Chapter 7- Life lines of national economy

MCQ Practice of Life lines of national economy

  1. Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1?
    (a) Kolkata-Amritsar
    (b) Ranchi-Kolkata
    (c) Delhi-Punjab
    (d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
  2. Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the border areas?
    (a) NHAI
    (b) BRO
    (c) Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana
    (d) BSF
  3. Which one of the following ports is a tidal port?
    (a) Mumbai
    (b) New Mangalore port
    (c) Kandla
    (d) Vishakhapatnam
  4. Which one of the following ports was developed in order to relieve the pressure of Kolkata port?
    (a) Paradip port
    (b) Tuticorin port
    (c) Haldia port
    (d) Chennai port
  5. Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?
    (a) Tuticorin
    (b) Vishakhapatnam
    (c) Chennai
    (d) Mumbai
  6. National Highways are constructed and maintained by:
    (a) NHAI
    (b) CPWD
    (c) SPWD
    (d) BRO
  7. Which one of the following types of communication service in India is the largest in the world?
    (a) Postal network
    (b) Television network
    (c) Internet services
    (d) Radio broadcasting
  8. Which of the following is the oldest artificial port and the second most important port of the country?
    (a) Mumbai port
    (b) Kandla port
    (c) Chennai port
    (d) Ennore port
  9. In recent years, India is earning large foreign exchange through the export of which of the following?
    (a) Ores and Minerals
    (b) Information Technology
    (c) Agricultural Products
    (d) Electrical goods
  10. Which one of the following modes of transportation reduces tran-shipment losses and delays in the supply of petroleum and gases?
    (a) Railways
    (b) Roadways
    (c) Pipeline
    (d) Waterways