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Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first road from Peshawar to Kolkata known as?
© What are the chief means of transportation in India?
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3. What is a National Highway?
4. Name the organisation responsible for the development and maintenance of high
levelopment and maintenance of highways in India.
5. Name the two major projects undertaken by NHAI.
6. What is an Expressway?
7. Why is road transport favoured in the northern plains of India?
8. Why is road transport in India considered more useful than rail transport? State two FC
in support of your answer.
9. Name four cities which have Metro rail network.
10. What is an EMU?
11. How many zones do the Indian Railways have?
12. Give two advantages and two disadvantages of railways.
13. Mention any three problems being faced by the Indian Railways.
14. What is the name of the National Airlines of India?
15. Give one advantage and one disadvantage of air transport.
16. What are the two prerequisites of waterways to be navigable?
17. Mention one advantage and one disadvantage of inland waterways.
18. Name a port on the east coast which is often hit by cyclones during the months of October
and November.
19. Name two situations where helicopter services may be used?



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Answer 1

1. Grand Trunk Road .
2. Railways.
3. The national highway are a network of trunk roads that is owned by the Ministry of road transport and highways.
4. National Highway Authority of India ( NHIA ) .
5. Two major projects undertaken by NHAI are: • National highway development project , • state highways .
6. An expressway is a high speed road with partial access and extra facilities.
7. Because this is agriculturally rich region and roads ate huge amount of fertilisers , food grain from one region to another.
8. ●Road transport is easy to access in hilly areas where as Rail transport is difficult to reach such places. ●construction and maintenance cost is less in Road transport whereas more in Rail transport.
9. Kolkata , Chennai , Delhi, Jaipur , etc have metro rail network.
10. Emu is a tallest bird from Australia.
11. Indian railways is divided into 17 zones , where further sub divided into division.
12. Two advantages of railways are Dependable and Better organised. Two disadvantages of railways are Huge capital outlay and Lack of door to door service.
13. problems faced by Indian railways are : ● It lack repair and maintenance of tracks , ● Maintenance of bridges , ● Many passengers travel without tickets causing loss of revenues .
14. Aur India is the national airlines of India.
15. Advantage of air transport is high speed and Disadvantage of air transport is very costly.
16. Two prerequisites of waterways to be navigable are Bridge must have sufficient clearance and There should not be many obstructions.
17. Advantage of inland waterways is that it helps in the transportation of bulky and heavy goods. Disadvantage of inland waterways is that goods can't be transported if inland waterway has barriers like rapids and waterfalls .
18. vishakhapatnam .
19. Two situations are : ● Rescue operation from deep valleys . ● Rescue from floods.

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