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UPSC CSE Minerals & Industries — practice questions — page 8

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The Border Roads Organisation was established in:Read the answer and worked solution →India's first train ran from Mumbai to Thane in:Read the answer and worked solution →The first train from Mumbai to Thane covered:Read the answer and worked solution →Indian Railways is now reorganised into how many zones?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian Railway network extends over about:Read the answer and worked solution →Broad gauge track width is:Read the answer and worked solution →The Konkan railway runs along which coast?Read the answer and worked solution →The cheapest means of transport, suited to heavy and bulky goods, is:Read the answer and worked solution →India's inland navigation waterways total:Read the answer and worked solution →National Waterway No.2 on the Brahmaputra runs between Sadiya and:Read the answer and worked solution →What share of India's trade by volume moves by sea?Read the answer and worked solution →India's coastline is about:Read the answer and worked solution →Kandla, also called Deendayal Port, was developed after Independence to offset the loss of:Read the answer and worked solution →Which port is India's premier iron ore exporter, handling about half of such exports?Read the answer and worked solution →New Mangalore port exports iron ore concentrates from which mines?Read the answer and worked solution →Which port is an inland riverine port requiring constant dredging of the Hooghly?Read the answer and worked solution →Air transport in India was nationalised in:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the major portsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the road wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the transport yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the transport wordsRead the answer and worked solution →West coast or east coastRead the answer and worked solution →Sort road, rail and waterRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Lifelines bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Border Roads Organisation was established in:

  1. 1953
  2. 1947
  3. 1972
  4. 1960
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Correct answer: D. 1960

1. It builds strategic roads in border areas. 2. It was set up in 1960. 3. It improved access in difficult terrain. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 7, Lifelines of National Economy._

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India's first train ran from Mumbai to Thane in:

  1. 1853
  2. 1947
  3. 1900
  4. 1835
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Correct answer: A. 1853

1. It covered 34 km. 2. The year was 1853. 3. Indian Railways is the largest public sector undertaking. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 7, Lifelines of National Economy._

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The first train from Mumbai to Thane covered:

  1. 68 km
  2. 34 km
  3. 100 km
  4. 10 km
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Correct answer: B. 34 km

1. It steamed off in 1853. 2. The distance was 34 km. 3. The network now exceeds 68,000 km. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India II, Chapter 7, Lifelines of National Economy._

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