Life Lines of National Economy
Life Lines of National Economy
Questions
Gateway is the name given to a
- harbor
- port
- dock
- tidal port
- none of these
Which of the following is not a national highway?
- Grand Trunk Road
- Agra - Mumbai Road
- Mathura Road
- Greater Noida Express Highway
- None of these
Gauge is the term stating
- the place where there is a provision of loading and unloading of ships
- the place on the sea coast
- the high pedestal built along the coastline
- the width before the two rails of the railway line
- none of these
The name of the National Highway No. 2 is
- Grand Trunk Road
- Agra - Mumbai Road
- Mathura Road
- Delhi - Mumbai Road
- None of these
What does BOT stand for?
- Bureau of Transport
- Bureau of Trans-communication
- Build, Operate and Transfer
- Bureaucracy Officials against Terrorists
- None of these
What does QMS stand for?
- Quick Medical Service
- Quick Mail Service
- Quick Mother Dairy Service
- All of these
- None of these
Which of the following is an advantage of the unigauge system?
- Larger capacity
- Higher speed
- No loss in trans-shipment
- All of these
- None of these
The rail gauge with a track width of 1.676 m is
- broad guage
- metre guage
- narrow guage
- all of these
- none of these
Who builds and maintains the National Highways?
- The state government
- Public Sector
- The Central government
- Private Sector
- None of these
Which of the following ports has not been developed recently?
- New Mangalore
- Mumbai
- Haldia
- Nhava Sheva
- None of these
National Highway connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata is termed as
- Locomotive Quadrilateral
- Guage Quadrilateral
- Golden Quadrilateral
- Dock Quadrilateral
- None of these
Which is not a development in the field of communication?
- Cellular phone
- Laptop
- E-commerce
- Radio
- None of these
Which is the major public sector enterprise of the Central government?
- ITC
- DMRC
- Roadways
- Indian Railways
- None of these
Air travel is the choice of transport in north-eastern parts of India due to
- the prosperity of people of this region
- heavy rains, that are liable to damage roads and railways
- it being the less expensive mode of transport
- All of these
- None of these
Which of the following is the navigation river of India?
- Yamuna
- Krishna
- Brahmaputra
- Son
- None of these
Which of the following locations are joined by the east-west corridor?
- Mumbai and Nagpur
- Mumbai and Kolkata
- Silcher and Porbandar
- Nagpur and Siligudi
- None of these
Kochi in Kerala is the example of which type of a port?
- Tidal Port
- Natural Harbour
- Artificial Harbour
- Recently Developed Harbour
- None of these
Which of the following is not the name of an international airport?
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
- Indira Gandhi International Airport
- Palam Airport
- Meenam Bakkam
- None of these
Which of the following do not influence the distribution of railways in the country?
- Physiographic factors
- Economic factors
- Administrative factors
- Political factors
- None of these
Tuticorin is located in the state of
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Karnataka
- Orissa
- None of these