| Board | CBSE |
| Textbook | NCERT |
| Class | Class 12 |
| Subject | Geography |
| Chapter | CUET Fundamentals of Human Geography Chapter 8 Transport and Communication |
| Chapter Name | Chapter 8 Transport and Communication |
| Category | CUET (Common University Entrance Test) UG |
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Geography - MCQ on Transport and Communication
Q.1.Transport refers to:
a. Convey of news and views.
b. Exchange of goods and services
c. The transfer of goods and services
d. None of these
Answer:
c) the transfer of goods and services
Q.2.Communication refers to:
a. Exchange of goods and services.
b. convey of news and views
c. Railways and airways
d. All the above
Answer:
b. convey of news and views
Q.3.Mineral oil and natural gas are transported extensively through:
a. Oil tankers
b. Pipe lines
c. Railways
d. Ships
Answer:
b. Pipe lines
Q.4. Big Inch is a famous pipeline of:
a. U.S.S.R
b. Iran
c. U.S.A
d. U.K.
Answer:
c) U.S.A
Q.5.Pan-American high way does not connected which of following countries.
a. South American countries
b. Central America
c. Canada and USA
d. Asia and USSR
Answer:
d. Asia and USSR.
Q.6. Remote sensing means:
Collection of information for remote areas.
Is a method of gathering informations without touching the object.
Development programmes for remote parts
Non
Answer:
b. Is a method of gathering informations without touching the object.
Q.7. A trans continental railway is that which:
a.run across two continents and them.
b.run across the continents and link the its two ends.
c.Railway which run across a country.
d.Non
Answer:
b. run across the continents and links its two ends.
Q.8. The Suez canal has been dug to link:
a.Mediterranean sea and black sea.
b.Mediterranean sea and red sea.
c.Arabian Sea and Red Sea.
d.Indian ocean and Arabian Sea.
Answer:
b. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
Q.9. The Panama canal connects:
a. Atlantic in the east to pacific in the west.
b. Pacific in the west to Atlantic in the east.
c. Indian ocean and the Atlantic ocean.
d. Non.
Answer:
a) Atlantic in the east to pacific in the west.
Explanation: - It ha been constructed across the Isthmus of Panama.
Q.10. Which one of the following does not have dense network of airways.
a.Eastern USA
b.Western Europe
c.Southeast Asia
d.Asiatic Russia
Answer:
d. Asiatic Russia.
Explanation: - There are limited air services because of sparse population, economic development and climate.
Q.11. INSAT 1 – A was sent into the space on:
a.10th April 1982
b.30th August 1983
c.30th April 1982
d.14th July 1982
Answer:
a) 10th April 1982
Q.12. INSAT 1 – B was launched on:
a. 30th August 1983
10th April 1982
30th August 1982
30th July 1982
Answer:
a) 30th August 1983.
Q.13. METSET launched on 11th September 2002 is a:
Television Satellite.
Meteorological Satellite.
Radio Satellite.
Non
Answer:
b. Meteorological Satellite.
Q.14. India entered in the field by launching her first satellite on 19th April.
APPLE
Bhaskar lA
Aryabhatta
INSAT – lA
Answer:
c) Aryabhatta
Q.15. Which one of the following is not an advantage of satellite Communication?
It has helped in telephone connections to villages.
Weather forecasting has become easy and accurate.
Trade can be done from the home
Transportation costs has been reduced.
Answer:
d. Transportation costs has been reduced.
Q.16. The Trans – continental short Highway runs between:
a. Darwin and Melbourne
b. Edmontan and Anchorage
c. Vancouver and St. john’s City
d. Chengdu and Lhasa
Answer:
a) Darwin and Melbourne
Q.17. Which country has the highest density of railway network?
a. Brazil
b. USA
c. Canada
d. Russia
Answer:
b. USA
Q.18. The Big Trunk Route runs through:
The Mediterranean – Indian Ocean
The North Atlantic Ocean
The South Atlantic Ocean
The North Pacific Ocean
Answer:
a) The Mediterranean – Indian Ocean.
Q.19. The Big Inch pipeline transports:
a. Milk
b. Liquid Petroleum Gas
c. Water
d. Petroleum
Answer:
d. Petroleum.
Q.20. Which one of the pair of the following places is linked by Channel Tunnel?
a. London – Berlin
b. Paris – London
c. Berlin – Paris
d. Barcelona – Berlin
Answer:
Paris – London
Q.21. COMECON is a pipeline of
a. USA
b. USSR
c. Iraq
d. India
Answer:
b. USSR
Explanation: - This pipeline is 4800 km. long. It was built to carry oil from the Volga and Ural regions to East Europe
Q.22. National High way No – 1, and No – 2, are known as:
a. Grand Truck Road
b. Mathura Road
c. Asif Ali Marg
d. Non
Answer:
a) Grand Truck Road.
Explanation: - It was constructed by Sher Shah Suri.
Q.23.Huge data transmitted to long distances with the help of :
a. Internet
b. Telephone
c. Optical fibres
d. Telegraph
Answer:
c) Optical fibres.
Q.24.Who used the term cyber space for the first time:
a. William Jones
b. William Jacob
c. William Gibson
d. Watson
Answer:
c) William Gibson.
Exp. He was a fiction writer .
Q.25.Which of the following is not correct?
a. Water transport is cheaper than the other means of transport .
b. Panama canal connects Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
c. Trans-Siberian Railways is a major rail route of Europe.
d. National high ways join the states capital.
Answer:
c) Trans-Siberian Railways is a major rail route of Europe.
Q.26. Conveyance of information from the place of origin to the place of destination through a channel is called:
a. Transmission
b. Communication
c. Transformation
d. None
Answer:
b. Communication
Exp. Radio, Television, Newspapers are the means of communication
Q.27. Which of the following provides linkages between the areas of production and areas of consumption?
a. Transport
b. Communication
c. Trade
d. Transport & Communication
Answer:
d. Transport & Communication
Exp. World economy world come to a grinding halt if these were cease to function.
Q.28. In thickly forested areas and on the mountains which mode of the transport is best suited:
a. Land
b. Water
c. Pipeline
d. Human portage
Answer:
d. Human portage
Exp. Because humans can move on rough terrains where metalled roads can not be construct.
Q.29. Man started using animals for transportation about how many years ago:
a. 2,000
b. 5,000
c. 3,000
d. 4,000
Answer:
c) 3,000
Exp. Horses and mules were the chief beasts of burden.
Q.30. Steam engine was invented in the:
a. Early eighteenth century
b. late 18th century
c. 17th century
d. 16th century
Answer:
b. late 18th century
Q.31. Europe accounts for how many world’s total high ways:
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 30%
d. 15%
Answer:
b. 20%
Exp. Road network is so dense there.
Q.32. About how many percent of world’s vehicle are in Europe:
a. 50%
b. 25%
c. 35%
d. 20%
Answer:
b. 25%
Q.33. The focal point of roads in European Russia is how many:
a. Irkutsk
b. Moscow
c. France
d. Ukraine
Answer:
b. Moscow
Q.34.Road network of U.S.A is ….Km long:
a. 50 lakhs
b. 60 lakhs
c. 40 lakhs
d. 10 lakhs
Answer:
b. 60 lakhs.
Q.35.Which of the following country has the longest road network in the world:
a. U.S.S.R
b. Europe
c. U.S.A d)India
Answer:
c) U.S.A
Q.36. About 1/3rd of the world’s vehicle are found in …:
a. U.S.A
b. India
c. Australia d)Europe
Answer:
a. U.S.A
Q.37.Trans-Continental Stuart highway is a major road of:
a. U.S.A
b. Europe
c. Australia
d. Newzealand
Answer:
b. Europe.
Q.38.The longest National Highways of India is :
a. N.H.1
b. N.H.2
c. N.H.6
d. N.H.7
Answer:
d. N.H.7
Exp. It runs Varanasi to Kannyakumari.
Q.39.Total length of N.H.7 is :
a. 2315Km
b. 2325 Km
c. 2413 Km d)2431 km
Answer:
b. 2325Km.
Q.40.The first railway was opened between Stockton and Darlington in :
a. Germany
b. England
c. France
d. Amsterdam
Answer:
b. England
Exp.In the year 1825.
Q.41. Greatest railway density is found in :
a. U.S.A
b. Europe
c. India d Japan
Answer:
b. Europe
Exp. Density is 1 Km of railway/6.5km.
Q.42.Total railway rout length in India is :
a. 60,023 Km
b. 63,028Km
c. 50,023 d)43,025Km
Answer:
b. 63,028 Km.
Q.43.Total rail rout length in Japan is:
a. 28,000Km
b. 25,000Km.
c. 30,000 Km
d. 40,000 Km
Answer:
a) 28,000Km.
Q.44.The most important inland waterway is :
a. Great Lakes Waterway.
b. Mississippi water way
c. Nile water way
d. Suez Canal
Answer:
a) Great Lakes Water way.
Exp.The ships can come up to 3260 Km inland.
Q.45.Parana-Paraguay water way is an important inland waterway of :
a. N.America
b. S. America
c. Germany
d. Africa
Answer:
b. S.America
Q.46. North Atlantic route has ….world’s major ports:
a. 10
b. 18
c. 28
d. 25
Answer:
c) 28
Exp. Total major ports are 53.
Q.47.Suez canal is ……Km long :
a. 158
b. 168
c. 164
d. 162
Answer:
b. 168.
Exp. It connects Mediterranean with the Red sea.
Q.48. Trans-Arabian pipeline :
a. Carries oil from Ras Tanura to Sidon
b. Is 1600Km long
c. It is the most important pipe line of Middle East.
d. All the above
Answer:
d. all the above.
Q.49.Comecon 4800km long pipe line carries: 91)
a. Natural Gas
b. Oil
c. Milk
d. Water
Answer:
b. Oil
Exp. It is in the Ural region of Russia.
Q.50.Apple Satellite was launched in :
a. 1971
b. 1981
c. 1991
d. 2000
Answer:
b. 1981
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