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Bihar Board Class 10 (BSEB) Lifelines of National Economy — practice questions

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The most important means of moving freight in India is:Read the answer and worked solution →India has the second-largest road network in the world, after:Read the answer and worked solution →National Highway 44 — the longest in India — runs between:Read the answer and worked solution →India's container traffic is highest at which port?Read the answer and worked solution →The Golden Quadrilateral super-highway project connects which four metropolitan cities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's biggest inland-waterway terminal port?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first major satellite-launch operation hub is at:Read the answer and worked solution →In which year was the Indian Postal Service introduced under colonial rule?Read the answer and worked solution →India's longest river-linked inland waterway is NW1 — what does NW1 connect?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the southernmost major port on India's east coast?Read the answer and worked solution →In your syllabus, 'trade' refers to:Read the answer and worked solution →Which transport mode is MOST suited for moving petroleum and natural gas across long distances within India?Read the answer and worked solution →India's first long-distance pipeline operational network for crude oil runs between:Read the answer and worked solution →India's foreign-trade composition has SHIFTED in recent decades to include MORE exports of:Read the answer and worked solution →India has emerged as one of the most favoured destinations for which kind of tourism?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian airline corporation, prior to nationalisation reform, operated India's international flights?Read the answer and worked solution →India's deepest landlocked port, fully mechanised for handling iron-ore exports, is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Konkan Railway, a major engineering feat under Indian Railways, links Mumbai with which southern Indian city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which mode of transport in India has the LOWEST share of freight movement, per the chapter?Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every means of transportRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: transport in IndiaRead the answer and worked solution →

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The most important means of moving freight in India is:

  1. Roadways
  2. Railways
  3. Airways
  4. Pipelines
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Correct answer: B. Railways

1. Your syllabus lists transport modes by freight share. 2. Indian Railways is the most important mode of transport for goods and passengers over long distances. 3. It is also the largest public-sector undertaking in India. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Railways ¶1_

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India has the second-largest road network in the world, after:

  1. China
  2. Russia
  3. USA
  4. Brazil
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Correct answer: C. USA

1. syllabus ranks India's road network globally. 2. India has one of the largest road networks in the world, aggregating around 62.16 lakh km, second only to the USA. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Roadways ¶1_

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National Highway 44 — the longest in India — runs between:

  1. Mumbai and Kolkata
  2. Srinagar (Kashmir) and Kanyakumari
  3. Delhi and Chennai
  4. Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam (typical)
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Correct answer: B. Srinagar (Kashmir) and Kanyakumari

1. syllabus discusses major National Highways. 2. NH-44 (the renumbered NH-7 + extensions) runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari — the longest National Highway in India. 3. It passes through Delhi, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and many other major cities. _Source: syllabus Geography Contemporary India - II, Ch 7 "Lifelines of National Economy", §Roadways ¶2_

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