Question

12. Give at least three examples to explain that the choice of mode of transportation depends on
the type of goods and services to be transported, transportation cost and the means of
transport available.
13. Define Highways. Write four characteristics of modern highways of the world.
4. How has the Rhine waterway been a boon for those countries through which it passes? Explain
with examples.
(Foreign 2010)
5. Mention the famous oil pipeline of the U.S.A. How are pipelines one of the most convenient mode
of transport? Explain any four points.
(Delhi 2011)
6. Classify satellite system of India into two groups on the basis of configuration and purpose.
Explain the main feature of each group.
(Delhi 2009
7. What is satellite communication? How has it brought revolutionary changes in the field of
communication in the world? Explain?
(Foreign 2011)
. Study the map given and answer the questions that follow:
(i) Name the railway line shown in this map.
(ii) Name its terminal stations marked in the map as A and B.
(iii) Name the two ocean-coasts which are being connected by this railway line..
[Hints: (i)Trans-Siberian Railway, (ii) Vladivostok and St. Petersburg, (iii) Pacific Ocean an
Baltic Sea.]​

Answer 1

Truck , bus , car , dumpe