LIFE LINES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY (IMPORTANT NTSE MCQ QUESTION WITH SOLUTION)

                        LIFE LINES OF NATIONAL ECONOMY

 Q-1. National Highway-8 connected-

a) Delhi-Bangalore

b) Chennai-Kolkata

c) Delhi-Mumbai

d) Mumbai-Chennai

Ans. (c) Delhi-Mumbai

Q-2. What is the length of the cost line of India?

a) 7516.6 km

b) 8516.6 km

c) 6516.6 km

d) 9516.6 km

Ans. (b) 8516.6 km

Q-3. Name an important port located near tropic of cancer-

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai 

c) Kolkata 

d) Chennai 

Ans. (c) Kolkata 

Q-4. Name the premier iron ore exporting port of the country-

a) Marmagao

b) New Mangalore

c) Paradip 

d) None of these

Ans. (d) None of these

Q-5. Name the deepest land locked port-

a) Kolkata

b) Chennai 

c) Mumbai 

d) Vishakhapatnam 

Ans. (c) Mumbai

Q-6. What are considered the first class mail-?

a) Cards 

b) Registered 

c) Envelop 

d) None of these

Ans. (d) None of these

Q-7. East-West corridor connects ……………and …………

a) Silchar, Porbander

b) Silchar, Kanyakumari

c) Silchar, Srinagar

d) Mumbai, Kolkata

Ans. (a) Silchar, Porbander

Q-8. What is NHAI?

a) National Highway Association of India 

b) National Highway Authority of India

c) Natural Highway Authority of India

d) National Airways of India

Ans. (b) National Highway Authority of India

Q-9. Which of the following highway is known as sher Shah Suri Marg?

a) National Highway No-1.

b) National Highway No-2.

c) National Highway No-3.

d) National Highway No-4.

Ans. (a) National Highway No-1.

Q-10. Which of the following roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Garmin Sadak Yojana?   

a) District Roads

b) National highways

c) States highways

d) Other Roads

Ans. (d) Other Roads

Q-11. The Indian railway network runs on multiple gauge operations i.e.…... ………….. And ………..

a) Wide gauge, metro gauge and narrow gauge 

b) Broad gauge, narrow gauge and medium gauge

c) Broad gauge, narrow gauge and small gauge

d) Broad gauge, metro gauge and narrow gauge 

Ans. (d) Broad gauge, metro gauge and narrow gauge 

Q-12. Which of the following was the first port to be developed after independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port?

a) Marmango

b) kochi

c) Kandla

d) Vishakhapatnam

Ans. (c) Kandla

Q-13. Which of the following is a tidal port?

a) Kandla 

b) Mumbai 

c) New Mangalore

d) Vishakhapatnam 

Ans. (a) Kandla

Q-14. …………… means of transport is preferred in the North-Eastern states-

a) Railways 

b) Waterways

c) Airways 

d) Roadways 

Ans. (c) Airways

Q-15. ……………. Is the authority to certify both Indian and foreign films-

a) The central board of film Certification 

b) The parliament 

c) The president

d) The central board of secondary education

Ans. (a) the central board of film Certification 

Q-16. Which of the following is a major commodity imported by India?

a) Gems and jewellery

b) Petroleum and petroleum products

c) Cereals

d) Newsprints

Ans. (b) Petroleum and petroleum products

Q-17. Match the following:

A.  Marmagao                  1.Karnataka       

B.  Tuticorin                     2.Orissa

C.  Paradip                       3. Tamil Nadu

D.  New Mangalore         4. Goa

           A             B               C              D

a) 4              3               2              1

b) 1              2               4              3

c) 2              3               4              1

d) 4              2               1              3

Ans. (a) A             B               C              D

       4              3               2              1

Q-18. Indian railways are divide into ……….. Zones-

a) 20

b) 09

c) 16

d) 18

Ans. (c) 16

Q-19. The longest pipeline connects

a) Hazira to Kanpur

b) Salaya to Jalandhar

c) Hazira to Jagdishpur

d) Koyali to Haldia

Ans. (b) Salaya to Jalandhar

Q-20. The total length of Inland navigation waterways of India is-

a) 3700 km

b) 14500 km

c) 7500 km

d) 14000 km

Ans. (b) 14500 km

Q-21. India’s international trade mainly takes place through-

a) Railways

b) Seas and oceans 

c) Airways 

d) Roadways 

Ans. (c) Airways

Q-22. Who maintains and lays the National Highways?

a) CPWD

b) SPWD

c) Both 

d) None of these

Ans. (a) CPWD

Q-23. Who maintains and lays the State Highways?

a) SPWD

b) BRO

c) CPWD

d) All of these

Ans. (a) SPWD

Q-24. Who maintains the border roads?

a) BRO

b) SPWD

c) NHI

d) CPWD

Ans. (c) NHI

Q-25. What is the total route length of the Indian railways?

a) 68221

b) 65221

c) 60221

d) 63221

Ans. (a) 68221

Q-26. Which is the cheapest means of transport?

a) Airways

b) Water ways

c) Roadways 

d) Railways 

Ans. (a) Airways

Q-27. Which one of the following is correctly matched of Column-1 and Column - Il? Use the code given below:

Column-1                        Column-II

A. Kolkata                      i. Biggest Port of India

B. Nhava Sheva             ii. Oldest Port of India

C. Mumbai                    iii. Terminal Port of India

D. Chennai                     iv. Jawaharlal Nehru Port

(a) A-lii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii 

(b) A-iv, B-, C-ii, D-I 

(c) A-ili, B-iv, C-i, D-ii 

(d) A-i, B-ii, C-lii, D-iv

Ans. (c) A-ili, B-iv, C-i, D-ii

Q-28. India's highest television tower is located at:

a) Arvi

b) Doon 

c) Pune

d) Pitampura

Ans. (d) Pitampura

Q-29. In which year Meteorological Department in India was set-up –

a) 1874 year 

b) 1864 year 

c) 1974 year

d) 1964 year

Ans. (b) 1864 year

Q-30. The Helicopter service which was started to help oil Region in sea and coastal areas of India is:

a) Pavan Hans

b) Vayu Sewa

c) Air India

d) Raj Hans 

Ans. (a) Pavan Hans

Q-31. What does BOT stands for?

a) Bureau of Transport

b) Bureau of Trans-communication

c) Build, Operate and Transfer

d) Bureaucracy Official against Terrorists

Ans. (c) Build, Operate and Transfer

Q-32. Which of the following is the navigation river of India?

a) Yamuna 

b) Krishna  

c) Brahmaputra 

d) Son

Ans. (c) Brahmaputra 

Q-33. Which of the following ports is not developed recently?

a) New Mangalore 

b) Mumbai 

c) Haldia

d) Nhava Sheva

Ans. (b) Mumbai

Q-34. Kochi in Kerala is the example of which port of the following

a) Tidal Port 

b) Natural Harbour

c) Artificial Harbour

d) Recently developed

Ans. (b) Natural Harbour

Q-35. Tuticorin is located in the state of

a) Kerala

b) Tamil Nadu 

c) Karnataka 

d) Orissa

Ans. (b) Tamil Nadu 

Q-36. Which is not the name of international airport?

a) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport

b) Indira Gandhi International Airport

c) Palam Airport

d) Meenam Bakkam

Ans. (c) Palam Airport

Q-37. In India after independence which major port was developed first

a) Jawahar Lal Nahru Port

b) Kandla Port 

c) Vishakhapatnam Port 

d) Mumbai Port

Ans. (b) Kandla Port 

Q-38. Which port was developed in the wake of loss of Karachi port?

a) Mumbai

b) Paradeep 

c) Kandla

d) Marmagoa

Ans. (c) Kandla

Q-39. Which one of the following the correct sequence of ports from south to north?

a) C.D.B.A

b) D.C.A.B

c) B.A.D.C

d) A.C.D.B

Ans. (b) D.C.A.B

Q-40. Where is the national headquarters of Software Technology Park of India?

a) Bengaluru 

b) Chennai 

c) New Delhi

d) Pune

Ans. (c) Chennai

Q-41. National Highway-7 passes through how many states of India?

a) 6

b) 5

c) 8

d) 7

Ans. (a) 6

Q-42. What does QMS stand for?

a) Quickly Medical Service 

b) Quick Mail Service 

c) Quickly Mother Dairy Service

d) None of these

Ans. (b) Quick Mail Service 

Q-43. Which of the following is not the factor, which influences the distribution of railway in the country?

a) Physiographic factors

b) Economic factors

c) Administrative factors

d) Political factors

Ans. (d) Political factors

Q-44. Which of the following is advantage of ungauged system?

a) Larger capacity 

b) Higher speed

c) No loss in trans-shipment 

d) All of these

Ans. (d) All of these

Q-45. Seaport of India is

a) Delhi

b) Hyderabad

c) Vishakhapatnam 

d) Amritsar

Ans. (c) Vishakhapatnam 

Q-46. Silicon Valley is located in:

a) Bangalore

b) California

c) Uganda

d) Ahmedabad

Ans. (b) California

Q-47. National Waterway No. 2 of India which two cities of India:

a) Sadia – Dubri

b) Allahabad – Haldia

c) Kottapuram - Kollam

d) Delhi - Kanpur

Ans. (b) Allahabad – Haldia

Q-48. Which is the first expressway of India -

a) Delhi-Kolkata

b) Mumbai-Pune

c) Pune-Chennai

d) Delhi Mumbai

Ans. (b) Mumbai-Pune

Q-49. Which one of the following ports is a Tidal Port in the West Coast?

a) Kandla

b) Marmagao 

c) New Mangalore 

d) Kochi 

Ans. (a) Kandla

Q-50. Which of the following cities is not connected with National Highway No.8?

a) Delhi

b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata

d) Jaipur

Ans. (c) Kolkata

Q-51. Which are not the national highways?

a) Grand Trunk Road

b) Agra-Mumbai Road

c) Mathura Road

d) Greater Noida Express Highways

Ans. (d) Greater Noida Express Highways

 Q-52. National Highway connecting Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata is termed as

a) Locomotives

b) guage 

c) golden quadrilateral

d) dock

Ans. (c) golden quadrilateral

Q-53. The name of the National Highway No. 2 is

a) Grand Trunk Road

b) Agra-Mumbai Road

c) Mathura Road

d) Delhi- Mumbai Road

Ans. (c) Mathura Road

Q-54. Gateway is the name given to

a) Harbour

b) Port

c) dock

d) tidal port 

Ans. (b) Port

Q-55. The total network of India’s roadways is about 

a) 2.5 km

b) 3.5 km

c) 5.5 million km

d) 2.3 million km

Ans. (d) 2.3 million km

Q-56. Which one of the following is the longest national highway?

a) NH-1

b) NH-2

c) NH-5

d) NH-7

Ans. (d) NH-7

Q-57. Which one of the following states is not connected with the H.V.J. pipeline?

a) Madhya Pradesh 

b) Maharashtra

c) Gujrat 

d) Uttar Pradesh 

Ans. (b) Maharashtra