Q.1. The means for the movement of goods and services from their supply locations to demand locations can be termed as which of the following?
(a) Capital (b) Traders (c) Transport system (d) Power supply
Q.2. India has one of the largest networks of which of the following modes of transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Waterways (c) Pipelines
Q.3. Which of the following modes of transport would you find in higher areas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
(a) Railways (b) Roadways (c) Inland waterways (d) Airways
Q.4. Which of the following are the primary road systems of our country?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways (c) District roads (d) Border roads
Q.5. The National Highway No.1 is also known by which of the following names?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Road (b) Sher Shah Suri Marg (c) Red Road (d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Q.6. Which of the following National Highways is the longest in the country?
(a) National Highway No. 8 (b) National Highway No. 7
(c) National Highway No. 4 (d) National Highway No. 2
Q.7. Which of the following types of roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways (c) Rural Roads (d) District Roads
Q.8. The national average for density of roads is 75 km in India. Which of the following states has a much higher road density of 375 km? (Length of road per 100 sq km area = density of roads)
(a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
Q.9. When and between which two stations did the first train of India steam off?
(a) Kolkata to Raniganj, 1874 (b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
(c) Mumbai to Ahmedabad, 1854 (d) Chennai to Arkonam, 1856
Q.10. Which of the following is the busiest railway junction in Northern India?
(a) Ambala (b) New Delhi (c) Lucknow (d) Amritsar
Q.11.Which of the following is the headquarter for the South-EasternRailway and Eastern Railway Zones?
(a) Kolkata (b) Kharagpur (c) Bhubaneshwar (d) Mumbai
Q. 12. 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
Q.13. Which of the following networks of pipeline bring mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and petrochemical complex of Haldia?
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Pipeline from Salaya in Gujarat to Jalandhar in Punjab
(c) Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline from Mumbai High to Trombay
Q.14. Which of the following modes of transport is fuel efficient and environment friendly?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Airways (d) Waterways
Q.15. Which of the following is the cheapest mode of transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Waterways (d) Airways
Q.16. 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
Ans. (c)
Q.17. Which of the following was the first port to be developed soon after Independence?
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Paradip (d) Kandla
Q.18. 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
Q.19. 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
Q.20. Which one of the following is a means of personal communication?
(a) Television (b) Radio (c) Internet (d) Mobile phones
Q.21. Which of the following is a means of mass communication?
(a) Letters (b) Television (c) Telephones (d) Telegraph
Q.22. Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India (b) Jet Airways (c) Kingfisher Airline (d) Indigo
Q.23. The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi (b) English (c) Urdu (d) Marathi
Q.24. 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
Q.25. 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
Q.26. 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.
Q.27. Which one of the following is the premier iron ore exporting sea port of the country ? (a) New Mangalore (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Marmagao (d) Paradip
Q.28. 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
Q.29. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1 ? (a) Delhi - Amritsar (b) Delhi - Kolkata (c) Delhi - Mumbai (d) Varanasi - Kanyakumari
Q.30. 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
Q.31. District Roads are maintained by :
(a) PWD (b) Zila Parishad (c) CPWD (d) BRO
Ans. (b)
Q.32. 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
Ans. (c)
Q.33. Which two extreme locations are
(a) Amritsar and Tuticorin (b) Srinagar and Tiruvananthapuram
(c) Srinagar and Tuticorin (d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Ans. (d)
Q.34. National Highways are constructed and maintained by :
(a) NHAI (b) CPWD (c) SPWD (d) BRO
Ans. (b)
Q.35. Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country ?
(a) Tuticorin (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
Q.36. Which of the following is the deepest and land locked port ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Haldia (d) Mumbai
Q.37. In which year was the air transport nationalised in India ?
(a) 1951 (b) 1952 (c) 1953 (d) 1963
Q.38. Which one of the following ports is an inland riverine port ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Tuticorin (c) Mumbai (d) Kandla
Q.39. 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
Q.40. Which are the terminal stations of National Highway No. 7 ?
(a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari (b) Porbandar and Silchar
(c) Delhi and Kolkata (d) Varanasi and Kanyakumari
Q.41. STD refers to :
(a) Sururban Telephone Dialling (b) Subsciber Trunk Dialling
(c) Social Telephone Distributor (d) Speed Telephone Dialling
Q.42. Which one of the following ports is the deepest land - locked and well protected port along the east coast ?
(a) Chennai (b) Paradip (c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
Q.43. In which region air travel is extended to the common people th rough a special provision ? (a) Northern States (b) North - western States (c) North - Eastern States (d) South - Western States
Q.44. Which one of the following pair of cities is connected by NH-7 ?
(a) Delhi-Amritsar (b) Delhi-Kolkata (c) Delhi-Mumbai (d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
Q.45. The HVJ natural gas pipeline connects?
(a) Hazira, Vijaipur, Jagdishpur (b) Hazira, Bareli, Jemshedpur (c) Hazira, Bokaro, Jaipur (d) None of these
Q.46. 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
Q.47. Which one of the following ports is a tidal port ?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Mangalore port (c) Kandla (d) Vishakhapatnam
Q.48. Which among the following sea ports was planned to decongest the Mumbai port ? (a) Goa port (b) Marmagao port (c) Jawaharlal Nehru port (d) Kandla port
Q.49. Which is the first class mail from the following?
(a) Book packets (b) Registered newspapers (c) Periodicals (d) Envelopes
1.(c), 2.(a), 3.(b), 4.(a), 5.(b), 6.(b), 7.(c), 8.(d), 9.(b), 10.(b), 11.(a), 12.(c), 13.(a), 14.(d), 15.(c), 16.(c),17.(d), 18.(c), 19.(a), 20.(d), 21.(b), 22.(a), 23.(a), 24.(b), 25.(c), 26.(d), 27.(c), 28.(a), 29.(a), 30.(c), 31.(b), 32.(c), 33.(d), 34.(b), 35.(c), 36.(b), 37.(c), 38.(a), 39.(b), 40.(d), 41.(b), 42.(d), 43.(c), 44.(d), 45.(a), 46.(c), 47.(c), 48.(c), 49.(d)
(a) Capital (b) Traders (c) Transport system (d) Power supply
Q.2. India has one of the largest networks of which of the following modes of transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Waterways (c) Pipelines
Q.3. Which of the following modes of transport would you find in higher areas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
(a) Railways (b) Roadways (c) Inland waterways (d) Airways
Q.4. Which of the following are the primary road systems of our country?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways (c) District roads (d) Border roads
Q.5. The National Highway No.1 is also known by which of the following names?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Road (b) Sher Shah Suri Marg (c) Red Road (d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
Q.6. Which of the following National Highways is the longest in the country?
(a) National Highway No. 8 (b) National Highway No. 7
(c) National Highway No. 4 (d) National Highway No. 2
Q.7. Which of the following types of roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana?
(a) National Highways (b) State Highways (c) Rural Roads (d) District Roads
Q.8. The national average for density of roads is 75 km in India. Which of the following states has a much higher road density of 375 km? (Length of road per 100 sq km area = density of roads)
(a) Jammu and Kashmir (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Kerala
Q.9. When and between which two stations did the first train of India steam off?
(a) Kolkata to Raniganj, 1874 (b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
(c) Mumbai to Ahmedabad, 1854 (d) Chennai to Arkonam, 1856
Q.10. Which of the following is the busiest railway junction in Northern India?
(a) Ambala (b) New Delhi (c) Lucknow (d) Amritsar
Q.11.Which of the following is the headquarter for the South-EasternRailway and Eastern Railway Zones?
(a) Kolkata (b) Kharagpur (c) Bhubaneshwar (d) Mumbai
Q. 12. 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
Q.13. Which of the following networks of pipeline bring mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and petrochemical complex of Haldia?
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Pipeline from Salaya in Gujarat to Jalandhar in Punjab
(c) Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline from Mumbai High to Trombay
Q.14. Which of the following modes of transport is fuel efficient and environment friendly?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Airways (d) Waterways
Q.15. Which of the following is the cheapest mode of transport?
(a) Roadways (b) Railways (c) Waterways (d) Airways
Q.16. 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
Ans. (c)
Q.17. Which of the following was the first port to be developed soon after Independence?
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (c) Paradip (d) Kandla
Q.18. 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
Q.19. 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
Q.20. Which one of the following is a means of personal communication?
(a) Television (b) Radio (c) Internet (d) Mobile phones
Q.21. Which of the following is a means of mass communication?
(a) Letters (b) Television (c) Telephones (d) Telegraph
Q.22. Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India (b) Jet Airways (c) Kingfisher Airline (d) Indigo
Q.23. The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi (b) English (c) Urdu (d) Marathi
Q.24. 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
Q.25. 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
Q.26. 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.
Q.27. Which one of the following is the premier iron ore exporting sea port of the country ? (a) New Mangalore (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Marmagao (d) Paradip
Q.28. 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
Q.29. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1 ? (a) Delhi - Amritsar (b) Delhi - Kolkata (c) Delhi - Mumbai (d) Varanasi - Kanyakumari
Q.30. 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
Q.31. District Roads are maintained by :
(a) PWD (b) Zila Parishad (c) CPWD (d) BRO
Ans. (b)
Q.32. 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
Ans. (c)
Q.33. Which two extreme locations are
(a) Amritsar and Tuticorin (b) Srinagar and Tiruvananthapuram
(c) Srinagar and Tuticorin (d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Ans. (d)
Q.34. National Highways are constructed and maintained by :
(a) NHAI (b) CPWD (c) SPWD (d) BRO
Ans. (b)
Q.35. Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country ?
(a) Tuticorin (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
Q.36. Which of the following is the deepest and land locked port ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Haldia (d) Mumbai
Q.37. In which year was the air transport nationalised in India ?
(a) 1951 (b) 1952 (c) 1953 (d) 1963
Q.38. Which one of the following ports is an inland riverine port ?
(a) Kolkata (b) Tuticorin (c) Mumbai (d) Kandla
Q.39. 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
Q.40. Which are the terminal stations of National Highway No. 7 ?
(a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari (b) Porbandar and Silchar
(c) Delhi and Kolkata (d) Varanasi and Kanyakumari
Q.41. STD refers to :
(a) Sururban Telephone Dialling (b) Subsciber Trunk Dialling
(c) Social Telephone Distributor (d) Speed Telephone Dialling
Q.42. Which one of the following ports is the deepest land - locked and well protected port along the east coast ?
(a) Chennai (b) Paradip (c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
Q.43. In which region air travel is extended to the common people th rough a special provision ? (a) Northern States (b) North - western States (c) North - Eastern States (d) South - Western States
Q.44. Which one of the following pair of cities is connected by NH-7 ?
(a) Delhi-Amritsar (b) Delhi-Kolkata (c) Delhi-Mumbai (d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
Q.45. The HVJ natural gas pipeline connects?
(a) Hazira, Vijaipur, Jagdishpur (b) Hazira, Bareli, Jemshedpur (c) Hazira, Bokaro, Jaipur (d) None of these
Q.46. 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
Q.47. Which one of the following ports is a tidal port ?
(a) Mumbai (b) New Mangalore port (c) Kandla (d) Vishakhapatnam
Q.48. Which among the following sea ports was planned to decongest the Mumbai port ? (a) Goa port (b) Marmagao port (c) Jawaharlal Nehru port (d) Kandla port
Q.49. Which is the first class mail from the following?
(a) Book packets (b) Registered newspapers (c) Periodicals (d) Envelopes
1.(c), 2.(a), 3.(b), 4.(a), 5.(b), 6.(b), 7.(c), 8.(d), 9.(b), 10.(b), 11.(a), 12.(c), 13.(a), 14.(d), 15.(c), 16.(c),17.(d), 18.(c), 19.(a), 20.(d), 21.(b), 22.(a), 23.(a), 24.(b), 25.(c), 26.(d), 27.(c), 28.(a), 29.(a), 30.(c), 31.(b), 32.(c), 33.(d), 34.(b), 35.(c), 36.(b), 37.(c), 38.(a), 39.(b), 40.(d), 41.(b), 42.(d), 43.(c), 44.(d), 45.(a), 46.(c), 47.(c), 48.(c), 49.(d)
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