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14.transport VSA Flashcards

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1
Q

Mention the three means of transport with one example of each.

A

a. Land-roadways
b. Water - Ship
C. Air - Aeroplanes

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Name the extreme stations which are connected by the East-West Corridor.

A

Silchar and Porbander

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3
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Name the extreme stations which are
connected by the North-South Corridor.

A

Srinagar and Kanyakuman

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4
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Name the institution which implements the India Super Highways

A

The National Highway Authority of India

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5
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Who maintains, and lays the National
Highways?

A

The central public Works Department

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6
Q

Name the extreme cities which
connected by the NHI.

A

Delhi and Amritsar

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7
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Who maintains and lays the State Highways?

A

The Public Works Department (PWD)

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8
Q

Who maintains district roads?

A

Zila Parishad

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9
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What is the objective of the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna ?

A

Under the scheme, special provisions are made so that every village in the country is linked to a major town in the country by all season motorable roads.

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10
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Who maintains the border roads?

A

The Border Roads Organisation.

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What is the density of a road?

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The length of a road per 100 sq km of area is known as the density of roads.

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12
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What is national density of a road? Which state has the highest density of roads?

A

National Density-75 km
Highest Density-Kerala about 375 km.

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13
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Which is the cheapest means of transport?

A

Waterways.

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14
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Name any two inland waterways

A

A. The Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia
B. The Brahmaputra river between Sadiya and Dhubri

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15
Q

Name any four ports of the east coast.

A

A. Haldia

B. Paradip

C. Vishakhapatnam

D. Chennai

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16
Q

Name any four ports of the west coast of India.

A

Mumbai,Kandla, Marmagao, New Mangalore and Cochin.

17
Q

Name the states where the following ports

are located:
(i) Marmagao

(ii) New Mangalore

iii) paradip

(iv) Tuticorin

A

Marmagao -Goa
New mangalore-Karnataka

Paradip- Odisha

Tuticorin-Tamil Nadu

18
Q

Explain the term ‘Port’.

A

The part of harbour where goods are loaded and unloaded from the ships is called a port

19
Q

Write one Natural and one Artificial port of India.

A

Artificial Port - Chennai

Natural Port - Mumbai

20
Q

On which coast of India these ports are situated:

(i) Mumbai

(ii) Chennai

A

(i) Western Coast
ii) Eastern coast

21
Q

What is the length of coastline of India?

A

7,516.6 km.

22
Q

What is Paradip famous for, and the state in which is it situated?

A

It is the main exports port of India, and is situated in Odisha.

23
Q

Name an important port located near Tropic of Cancer

A

Kandla in Gujarat

24
Q

Give one example of each of the following

from the major ports of India:

(1) Tidal Port
2.Natural Harbour
3.Artificial harbour

A

1.kolkata
2.Mumbai
3.Chennai

25
Q

Name any four iron ore exporting ports of India.

A

1.Marmagao

(2) New Mangalore

3.vishakhapatnam

4.paradip

26
Q

Name the premier iron ore exporting port of density the country.

A

Marmagao

27
Q

Name the deepest landlocked port.

A

Vishakhapatnam.

28
Q

Which is the fastest means of transportation?

A

Airways

29
Q

Name the company which provides helicopter services to the Oil and Natural Gas Commission.

A

Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd

30
Q

Why is a dense network of railway transport found in the North Indian Plains? Give two reason.

A

(i) Due to high rate of economic activites

(ii) Due to the low cost of production.

31
Q

How roads are benefical for the farmers?

A

The roads help the farmers to move their perishable (flowers, fruits, milk) and non- perishable commodities (wheat, maize, cotton etc) to the market.

32
Q

Full for of:
(I) NHAI

(ii) BRO

(ii) NHDP

A

(i)National Highways Authority of India

(ii) Border Road Organisation

(iii) National Highways Development project

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