10. TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION (India)

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER NO. 08
India People and Economy.
Class 12 Geography

Very Short Answer type questions. (important Questions)

Q 1. In how many zones has the Indian Railway system been divided?
Ans. 16 zones.

Q 2. Name the largest national highway of India.
Ans. NH-7 at time N.H-44.

Q 3. Name the air service of India which connects all the continents.
Ans. Indian airlines.

Q 4. Name the headquarter of northern Railway zone of India?
Ans. New Delhi.

Q 5. Describe three main features of Indian Railway.
Ans. 1. Bulky material transported by railway.
2. It is used for long distances.
3. It is cheaper for long distances.

Q 6. Mention the name of state where famous Nehru trophy Bat race (VALLAMKALI) is held in India.
Ans. Kerala.

Q 7. What do you mean by “Communication”.
Ans. The means of communication were also the mean of transportation use to convey the massages. E.g. letter, telephone, radio etc.

Q 8. At present, GT road are connected by which two National Highways?
Ans. National Highway N.H- 01(from Delhi to Amritsar).
And N.H-02 (from Delhi to Kolkata).

Q 9. What does NHAI stand for? In which year NHAI operationalized?

Ans. National Highway Authority of India. It was operationalized in 1995.

Q 10. Name the two terminal stations of North-South corridor.
Ans.Srinagar (J&k) and Kaniya kumari (Tamil Nadu).

Q 11. Name the two terminal stations of East-West corridor.
Ans. Silchar (Assam) and Porbandar (Gujarat).

Q 12. What is meant by Golden quadrilateral roads?
Ans. It is a Super highway which connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai with each other. It includes 6 national highways. It measure is 5,846 km.

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Q 13. What is BRO and when it was established?
Ans. Border Road Organization. It was established in May 1960.

Q 14. What is the total length of roads in India and what is the national average density of roads in India?
Ans. Total length-33 lakh km. National Average Density-75.42 km.

Q 15. Which state has the highest and the lowest density of roads in India?
Ans. Highest Road Density- Kerala (575 km per 100 sq. km)
Lowest Road Density- Jammu and Kashmir (10.8 km per 100 sq. km).

Q 16. When the first railway run in India and what is the total length of railway in India?
Ans. 1853, and 64460 km (2011).

Q 17. Name the stretch of National Waterway No.1?
Ans. Allahabad to Haldia-Ganga River (1,620 km).

Q 18. What is the full form of PSLV?
Ans. Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Q 19. Name the air service which is widely used in hilly areas of North-Eastern sector of India?
Ans. Pawan Hans.

Q 20. What is Open Sky Policy?
Ans. To help the Indian Exporters and make their export more competitive, the government had introduced an Open Sky Policy for Cargo in April 1992.

Q 21. Name two categories of air transport in India?
Ans. Air India and Indian Airlines.

Q 22. Name the first Pipeline of India and how much distance they covered?
Ans. Naharkatiya (Assam) to Barauni (Bihar).Pipeline covering a distance of 1157 km.

Q 23. Full form of NRSA & its headquarters.
Ans. National Remote Sensing Agency & Hyderabad.

Q 24. Name the India’s two satellite group system.
Ans. 1. INSAT-Indian national satellites system (1983).
2. IRS- Indian remote sensing satellite system.1988 (Hyderabad).

Q 25. When was Akashwani started?
Ans. 1957.

Q 26. When television started?
Ans. 1959.

Q 27. First launches satellite in India.
Ans. Arya Bhatt Satellite (19 April 1979).

Q 28. When was first Indian Airlines launched and logo?
Ans.1911 (Allahabad to Naini )
Logo: - Visible blue wheel inspired by sun Konark sun temple in Orissa.

Q 29.What is Konkan Railway?
Ans. Konkan railway is started in 1998. It is 760 km long rail route connecting Roha in Maharashtra to Mangalore in Karnataka. Asia’s largest tunnel which is 6.5 km also lies on the Western Ghats.

Q 30. How many types of tracks of Indian railway?
Ans. 1. Broad Gauge -1.676 meter.
2. Meter Gauge - 1 meter.
3. Narrow Gauge - 0.762 meter.

Q 31. Which road in India is on highest altitude?
Ans. Leh to Manali.

Q 32.The Inland waterways authority was set up in which year?
Ans. 1986.

Q 33.In which place The National Remote Sensing Agency were found?
Ans. At Hyderabad.

Q 34. Why roadways are better than railways?
Ans. Merit of roadways.

Q 35. In which state of India road density is high and why?
Ans. Kerala.
1. Plain area,
2. Agricultural development,
3. Industrial development.

Q 36. Why is road transport gaining more importance over rail transport?
Ans.1. Construction of roads is Cheaper.
2. Road can be constructed even on hilly surface.