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
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