Life Lines of National Economy

Life Lines of National Economy

20 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gateway is the name given to a

  1. harbor
  2. port
  3. dock
  4. tidal port
  5. none of these
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not a national highway?

  1. Grand Trunk Road
  2. Agra - Mumbai Road
  3. Mathura Road
  4. Greater Noida Express Highway
  5. None of these
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gauge is the term stating

  1. the place where there is a provision of loading and unloading of ships
  2. the place on the sea coast
  3. the high pedestal built along the coastline
  4. the width before the two rails of the railway line
  5. none of these
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The name of the National Highway No. 2 is

  1. Grand Trunk Road
  2. Agra - Mumbai Road
  3. Mathura Road
  4. Delhi - Mumbai Road
  5. None of these
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does BOT stand for?

  1. Bureau of Transport
  2. Bureau of Trans-communication
  3. Build, Operate and Transfer
  4. Bureaucracy Officials against Terrorists
  5. None of these
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What does QMS stand for?

  1. Quick Medical Service
  2. Quick Mail Service
  3. Quick Mother Dairy Service
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is an advantage of the unigauge system?

  1. Larger capacity
  2. Higher speed
  3. No loss in trans-shipment
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The rail gauge with a track width of 1.676 m is

  1. broad guage
  2. metre guage
  3. narrow guage
  4. all of these
  5. none of these
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who builds and maintains the National Highways?

  1. The state government
  2. Public Sector
  3. The Central government
  4. Private Sector
  5. None of these
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following ports has not been developed recently?

  1. New Mangalore
  2. Mumbai
  3. Haldia
  4. Nhava Sheva
  5. None of these
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

National Highway connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata is termed as

  1. Locomotive Quadrilateral
  2. Guage Quadrilateral
  3. Golden Quadrilateral
  4. Dock Quadrilateral
  5. None of these
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is not a development in the field of communication?

  1. Cellular phone
  2. Laptop
  3. E-commerce
  4. Radio
  5. None of these
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which is the major public sector enterprise of the Central government?

  1. ITC
  2. DMRC
  3. Roadways
  4. Indian Railways
  5. None of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Air travel is the choice of transport in north-eastern parts of India due to

  1. the prosperity of people of this region
  2. heavy rains, that are liable to damage roads and railways
  3. it being the less expensive mode of transport
  4. All of these
  5. None of these
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is the navigation river of India?

  1. Yamuna
  2. Krishna
  3. Brahmaputra
  4. Son
  5. None of these
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following locations are joined by the east-west corridor?

  1. Mumbai and Nagpur
  2. Mumbai and Kolkata
  3. Silcher and Porbandar
  4. Nagpur and Siligudi
  5. None of these
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Kochi in Kerala is the example of which type of a port?

  1. Tidal Port
  2. Natural Harbour
  3. Artificial Harbour
  4. Recently Developed Harbour
  5. None of these
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is not the name of an international airport?

  1. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
  2. Indira Gandhi International Airport
  3. Palam Airport
  4. Meenam Bakkam
  5. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following do not influence the distribution of railways in the country?

  1. Physiographic factors
  2. Economic factors
  3. Administrative factors
  4. Political factors
  5. None of these
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Tuticorin is located in the state of

  1. Kerala
  2. Tamil Nadu
  3. Karnataka
  4. Orissa
  5. None of these