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UPSC CDS Transport & National Parks — practice questions — page 3

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Slice the portsRead the answer and worked solution →West or east coastRead the answer and worked solution →Which port relieves whichRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Ports bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A barber, a teacher and a lawyer all sell skills rather than goods. Which sector are they in?Read the answer and worked solution →Buying and selling items produced elsewhere is called:Read the answer and worked solution →A village mandi that serves nearby settlements with basic goods is which kind of centre?Read the answer and worked solution →A market that is held on fixed days and moves from village to village is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Which was the first large-scale innovation in retailing?Read the answer and worked solution →A retailer buys stock in bulk from an intermediary merchant, not a factory. This is:Read the answer and worked solution →Lines on a map joining places that take equal time to reach are called:Read the answer and worked solution →In a transport network, the meeting point of two or more routes is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Why are all forms of transport also called lines of communication?Read the answer and worked solution →Which developments made communication independent of transport?Read the answer and worked solution →Radio and television reach vast audiences and are therefore called:Read the answer and worked solution →A grocery shop or laundry is which order of service compared with an accountant?Read the answer and worked solution →A multiplex sits in the Central Business District but a golf course does not. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Mumbai's dabbawalas deliver tiffins to about how many customers?Read the answer and worked solution →Travel for recreation rather than business is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Tourism is the world's largest tertiary activity. How many registered jobs does it provide?Read the answer and worked solution →About 55,000 patients from which country came to India for treatment in 2005?Read the answer and worked solution →Heritage home-stays in Goa, Madikere and Coorg are examples of which tourism factor?Read the answer and worked solution →Research, development and information based work form which sector?Read the answer and worked solution →The highest level decision and policy makers perform which activities?Read the answer and worked solution →Senior executives, research scientists and top consultants are nicknamed which collar?Read the answer and worked solution →Giving work to an outside agency to cut costs is outsourcing. When that work goes overseas it is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the service jobsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the call centre landsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the sectorsRead the answer and worked solution →

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Slice the ports

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Does not match the category
  1. Karachi
  2. Colombo
  3. Dubai
  4. Singapore
Matches the category
  1. Kandla
  2. Paradip
  3. Haldia
  4. Tuticorin
  5. Ennore
  6. Kochi
Instructions
Slice only the names of major Indian ports.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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West or east coast

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Upper category
West coast
Lower category
East coast
Items
  1. Category
    West coast
    Item
    Kandla
  2. Category
    West coast
    Item
    Marmagao
  3. Category
    West coast
    Item
    Kochi
  4. Category
    West coast
    Item
    Mumbai
  5. Category
    East coast
    Item
    Haldia
  6. Category
    East coast
    Item
    Paradip
  7. Category
    East coast
    Item
    Ennore
  8. Category
    East coast
    Item
    Tuticorin
Instructions
Send each port to the coast it lies on.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Which port relieves which

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Items
  1. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    Kandla
  2. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    Nhava Sheva
  3. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    JNPT
  4. Group
    Kolkata
    Item
    Haldia
  5. Group
    Kolkata
    Item
    Diamond Hbr
  6. Group
    Chennai
    Item
    Ennore
  7. Group
    Chennai
    Item
    Tuticorin
Groups
  1. Item
    Mumbai
  2. Item
    Kolkata
  3. Item
    Chennai
Instructions
Drop each satellite port onto the big port it was built to relieve.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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