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Chapter 8 Transport and Communication MCQ with Answers Class 12 Geography

MCQ Questions Class 12 Geography Transport and Communication provided below have been prepared by expert teachers of grade 12. These objective questions with solutions are expected to come in the upcoming Standard 12 examinations. Learn the below provided MCQ questions to get better marks in examinations.

Question. Which of these is the most important body in India engaged in exploration and production of crude oil?
a. Oil India Ltd.
b. Bharat Petroleum
c. ONGC Videsh
d. Indane Ltd.

Question. ‘India’ was merged with Air India to form a single airline in which of the following years?
a. 2009
b. 2011
c. 1992
d. 1981

Question. The NationalWaterway-II lies on which river in India?
a. Ganga
b. Yamuna
c. Brahmaputra
d. Chambal

Question. The Golden Quadrilateral connects which of these cities in India?
a. Delhi-Gurugram-Faridabad – Mumbai
b. Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai-Kolkata
c. Chennai-Bengaluru-Hyderabad-Pune
d. Delhi-Chennai-Bengaluru-Pune

Question. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a. Nagpur Plan – 1993
b. Twenty-year road plan – 1961
c. NHAI – 1995
d. BRO – 1985

Question. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
a. Golden Quadrilateral – Connects Delhi-Mumbai- Chennai-Kolkata
b. North-South Corridor – Connects Srinagar with Kanniyakumari
c. East-West Corridor – Connects Silchar with Ahmedabad
d. Aman Setu – Connects Srinagar andMuzaffarabad

Question. What is the rank of India in terms of road networks in the world?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth

Question. Which of the following is a part of land transportation?
a. Roadways
b. Railways
c. Pipelines
d. All of these

Question. Arrange the following waterways in sequence as per their numbering.
I. Kottapuram–Kollam Stretch
II. Sadiya–Dhubri Stretch
III. Allahabad–Haldia Stretch
IV. Kakinada, Puducherry Stretch
Codes
a. I, II, III, IV
b. III, II, I, IV
c. IV, III, II, I
d. III, I, II, IV

Question. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option for the same.
I. India has different kinds of roads like National Highways, State Highways, major district roads and rural roads.
II. Roads are classified for the purpose of construction and maintenance.
Codes
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both the statements are incorrect
d. Both statements are correct and statement II correctly explains statement I.

Question. Arrange the following roads in sequence as per their importance.
I. District Roads     II. State Highways
III. Rural Roads     IV. National Highways
Codes
a. I, II, III, IV
b. IV, III, II, I
c. IV, II, I, III
d. II, I, IV, III

Question. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option for the same.
I. Indian Railway is the largest government undertaking in India.
II. The large size of Indian Railways puts huge pressure on a centralised Railway Management System.
Codes
a. Only I is correct
b. Only II is correct
c. Both I and II are correct
d. Both are incorrect

Question. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option from the given options.
I. The first attempt to improve and modernise road network was made in 1943 with Nagpur Plan.
II. Due to lack of coordination among princely states and British India, Nagpur Plan was not implemented.
Codes
a. Only I is correct
b. Both II and II are correct
c. Only II is correct
d. Both are incorrect

Question. Match the following columns.
Column I                          Column II 
(National Waterways)        (Stretch)
A. NW-1                         1. Allahabad-Haldia
B. NW-2                         2. Sadiya-Dhubri
C. NW-3                         3. Kottapuram-Kollam
D. NW-4                         4. Kakinada, Puducherry
Codes
   A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 4 3 2 1
c. 1 4 3 2
d. 2 1 4 3

Question. Match the following columns.
Column I                         Column II
(Railway Zones)           (Headquarters)
A. Central                       1. Kolkata
B. Eastern                      2. Bhubaneshwar
C. East Central               3. New Delhi
D. East Coast                 4. Hajipur
E. Northem                    5. Mumbai CST
F. North Central              6. Allahabad
Codes
   A B C D E F 
a. 1 2 3 4 5 6
b. 6 5 4 3 2 1
c. 5 1 4 2 3 6
d. 1 4 3 6 5 2

Question. Read the table given below and answer the questions that follow.
Indian Road Network (2016)
S. No. Road Category                             Length in Km
1. National Highways/Expressways              101011
2. State Highways                                      176166
3. Major District Roads                               561940
4. Rural Roads                                           3935377
Total                                                       4774454

Question. The National Highways are maintained by which of the following organisations?
a. NHAI
b. State Governments
c. BRO
d. Defence Ministry

Question. What is the percentage share of National Highways to the total road network in India?
a. 1.3%
b. 2.1%
c. 12%
d. 80%

Question. Which type of roads connect the state capitals with district headquarters and other important towns?
a. District roads
b. Rural roads
c. State Highways
d. Border roads

Question. Which of the following roads account about 80% of the total road length in India?
a. Rural Roads
b. National Highways
c. State Highways
d. Major district roads

Read the case/source given and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct option.

Pipelines are the most convenient and efficient mode of transporting liquids and gases over long distances. Even solids can also be transported by pipelines after converting them into slurry. Oil India Limited (OIL) under the administrative set up of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas is engaged in the exploration, production and transportation of crude oil and natural gas. It was incorporated in 1959 as a company. Asia’s first cross country pipeline covering a distance of 1,157 km was constructed by OIL from Naharkatiya oilfield in Assam to Barauni refinery in Bihar. It was further extended up to Kanpur in 1966. Another extensive network of pipelines has been constructed in the Western region of India of which Ankleshwar-Koyali, Mumbai High- Koyali and Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur (HVJ) are most important. Recently, a 1256 km long pipeline connecting Salaya (Gujarat) with Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) has been constructed.
It supplies crude oil from Gujarat to Punjab (Jalandhar) via Mathura. OIL is in the process of constructing of 660 km long pipeline from Numaligarh to Siligur.

Question. Which of the following organisations is responsible for constructing Asia’s first cross country pipeline?
a. ONGC Videsh
b. Indane Ltd
c. Bharat Petroleum
d. Oil India Limited

Question. Which of the following commodities can be transported through pipelines?
a. Petroleum
b. Natural Gas
c. Sewage
d. All of these

Question. Hazira-Vijaipur-Jagdishpur pipeline connects which of the following States of India?
a. Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh–Chhattisgarh
b. Gujarat–Madhya Pradesh–Jharkhand
c. Gujarat–Rajasthan–Jharkhand
d. Maharashtra–Rajasthan–Haryana

Question. Kanpur, where Asia’s first cross country pipeline was extended in 1966, is located in which of the following parts of India?
a. Southern Part
b. Northern Part
c. Eastern Part
d. Western Part