This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Transport > Transport And Communication In India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Transport And Communication In India Quiz 1 (52 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is not true about telecommunication? A) It is the fastest means of communication used in India today. B) Wifi has now made access to the internet difficult and slower in cities. C) People use mobile phones to talk and send message each other. D) E-mail requires an internet connection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wifi has now made access to the internet difficult and slower in cities. 2. ..... trains run within the city on elevated and underground tracks. A) Super-fast. B) Metro. C) Local. D) Express. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metro. 3. What is common between Palace on Wheels and Maharaja Express? A) They are metro trains. B) They are cargo trains. C) They are luxury trains. D) They are luxury planes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are luxury trains. 4. Which of the following is not true about roadways? A) Roads connect people and places. B) Passengers travel on roads from one place to another. C) Roads carry raw materials to industries and finished products to markets. D) Roads are only of one type. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Roads are only of one type. 5. ..... are used to carry oil and other petroleum products from one place to another. A) Cargo ships. B) Huge ships. C) Tanker ships. D) Passenger ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tanker ships. 6. Which country has the second largest road network in the world? A) India. B) Russia. C) Germany. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 7. Which word matches the given meaning:something that will decay easily? A) Broadcast. B) Remote. C) Perishable. D) Non perishable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perishable. 8. Rajdhani is a type of ..... A) Plane. B) Train. C) Ship. D) Bus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Train. 9. In which state and year did the first train in India run? A) Rajasthan, 1856. B) Maharashtra, 1853. C) Uttar Pradesh, 1852. D) West Bengal, 1851. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maharashtra, 1853. 10. During emergency situations, which mode of transport is used to carry out rescue work and provide relief to people? A) Waterways. B) Airways. C) Roadways. D) Railways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Airways. 11. Annadurai International Airport is at ..... A) Mumbai. B) Delhi. C) Kolkata. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chennai. 12. Why is television the most important means of entertainment? A) People watch news channels and live programmes on it. B) It is a major medium of marketing and advertisement. C) Films, serials are broadcasted on television. D) All of the options. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the options. 13. Which of the following cities is not connected by the Golden Quadrilateral network of highways? A) Bengaluru. B) Mumbai. C) Chennai. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bengaluru. 14. What medium do we use to communicate something to a large number of people? A) Newspaper. B) Films. C) Television. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 15. Which country has the largest postal network in the world? A) America. B) UAE. C) Australia. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) India. 16. A medium of communication through which we can both see and hear A) Magazine. B) Telephone. C) Radio. D) Television. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Television. 17. Which one is an example for print media? A) Telephone. B) Fax. C) Magazine. D) Computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magazine. 18. What does WWW stands for? A) World Wish Web. B) World Wide Web. C) World White Web. D) World With Web. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) World Wide Web. 19. Which one of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa? [IAS 2007] A) NH 7. B) NH 6. C) NH 5. D) NH 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NH 6. 20. What is the correct sequence of hill stations according to height above mean sea level in descending order? A) Kodaikanal, Darjeeling, Shimla and Mahabaleshwar. B) Shimla, Darjeeling, Kodaikanal and Mahabaleshwar. C) Kodaikanal, Shimla, Mahabaleshwar and Darjeeling. D) Mahabaleshwar, Shimla, Darjeeling and Kodaikanal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shimla, Darjeeling, Kodaikanal and Mahabaleshwar. 21. Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip? [IAS2007] A) Simlipal National Park. B) Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary. C) Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary. D) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park. 22. In which one of the following places is the headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway located? [CDS 2008] A) Gorakhpur. B) Bhubaneswar. C) Kolkata. D) Guwahati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gorakhpur. 23. Which one of the following is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India? [IAS 2003] A) Constructing high rise building and sky scrapers. B) Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location. C) Building up suburbs and satellite towns around the main city. D) Preventing immigration of people into the metropolitan city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location. 24. Which one of the following statements on biosphere reserves is not correct? [CDS 2010] A) In 1973, UNESCO launched a worldwide programme on man and biosphere. B) Biosphere reserves promote research on ecological conservation. C) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh. D) Biosphere reserves are multipurpose protected areas to preserve the genetic diversity in ecosystems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh. 25. The first month of the 'Saka era' is: [IAS 2003] A) Vaishakha. B) Phalguna. C) Bhadon. D) Chaitra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chaitra. 26. Which is the largest tiger reserve in India? [SSC Graduate 2003] A) Nagarjuna. B) Corbett. C) Pench. D) Manas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corbett. 27. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [IAS 2006] Railway Zone Headquarters A) Eastern Railway:Kolkata. B) South East Central Railway:Bilaspur. C) North Eastern Railway:Gorakhpur. D) South Eastern Railway:Bhubhaneswar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South Eastern Railway:Bhubhaneswar. 28. Among the following cities, which one is at the highest altitude above mean sea level? [IAS 2003] A) Jodhpur. B) Bangalore. C) Nagpur. D) Delhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bangalore. 29. Which one of the following is NOT the port town of Gujarat? [UP PCS 2011] A) Jamnagar. B) Okha. C) Porbandar. D) Verval. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jamnagar. 30. Which among the following is the major item of export from Paradeep Port? [NDA 2008] A) Iron Ore. B) Fish. C) Rice. D) Tea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron Ore. 31. Two important rivers-one with its source in Jharkhand (and known by a different name in Odisha), and another, with its source in Odisha-merge at a place only a short distance from the coast of Bay of Bengal before flowing into the sea. This is an important site of wildlife and biodiversity and a protected area. Which one of the following could be this? [CSAT 2011] A) Bhitarkanika. B) Chandipur-on-sea. C) Gopalpur-on-sea. D) Simlipal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhitarkanika. 32. Which one among the following is a correct sequence of the Indian ports from north to south? [NDA 2011) A) Haldia-Kandla-Paradeep-Kochi. B) Kandla-Haldia-Paradeep-Kochi. C) Kandla-Haldia-Kochi-Paradeep. D) Kochi-Kandla-Haldia - Paradeep. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kandla-Haldia-Paradeep-Kochi. 33. Which of the following towns is not on the "Golden Quadrilateral" being created for the roads infrastructure of the country? [SSC Graduate 2003] A) Chennai. B) Bhubhaneshwar. C) Hyderabad. D) Vishakhapatnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyderabad. 34. The 'Grand Trunk Road' connects: [Asstt Comm PF 2002] A) Kolkata and Mumbai. B) Delhi and Chennai. C) Kolkata and Amritsar. D) Tirupati and Ludhiana. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kolkata and Amritsar. 35. Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in: [CDS 2004] A) Madhya Pradesh. B) Maharashtra. C) Himachal Pradesh. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gujarat. 36. Which among the following National Highways of India is the longest? [CDS 2005] A) NH 4. B) NH 1. C) NH 3. D) NH 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NH 2. 37. Which National Highway connects Chennai and Visakhapatnam? [Asstt Comm 2008] A) NH 5. B) NH 8. C) NH 4. D) NH 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NH 5. 38. Which of the following was not one of the consequences of the policy of exporting raw materials and food grains from India to Britain? [IAS 2003] A) It raised the prices of raw materials. B) It brought enormous profits to unscrupulous businessman. C) It led to agricultural shortage and famines. D) It denuded the country of her agricultural surplus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It led to agricultural shortage and famines. 39. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? [CDS 2009] National Park State A) KanhaNational Park:Madhya Pradesh. B) Sultanpur National Park:Haryana. C) Ranthambore National Park:Gujarat. D) Bandipur National Park:Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ranthambore National Park:Gujarat. 40. The position of Indian Railways network in the world is [SSC Grad 2011] A) Third. B) Second. C) Fifth. D) Fourth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fourth. 41. Which one is not located on National Highway-2 (NH-2)? [BPSC 2011] A) Sasaram. B) Patna. C) Mohania. D) Aurangabad. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sasaram. 42. Which one among the following has the maximum number of National Parks? [IAS 2008] A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands. B) Arunachal Pradesh. C) Assam. D) Meghalaya. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 43. Which of the following States is least developed in rail routes? [NDA 2002] A) Chhattisgarh. B) Jharkhand. C) Manipur. D) Uttaranchal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Manipur. 44. A person wants to visit the national parks in Ranthambhor. Gir and Bandipur located in three different states of India. To which one of the following states does he need not go in this connection? A) Karnataka. B) Rajasthan. C) Kerala. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kerala. 45. Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given tiger reserves of India from north of south? [CDS 2010] A) Dudwa-Kanha-Indravati-Bandipur. B) Kanha-Bandipur-Dudwa-Indravati. C) Indravati-Kanha-Dudwa-Bandipur. D) Dudwa-Kanha-Bandipur - Indravati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dudwa-Kanha-Indravati-Bandipur. 46. The last three digits of a PIN code represent: A) Mailing route. B) Sorting district. C) Sub-zone. D) Zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sorting district. 47. Which one of the following is located in the Bastar region? [IAS 2007] A) Bandhavgarh National Park. B) Dandeli Sanctuary. C) Rajaji National Park. D) Indravati National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indravati National Park. 48. The Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found in: A) The Rann of Kachch. B) Sunderbans. C) Assam forests. D) Cauvery delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Rann of Kachch. 49. India is divided into how many pin code zones? A) Eight. B) Seven. C) Six. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eight. 50. Which is the first National Park established in India? [Asstt Comm PF 2003] A) Velvadna National Park. B) Periyar National Park. C) Bandipur National Park. D) Corbett National Park. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Corbett National Park. 51. Kanha National Park belongs to which one among the following biogeographical areas in the world? [CDS 2011] A) Tropical Sub-humid Forests. B) Tropical Dry Forests. C) Tropical Humid Forests. D) Tropical Moist Forests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tropical Sub-humid Forests. 52. Where is the old and over 2 km-long 'Pamban Railway Bridge', which attracts tourists from all over the country? [Asstt Comm 2008] A) Nilgiris. B) Malabar coast. C) Palk straits. D) Krishna delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palk straits. Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPorts QuizRailways QuizTransport And Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books