CBSE Class 12 Geography Transport and Communication MCQ

Question: Which stations are joined by the North-South corridor?
(a) Srinagar – Kanniyakumari
(b) Delhi – Chennai
(c) Jaipur – Salem
(d) Patna – Kochi

Answer: A

Question: The National highways system is the responsibility of?
(a) State Governments
(b) Central Government
(c) A Special Roads Authority
(d) State and Central Governments

Answer:  B

Question: Which is the busiest sea route of the world?
(a) North atlantic
(b) Pacific route
(c) Indian ocean
(d) Panama route

Answer: A

Question: The first CNG based train of India started on 13 January 2015, run between-
(a) Rewari to Rohtak
(b) Delhi to Mumbai
(c) Rohtak to Nizamuddin
(d) Howrah to Delhi

Answer: A

Question:What is the share of National Highways inroads of India?
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 3%
(d) 4%

Answer: D

Question: When was the status of SCI change from a private limited company to a public limited?
(a) October 2, 1961
(b) October 27, 1986
(c) September 18, 1992
(d) January 26, 1995

Answer:  C

Question: In which of the following year, the first radio programme was broadcast?
(a) 1911
(b) 1936
(c) 1927
(d) 1923

Answer: D

Question: Which of the following is NOT a port?
(a) Kochi
(b) Paradip
(c) Rameswaram
(d) Vishakapatnam

Answer:  C

Question: Name the longest railway route of the world.
(a) Trans Siberian railway
(b) Trans Canadian railway
(c) Trans Australian railway
(d) None of these

Answer:  A

Question: You can make calls by which of the following means of communication?
(a) Post card
(b) Speed post
(c) Telephone
(d) Telegram

Answer:  C

Question: Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?  
(a) Agra-Mumbai
(b) Chennai-Thane
(c) Kolkata-Hajira
(d) Pune-Machilipatnam

Answer:  C

Question: Which of the following recently made 17th zone of Indian Railway?
(a) Metro Rail in Kolkata
(b) South Central Railway (SCR)
(c) North Central Railway
(d) North Frontier

Answer: A

Question: On which river and between which two places does the National Water Way No. 1 lie?
(a) The Brahmaputra, Sadiya-Dhubri
(b) The Ganga, Haldia-Allahabad
(c) West Coast Canal, Kottapuram to Kollam

Answer: B

Question:  In which year was the Indian Broadcasting System changed to All India Radio?
(a) 1920
(b) 1930
(c) 1936
(d) 1956

Answer:  C

Question:  Which was the first superfast train in India?
(a) Rajdhani Express
(b) Shatabdi Express
(c) Duronto Express
(d) Sampark Kranti Express

Answer: A

Question: Which of the following is the World’s largest exporter of beef?
(a) Argentina
(b) Brazil
(c) New Zealand
(d) Uruguay

Answer:  A

 Question: Border Road Organisation was setup in which year?
(a) 1963
(b) 1978
(c) 1960
(d) 1989

Answer:  C

Question: The new railway coach factory has been set up in Punjab at
(a) Amritsar
(b) Ludhiana
(c) Kapurthala
(d) Jalandhar

Answer:  C

Question: Which one of the following pairs of States are connected by the National Highway No 4?
(a) Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh
(b) Andhra Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh and Paschim Banga
(d) Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra

Answer: D

Question: What is the length of inland waterways in India?
(a) 14,000 km
(b) 14,200 km
(c) 14,300 km
(d) 14,500 km

Answer: D

Question: How many categories of gauges are in India?
(a) 5
(b) 3
(c) 7
(d) 16

Answer: B

Question: Air transport in India was started in which year?
(a) 1911
(b) 1967
(c) 1935
(d) 1950

Answer:  A

Question: Which is not the name of an international airport?
(a) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
(b) Indira Gandhi International Airport
(c) Palam Airport
(d) Meenam Bakkam

Answer:  C

Question: What is the width of a standard gauge railway?
(a) 1.5 m
(b) 1.44 m
(c) 1 m
(d) O.75 m

Answer:  C

Question: What is the approximate area of India (in million km²)? 
(a) 2.78
(b) 3.28
(c) 4.35
(d) 3.6

Answer: B

Question: National Remote Sensing Centre is headquartered at ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Mumbai
(d) Bengaluru

Answer: B

Question: India’s railway network is the fourth largest in the world standing next to 
(a) Japan, U.S.S.R., Germany
(b) Japan, China, U.K
(c) Germany, Italy and France
(d) U.S.S.R., U.S.A., Canada

Answer: D