. Which one of the following is the oldest port of the eastern coast of India?
(a) Kolkata (Haldia)
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Chennai 
18. Which one of the following ports is a tidal port?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Mangalore port
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
 
19. 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
 
20. Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
 
21. National Highways are constructed and maintained by____
(a) NHAI
(b) CPWD
(c) SPWD
(d) BRO
 
22. 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
23. 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
24. The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Urdu
(d) Marathi
25. 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
 
26. Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher Airline
(d) Indigo
27. 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
 

28. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1?
(a) Kolkata−Amritsar
(b) Ranchi−Kolkata

(d) Varanasi−Kanyakumari

29. 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

30. Which 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

 Answers:

1.(b) National  2. (c) NHAI
3(b)National.. 
4.(c)District..  
5. (d) Jammu and Kashmir
6. (c) Railways
7. (a) Kerala
8. (b)Pipelines
9. (c) Kandla
10(a)The Jawaharlal…  
11. (a) Kochi
12. (b)Chennai
13. (d) Kolkata
14. (b) Hindi
15(b)Pipelines
 
 
 
 
Highway              
16.(c) Mumbai
17.(d) Chennai
18.(c) Kandla
19.(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
20. (c) Chennai
21.(b) CPWD
22.(c) Pipeline
23.(c) Pawanhans helicopters
24.(a) Hindi
25.(b) Information Technology
26.(a) Air India
27.(c) Haldia port
28.(c) Delhi−Punjab
29.(c) Mumbai
30.(a) Haldia

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