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Transportation Systems and Sustainability

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Transportation systems questions evaluate the understanding of transit modes, freight logistics, and sustainable travel. Topics include cost-effective shipping methods, traffic congestion causes, and energy-efficient transport. These concepts are highly relevant for geography and general studies test preparation.

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Transportation Systems and Sustainability Questions

Multiple choice zoology not for breathing not for drinking air pollution and its control air pollution - effects and control environmental issues

Which of the following is the best measure to save energy?

  1. Each individual uses his own vehicle

  2. Four colleagues residing in the same colony travel to the office together by the same car

  3. Using vehicles to travel small distances

  4. Keeping the vehicle engine 'on' during traffic jam
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Conservation of energy is required to meet the increasing demand of growing population. 
  • One of the measures which can be taken is to reduce the use of the number of vehicles. 
  • Hereby, the fuel used by these automobiles will be less. When there are colleagues which live in the same colony or near to each other, the four people can use and travel to the office by using the same vehicle.
  • This will reduce the amount of fuel required by vehicles of four people.
  • Thus, the correct answer is option B. 
Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

Which of the following was the most essential for the colonial trade and movement of goods?

  1. Roadways

  2. Railways

  3. Airways

  4. River ways
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The spread of railways from the 1850s created a new demand. Railways were essential for colonial trade and for the movement of imperial troops. From the 1860s, the railway network expanded rapidly. By 1890, about 25,500 km of track had been laid. In 1946, the length of the tracks had increased to over 765,000 km. 

Multiple choice social studies means of transport railways means of transport and communication modes of transport

Which of the following is not the factor, which influences the distribution of railways in the country?

  1. Physiographic factors

  2. Economic factors

  3. Administrative factors

  4. Political factors

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The distribution pattern of the Railway network in the country has been largely influenced by physiographic, economic and administrative factors: The northern plains with their vast level land, high population density and rich agricultural resources provided the most favourable condition for their growth.

Multiple choice organisation of commerce and management marketing mix branding and packaging marketing marketing management

____________ refers to further packaging components necessary for storage and transportation.

  1. Transportation package

  2. Primary package

  3. Secondary package

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Transport packaging is very often a local affair and therefore needs to be designed with local conditions and expectations in mind. First and foremost, transport packaging must serve to protect goods in transit.

Multiple choice geography for a safer future disaster and management disaster management and precautionary measures disaster management: responding to disasters man made disaster tsunami and floods

The vehicle which government is providing to render immediate medical help is _________.

  1. bus

  2. ambulance

  3. aeroplane

  4. car
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An ambulance is a medically equipped vehicle designed to transport patients to treatment facilities and provide emergency care during transit.

Multiple choice geography economic activity people and resources utilisation of europe europe - peninsula of asia continents: europe

Train that carry as much as 600 trucks is called _____________.

  1. luxury train

  2. bullet train

  3. freight train

  4. double-stack unit train
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Rail Freight
The use of railway cars is an effective method for transporting commodities. It is commonly a faster form of land transportation, compared to truck transportation. A single freight train is also capable of transporting a much greater cargo than a single truck. This gives it a significant advantage of trucking, because the larger scale results in decreased transportation costs, as there is less manpower and energy required to haul the same amount of cargo.
Multiple choice physics turning effects of forces centre of gravity forces - vectors and moments acceleration due to gravity

Why are the passengers in the upper deck of a double-decker bus not allowed to stand?

  1. This ensures that the centre of gravity of the system may not rise up and the bus may not be toppled due to unstable equilibrium

  2. This ensures smaller centripetal force, thus helping the driver to negotiate the roundabouts properly

  3. If the passengers are in standing position, they may start oscillating due to jerks and there is a possibility of resonance, causing the bus to be toppled

  4. This is just for the safety reason
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When the passengers stand, the center of gravity rises. If it rises much it becomes unstable and may topple down.

Multiple choice physics force and newton's laws of motion first law of motion newton's first law of motion momentum and newton's laws

Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope?

  1. While the bus is moving, luggage tends to remain in inertia of motion state

  2. When the bus stops, the luggage tends to resist the change and due to inertia of motion it move forward and may fall off

  3. Both a and b are true

  4. None of them is True
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

While the bus is moving, luggage tends to remain in inertia of motion state. When the bus stops, the luggage tends to resist the change and due to inertia of motion it moves forward and may fall off. That's why it is advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope.

Multiple choice organization of commerce and management business ethics and corporate governance environmental values and ethics industrial pollution accelerated with the start of industrial revolution social responsibility towards the environment

Unnecessary travel can be reduced by alternate method of video conferencing that reduces the fuel consumption which in-turn reduces environment pollution.

  1. True

  2. False
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation
Finding alternatives to travel between multi-campus sites for both administrative and academic purposes, and research collaboration with other institutions, can create substantial savings both in money, carbon and human terms.

Business travel in universities and colleges is a large contributor to the environmental footprint of the sector, but doing something about it can be difficult as the issues are multi-factored and much travel is essential for both academic and administrative staff, not to mention students.
Multiple choice business organisation and correspondence issues of the environment international efforts for conserving biodiversity effects of pollution on environment government efforts in pollution control

With its very large population of vehicular traffic, Delhi is one of the most polluted cities of the world. Which of the following steps were taken by the government to reduce vehicular pollution in Delhi ?
(i)  Switching over the entire fleet of public transport i.e., buses autorickshaws, from diesel to CNG 
(ii)  Phasing out of old vehicles
(iii) Use of unleaded petrol in vehicles
(iv) Use of low sulphur petrol and diesel in vehicles 
(v) Use of catalytic converters in vehicles
(vi) Application of stringent pollution level norms for vehicles such as Euro-II norms, etc.

  1. (ii) and (iv)

  2. (ii), (iv) and (v)

  3. (iv) and (v)

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In Delhi, there are more petrol driven vehicles. 

The government then took measure to reduce pollution. some of which are-
  • Switching over the entire fleet of public transport i.e., buses autorickshaws, from diesel to CNG 
  • Use of unleaded petrol in vehicles
  • Use of low sulphur petrol and diesel in vehicles 
  • Application of stringent pollution level norms for vehicles such as Euro-II norms, etc.
  • Phasing out of old vehicles
  • Use of catalytic converters in vehicles that reduces the harmuful content of the emmission.

So, the correct option is 'All of these'

Multiple choice history the industrial age and change of life of people the age canal and great engineers industries and impact impact of industrial revolution

How did the widening between the rails on which trains ran, help people?

  1. It allowed trains to travel faster

  2. It made the journey smoother for passengers

  3. It allowed more freight to be carried

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Widening the gauge (track width) allowed for larger, more stable locomotives and carriages, which improved speed, passenger comfort, and the capacity to carry more freight.

Multiple choice business studies tourism development in rajasthan tourism and transportation transportation in rajasthan tour and travel management

Royal Rajasthan on wheels which provides transportation to important tourist places is a ________________.

  1. Bus service

  2. Train service

  3. Taxi service

  4. All of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Royal Rajasthan on wheels which provides transportation to important tourist places is a train service. Tourists are taken to several important tourist, wildlife and heritage sites across Rajasthan. This train is run by Indian Railways. The luxury train was launched in January 2009.

Multiple choice business studies tourism development in rajasthan tourism and transportation transportation in rajasthan tour and travel management

Which of the following modes of transportation is most developed in Rajasthan?

  1. Roadways

  2. Railways

  3. Waterways

  4. Airways
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Road ways are mostly developed in Rajasthan because roads are reachable in every part of the state like rural and tribal areas too. Longest highway of the state is NH-8 which connects Rajasthan to Delhi and Mumbai.