Q 1 – Which of the following types of roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana?
(a) National Highways
(b) State Highways
(c) Rural Roads
(d) District Roads
(c) Rural Roads
Q 2 – When and between which two stations did the first train of India steam off?
(a) Kolkata to Raniganj, 1874
(b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
(c) Mumbai to Ahmedabad, 1854
(d) Chennai to Arkonam, 1856
(b) Mumbai to Thane, 1853
Q 3 – 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
(c) Delhi-Punjab
Q 4 – Which of the following modes of transport would you find in higher areas of mountainous regions like the Himalayas?
(a) Railways
(b) Roadways
(c) Inland waterways
(d) Airways
(b) Roadways
Q 5 – National Waterway No. 1 is navigable between which of the following places?
(a) Sadiya and Dhubri
(b) Allahabad and Haldia
(c) Udyogamandal and Champakkara
(d) Kottapuram and Komman
(b) Allahabad and Haldia
Q 6 – The means for the movement of goods and services from their supply locations to demand locations can be termed as which
of the following?
(a) Capital
(b) Traders
(c) Transport system
(d) Power supply.
(c) Transport system
Q 7 – Which of the following is the busiest railway junction in Northern India?
(a) Ambala
(b) New Delhi
(c) Lucknow
(d) Amritsar
(b) New Delhi
Q 8 – Which one of the following ports is the biggest with a spacious natural and well-sheltered harbour?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Chennai
(c) Mumbai
(d) Vishakhapatnam.
(c) Mumbai
Q 9 – The National Highway No.1 is also known by which of the following names?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi Road
(b) Sher Shah Suri Marg
(c) Red Road
(d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
(b) Sher Shah Suri Marg
Q 10 – port was developed as a subsidiary port in order to relieve growing pressure on the Kolkata port.
(a) Haldia
(b) Kochi
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
(a) Haldia
Q 11 – Which is the extreme south-western port located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Chennai
(c) Kochi
(d) New Mangalore
(c) Kochi
Q 12 – In which region air travel is extended to the common people through a special provision?
(a) the Northern States
(b) the Northwestern States
(c) North – Eastern States
(d) South-Western States
(c) North – Eastern States
Q 13 – Which one of the following is considered as the first-class mail by the Indian postal network?
(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Registered periodicals
(c) Book packets
(d) Registered newspapers
(a) Cards and envelopes
Q 14 – Which one of the following is considered as the First Class Mail by the Indian postal network?
(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Registered periodicals
(c) Book packets
(d) Registered newspapers
(a) Cards and envelopes
Q 15 – Which of the following National Highways is the longest in the country?
(a) National Highway No. 8
(b) National Highway No. 7
(c) National Highway No. 4
(d) National Highway No. 2
(b) National Highway No. 7
Q 16 – Which one of the following is the southernmost international airport in India?
(a) Nedimbacherry
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji
(c) Raja Sansi
(d) Meenam Bakkum
(d) Meenam Bakkum
Q 17 – Which one of the following is the premier iron ore exporting seaport of the country?
(a) New Mangalore
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Marmagao
(d) Paradip
(c) Marmagao
Q 18 – Which of the following was the first port to be developed soon after Independence?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Kolkata
(c) Paradip
(d) Kandla
(d) Kandla
Q 19 – Which one of the following is the oldest port of the eastern coast of India?
(a) Kolkata (Haldia)
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Chennai (Madras)
(d) Chennai (Madras).
Q 20 – Which of the following modes of transport is fuel-efficient and environmentally friendly?
(a) Roadways
(b) Railways
(c) Airways
(d) Waterways
(d) Waterways
Q 21 – Narrow Gauge railway line is found in
(a) the Northern Plains
(b) the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Shillong and Ooty
(c) deserts of Rajasthan
(d) the Central Highlands
(b) the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Shillong and Ooty
Q 22 – Which one of the following pair of cities is connected by NH-7?
(a) Delhi-Amritsar
(b) Delhi-Kolkata
(c) Delhi-Mumbai
(d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
(d) Varanasi-Kanyakumari
Q 23 – 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) Initial cost of laying a pipeline is high.
(d) Initial cost of laying a pipeline is high.
Q 24 – STD refers to:
(a) Suburban Telephone Dialling
(b) Subscriber Trunk Dialling
(c) Social Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed Telephone Dialling
(b) Subscriber Trunk Dialling
Q 25 – Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the border areas?
(a) NHAI
(b) BRO
(c) Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana
(d) BSF
(b) BRO
Q 26 – Which of the following networks of pipeline 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 in Punjab
(c) Hazira-Bijaipur-Jagdishpur Pipeline
(d) Pipeline from Mumbai High to Trombay
(a) Pipeline from Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)
Q 27 – Which one of the following ports is a tidal port?
(a) Mumbai
(b) New Mangalore port
(c) Kandla
(d) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Kandla
Q 28 – What is the name given to the International Airport at Kolkata?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Meenambakkam
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Q 29 – Which two extreme locations are connected by the North-South Corridor?
(a) Amritsar and Tuticorin
(b) Srinagar and Tiruvananthapuram
(c) Srinagar and Tuticorin
(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
(d) Srinagar and Kanyakumari
Q 30 – 95 percent of India’s trade volume (68 percent in terms of value) is carried on through which of the following transportation
routes?
(a) Roadways
(b) Railways
(c) Sea routes
(d) Inland waterways
(c) Sea routes
Q 31 National Waterway No. 1 is navigable between which of the following places?
(a) Between Sadiya and Dhubri
(b) Between Allahabad and Haldia
(c) Between Kottapuram and Komman
(d) Between Udyogamandal and Champakkara
(b) Between Allahabad and Haldia.
Q 32 – 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
(b) Information Technology
Q 33 – Which one of the following is the oldest artificial port of the country?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Mumbai
(c) Chennai
Q 34 – The longest pipeline connects
(a) Hazira to Kanpur
(.b) Salaya to Jalandhar
(c) Flazira to Jagdishpur
(d) Koyali to Haldia
(c) Flazira to Jagdishpur
Q 35 – The difference between the total value of exports and imports is called.
(a) Balance of Payment
(b) Balance of Trade
(c) Surplus Budget
(d) Deficit Balance
(b) Balance of Trade
Q 36 – National Highways are constructed and maintained by:
(a) NHAI
(b) CPWD
(c) SPWD
(d) BRO
(b) CPWD
Q 37 – The people who make the products come to the consumers by transportation are called ______________ .
(a) Businessman
(b) Retailers
(c) Traders
(d) Industrialists
(c) Traders
Q 38 – Which one of the following modes of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays in the supply of petroleum and gases?
(a) Railways
(b) Roadways
(c) Pipeline
(d) Waterways
(c) Pipeline
Q 39 – Which one of the following terms is used to describe trade between two or more countries? (Textbook)
(a) Internal trade
(b) International trade
(c) External trade
(d) Local trade
(b) International trade
Q 40 – The helicopter services to the Oil and Natural Commission in its offshore operations are provided by:
(a) Air India
(b) Indian Airlines
(c) Pawanhans helicopters
(d) Alliance Air
(c) Pawanhans helicopters
Q 41 – The Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways connect
(a) Delhi-Silchar-Madurai and Gandhinagar
(b) Srinagar-Kanyakumari-Bhopal & Allahabad
(c) Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai and Kolkata
(d) Kashmir-Kanyakumari
(c) Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai and Kolkata
Q 42 – The largest number of newspapers published in India are in which of the following languages?
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Urdu
(d) Marathi
(a) Hindi
Q 43 – Which one of the following is not true regarding the seaports of India?
(a) Mumbai is the biggest port with a spacious natural and well-sheltered harbour.
(b) Tuticorin Port in Tamil Nadu has a natural harbour and hinterland.
(c) Vishakhapatnam is the deepest landlocked and well-protected port.
(d) Chennai is an inland riverine port.
(d) Chennai is an inland riverine port.
Q 44 – Which of the following national highways covers most of Rajasthan?
(a) NH 2
(b) NH 34
(c) NH 23
(d) NH 15
(d) NH 15
Q 45 – 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
(b) Information Technology
Q 46 – Which of the following is the northernmost international airport in India?
(a) Raja Sansi
(b) Meenam Bakkam
(c) Srinagar
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
(a) Raja Sansi
Q 47 – Which of the following airlines is the nationalised airline of India?
(a) Air India
(b) Jet Airways
(c) Kingfisher Airline
(d) Indigo
(a) Air India
Q 48 – Which one of the following is the southernmost international airport in India?
(a) Nedimbacherry
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji
(c) Raja Sansi
(d) Meenam Bakkam
(a) Nedimbacherry
Q 49 – 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
(a) Postal network