Lifelines of the National Economy Class 10 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
Which of the following two stations did the first train of India steam off to and when?
(a) Kolkata to Raniganj, 1874
(b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
(c) Mumbai to Ahmedabad, 1854
(d) Chennai to Arkonam, 1856
Answer:
(b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
Question 2.
Which of the following modes of transport would one be able to find on the higher dissected terrain of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
(a) Railways
(b) Roadways
(c) Inland waterways
(d) Airways
Answer:
(b) Roadways
Question 3.
Fill in the blank by choosing the most appropriate option:
………………… 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
Answer:
Question 4.
Which of the following networks of pipelines bring mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and the petrochemical complex of Haldia?
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
(b) Pipeline from Salaya in Gujarat to Jalandhar
(c) Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline from Mumbai High to Goa and then to Trombay
Answer:
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Question 5.
Which one of the following groups of cities is connected by the National Highway No. 1 ?
(a) Delhi – Amritsar
(b) Delhi – Kolkata
(c) Delhi – Mumbai
(d) Varanasi – Kanyakumari
Answer:
(a) Delhi – Amritsar
Question 6.
Which two extreme locations are connected by the North-South Corridor?
(a) Amritsar and Tuticorin
(b) Srinagar and Thiruvananthapuram
(c) Srinagar and Tuticorin
(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Answer:
(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Explanation: The North South Corridor is the one of the Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways that connects the mega cities of India.
Question 7.
Which one of the following is not an advantage of pipeline transportation?
(a) Pipelines are used for transporting crude oil and gas from fields to refineries.
(b) Solids can be transported in slurry form through pipelines.
(c) Pipelines rule out trans-shipment losses or delays.
(d) Pipeline requires a lot of capital and extra maintenance.
Answer:
(d) Pipeline requires a lot of capital and extra maintenance.
Explanation: Pipelines do not need any extra maintenance. Its initial cost of laying is high.
Question 8.
……………… is considered as the First Class Mail by the Indian postal network.
(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Registered periodicals
(c) Magazines and New Books
(d) Registered newspapers packets
Answer:
(a) Cards and envelopes
Question 9.
National Highways are constructed and maintained by
(a) NHAI
(b) CPWD
(c) SPWD
(d) BRO
Answer:
(b) CPWD
Explanation: National Highways link extreme parts of the country. These are the primary road systems.
Question 10.
Which one of the following is the oldest port of the eastern coast of India?
(a) Kolkata (Haldia)
(b) Visakhapatnam
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Chennai (Madras)
Answer:
Question 11.
Pawanhans Helicopters Ltd. Provides helicopter services to which of the following in its off-shore operations?
(a) Oil India Ltd.
(b) Oil and Natural Gas Commission
(c) NTPC
(d) All of these
Answer:
(b) Oil and Natural Gas Commission
Question 12.
Air travel is not within the reach of the common people. It is only in which part of the country that special provisions are made to extend the services to the common people?
(a) Northern states .
(b) North-eastern states
(c) North-western states
(d) Coastal states
Answer:
Question 13.
Which of the following is an example of an inland riverine port in India?
(a) Chennai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Tuticorin
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Kolkata
Explanation: Kolkata port serves a very Large and rich hinterland of Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.
Question 14.
Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the east-west corridor?
(a) Mumbai and Nagpur
(b) Silchar and Porbandar
(c) Mumbai and Kolkata
(d) Nagpur and Siliguri [Diksha]
Answer:
Question 15.
Which of the following is the longest National Waterway of India?
(a) The Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia
(b) The Brahmaputra river between Sadiya and Dhubri
(c) The West-Coast Canal in Kerala
(d) None of these
Answer:
Question 16.
Which of the following ports was planned with a view to decongest the Mumbai port?
(a) Kandla port
(b) Paradip port
(c) Tuticorin port
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru port
Answer:
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru port
Question 17.
Which one of the following is the longest National Highway?
(a) NH-7
(b) NH-8
(c) NH-1
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) NH-7
Explanation: National Highway-7 is the longest and traverses 2369 km between Varanasi and Kanyakumari via Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Madurai while Delhi and Mumbai are connected by National Highway-8. The historical Sher Shah Suri Marg is called National Highway No.l connects Delhi and Amritsar.
Question 18.
Which one of the following places is NOT associated with oil refineries?
(a) Mathura
(b) Barauni
(c) Panipat
(d) Surat
Answer:
(d) Surat
Question 19.
Which of the following mode of transport is fuel efficient and environment friendly?
(a) Roadways
(b) Railways
(c) Airways
(d) Waterways
Answer:
(d) Waterways
Explanation: It’s the cheapest and most fuel- effiicienttype of transport as the friction of water is far less than that of land nor do they require the road construction. Through waterways heavy and bulky goods can be transported to distant lands.
Question 20.
Which of the following port is located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Kochi
(c) Marmagao
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Kochi
Related Theory
Kochi is the extreme south-western port of India.
Question 21.
Which of the following organisations is responsible for construction and maintenance of the strategic roads in India?
(a) CPWD
(b) SPWD
(c) NHAI
(d) BRO
Answer:
(d) BRO
Explanation: Border Road Organisation (BRO) was established in 1960.
Question 22.
Which one of the following states is NOT connected with the HVJ pipeline?
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer:
(c) Maharashtra
Question 23.
Which one of the following major ports has been developed to decongest Kolkata port ?
(a) Kandla
(b) Haldia
(c) Paradwip
(d) Marmagao
Answer:
(b) Haldia
Explanation: Haldia port was developed as a subsidiary port, in order to relieve growing pressure on the Kolkata port
Question 24.
Arrange the following options in the correct sequence:
(i) Science and technology helped improve transport.
(ii) Rapid moving and effiicient transport brought a change.
(iii) Transport and trade were restricted to a limited area.
(iv) Improved communication played a major role in this change.
Options:
(a) (i)—(ii)—(iii)—(iv)
(b) (i)—(iii)—(ii)—(iv)
(C) (iii)—(i)—(i0—(iv)
(d) (iv)—(iii)—(ii)—(i)
Identify the following on basis of the hints given.
Question 25.
identify the type of transport:
(1) Fastest mode of transport
(2) Can cover all dissected and undulating terrains
(3) Especially famous in the North Easterm states
Answer:
Airways
Question 26.
Identify the industry:
(1) Industry in India has grown substantially over the last three decades.
(2) 15 million people are directly engaged in the tourism industry.
(3) The industry promotes national integration, provides support to local handicrafts and cultural pursuits.
Answer:
Tourism
Question 27.
Identify the port:
(1) It is located on the Western Coast.
(2) It is the premier iron ore exporting sea port of the country.
Answer:
Marmagao Port
Correct and Rewrite/ True-False
State whether the following statements are True or False. If false, correct the statement.
Question 28.
Roadways are the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India.
Answer:
False
Railways are the principal mode of transportation for freight and passengers in India.
Question 29.
India’s first train steamed off from Mumbai to Thane in 1853 covering a distance of 34 km.
Answer:
True
Question 30.
Akashwani, the national television channel of India is one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world.
Answer:
False
Doordarshan.the national television channel of India is one of the largest terrestrial networks in the world.
Fill in the blanks/tables with suitable information:
Question 31.
Television is a means of …………………..
Answer:
mass communication
Question 32.
…………….. is the extreme south-western port located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour.
Answer:
Kochi
Question 33.
…………… a Government of India undertaking constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country.
Answer:
Question 34.
Complete the following table with appropriate terms in place of (a) and (b).
Answer:
(a) Pipelines
(b) Overseas Waterways
Question 35.
The is the largest public sector undertaking in India.
Answer:
Indian Railways government and hence it is a public sector enterprise. Railways in India bind the economic life of the country as well as accelerate the development of industries and agriculture.
Question 36.
…………. is the deepest, land-locked and well-protected port of India.
Answer:
Vishakhapatnam
Related Theory
Railways employ a very large number of people in the country. It is monitored and run by the
Question 37.
Fill the blanks in the table with required information:
Answer:
Match the Columns Choose the correct pairs:
Question 38.
Match the following roads from column A with the organisations responsible for their construction and maintenance from column B:
| Column A (Types of Road) | Column B (Organisation) |
| (a) Super Highways | (i) Zila Parishad |
| (b) National Highways | (ii) State Public Works Department |
| (c) State Highways | (iii) Central Public Works Department |
| (d) District Roads | (iv) National Highway Authority of India |
Answer:
| Column A (Types of Road) | Column B (Organisation) |
| (a) Super Highways | (iv) National Highway Authority of India |
| (b) National Highways | (iii) Central Public Works Department |
| (c) State Highways | (ii) State Public Works Department |
| (d) District Roads | (i) Zila Parishad |
Question 39.
Match the following national highways from column A with the places/cities connected by them from column B:
| Column A (National Highways) | Column B (Places/Cities Connected) |
| (a) NH-1 | (i) Varanasi and Kanyakumari |
| (b) NH-8 | (ii) Most parts of Rajasthan |
| (c) NH-7 | (iii) Delhi and Mumbai |
| (d) NH-15 | (iv) Delhi and Amritsar |
Answer:
Assertion Reasoning questions Class 10 Geography Chapter 7
In each of following questions, a statement of Assertion (A) is given followed by a corresponding statement of Reason (R). Select the correct answers to codes (a), (b), (c) or (d) as given below:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
(b) Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
(d) (A) is wrong but (R) is correct.
Question 40.
Assertion (A): There is a vast potential for development of tourism in all parts of the country.
Reason (R): There is a lot of scope in various fields of tourism.
Answer:
Question 41.
Assertion (A): No country can survive without international trade.
Reason (R): Resources are not space bound.
Answer:
(c) (A) is correct but (R) is wrong.
Explanation: Resources are space bound and thus a country has to import and export resources to be able to fulfill their needs.
Question 42.
Assertion (A): Air travel has made access easier.
Reason (R): No other mode of transport could travel across regions in the presence of big rivers, dissected relief, dense forests and frequent floods and international frontiers, etc. in the absence of air transport.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
Question 43.
Assertion (A): 60 per cent of the country’s trade volume (68 per cent in terms of value) is moved by sea.
Reason (R): Seaways carry heavy loads to farther distances at very affordable rates.
Answer:
Question 44.
Assertion (A): The railways have become more important in our national economy than all other means of transport put together.
Reason (R): It carries the most loads and maximum number of people across the country.
Answer:
(a) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).