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Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

The water transport consists of _________.

  1. Deep sea navigation

  2. Coastal navigation

  3. Inland navigation

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

 The  water transport consist of all the three types of transport.

Deep-sea shipping refers to the maritime transport of goods on intercontinental routes, crossing oceans. It involves long distances and is generally carried out by liner shipping services.

Inland waterway transport plays an important role for the transport of goods in Europe. It is carried out on navigable waterways like rivers, canals or lakes over which vessels of a carrying capacity of no less than 50 tons can navigate when normally loaded 

The coastal Navigation  would be the safe conduct of a ship where the navigator has the land on one side of his course and the open sea on the other,

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

Tuticorin port is located in ___________.

  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Goa

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

This port has a natural harbour and rich hinterland. Thus, it has a flourishing trade handling of a large variety of cargoes to even our neighbouring countries like Sri Lanka, Maldives, etc. and the coastal regions of India. 

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the east-west corridor?

  1. Mumbai and Nagpur

  2. Mumbai and Kolkata

  3. Silcher and Porbandar

  4. Nagpur and Siliguri
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The East-West Corridor, would connect Silcher in Assam with the port of Porbandar in Gujarat with a 3,460 km of road length.

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

The National waterways between Allahabad and Haldia is located on _______.

  1. Brahmaputra river

  2. Ganga river

  3. Damodar river

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

National Waterway 1 or NW1 will start from Allahabad to Haldia with a distance of 1620 km. The NW 1 run through the Ganges, Bhagirathi and Hooghly river system with having fixed terminals at Haldia, Farrakka and Patna and floating terminals at most of the riverside cities like Kolkata,Bhagalpur,Varanasi and Allahabad

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

Which port was developed in the wake of loss of Karachi port?

  1. Mumbai

  2. Paradeep

  3. Kandla

  4. Marmagoa
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

 Kandla is a tidal port. It caters to the convenient handling of exports and imports of highly productive granary and industrial belt stretching across the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. 

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

Which one of the following major ports has been developed to decongest Kolkata port ?

  1. Kandla

  2. Haldia

  3. Paradip

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

Haldia port or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly River. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner.

Multiple choice social studies importance of oceans pipelines and waterways oceans human environment - settlement, transport and communication representation of geographical features

The Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia is being termed as : 

  1. N.W. NO.1

  2. N.W. NO.2

  3. N.W. NO.3

  4. N.W. NO.4
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The National Waterway 1 or NW-1 or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is located in India and runs from Haldia (Sagar) to Prayagraj across the Ganges, Bhagirathi, and Hooghly river systems. It is 1,620 km (1,010 mi) long, making it the longest waterway in India. It is of prime importance amongst all the national waterways considering its locational advantages.