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Class 10 Social Science MCQs Chapter 7 Lifelines of National Economy
Lifelines of National Economy Class 10 MCQ Question 1. What is the name given to the International Airport at Kolkata?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Meenambakkam
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer
Answer: d
2. Which one of the following means of transport is used for carrying solids in a slurry form? [Foreign 2012]
(a) Trucks
(b) Railways
(c) Pipelines
(d) Ships
Answer
Lifelines of National Economy Class 10 MCQ With Answer: c
3. Which one of the following is an inland riverine port? [Delhi 2012]
(a) Kandla
(b) Kolkata
(c) Mumbai
(d) Tuticorin
Answer
Answer: b
4. Which one of the following is not the means of mass communication?
(a) Cards and envelopes
(b) Radio
(c) Newspaper
(d) Films
Answer
Answer: a
5. The longest pipeline connects
(a) Hazira to Kanpur
(.b) Salaya to Jalandhar
(c) Flazira to Jagdishpur
(d) Koyali to Haldia
Answer
Answer: c
6. Difference between the total value of exports and imports is called.
(a) Balance of Payment
(b) Balance of Trade
(c) Surplus Budget
(d) Deficit Balance
Answer
Answer: b
7. Which one of the following countries has the largest telecom network in Asia?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Pakistan
(d) India
Answer
Answer: d
8. STD refers to
(a) Suburban Telephone Dialing
(b) Subscriber Trunk Dialing
(c) Social Telephone Distributor
(d) Speed Telephone Dialing
Answer
Answer: b
MCQ on Lifelines of National Economy Question 9. The first train was steamed off from
(a) Mumbai to Kalyan
(b) Mumbai to Delhi
(c) Mumbai to Thane
(d) Mumbai to Satara
Answer
Answer: c
Which One of The Following Is A Subsidiary Port of Kolkata Question 10. Which one of the following is a subsidiary port of Kolkata?
(a) Tuticorin
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Haldia
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer
Answer: c
11. The first-class mail includes which one of the following?
(a) Book packets
(b) Registered newspapers
(c) Envelopes and cards
(d) Periodicals and journals
Answer
Answer: c
Lifelines of National Economy MCQ Class 10 Question 12. The people who make the products come to the consumers by transportation are called ______________ .
(a) Businessman
(b) Retailers
(c) Traders
(d) Industrialists
Answer
Answer: c
13. Which one of the following commodities does not belong to items of export?
(a) Gems and jewellery
(b) Agriculture and allied products
(c) Fertilizers
(d) Engineering Goods
Answer
Answer: c
14. Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the east-west corridor? (Textbook)
(a) Mumbai and Nagpur
(b) Silchar and Porbandar
(c) Mumbai and Kolkata
(d) Nagpur and Siliguri
Answer
Answer: b
15. Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays? (Textbook)
(a) Railways
(b) Roadways
(c) Pipelines
(d) Waterways
Answer
Answer: c
MCQ on Lifelines of National Economy Class 10 Question 16. Which one of the following States is not connected with the H.V.J. pipeline? (Textbook)
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer
Answer: b
17. Which one of the following ports is the deepest land-locked and well protected port along the east coast? (Textbook)
(a) Chennai
(b) Paradip
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Vishakhapatnam
Answer
Answer: d
18. Which one of the following is the most important modes of transportation in India? (Textbook)
(a) Pipelines
(b) Railways
(c) Roadways
(d) Airways
Answer
Answer: c
19. Which one of the following terms is used to describe trade between two or more countries? (Textbook)
(a) Internal trade
(b) International trade
(c) External trade
(d) Local trade
Answer
Answer: b
20. The Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways connect
(a) Delhi-Silchar-Madurai and Gandhinagar
(b) Srinagar-Kanyakumari-Bhopal & Allahabad
(c) Delhi-Mumbai-Chennai and Kolkata
(d) Kashmir-Kanyakumari
Answer
Answer: c
Lifelines of National Economy Question 21. The highway projects in India are being implemented by which organisation?
(a) GAIL
(b) NTPC
(c) NHAI
(d) NDDB
Answer
Answer: c
22. What is the historical Sher Shah Suri Marg now called?
(a) NH 4
(b) NH 1
(c) NH 3
(d) NH 7
Answer
Answer: b
23. Which of the following national highways covers most of Rajasthan?
(a) NH 2
(b) NH 34
(c) NH 23
(d) NH 15
Answer
Answer: d
MCQ of Lifelines of National Economy Question 24. Roads linking a state capital with different district headquarters are known as
(a) National highways
(b) District roads
(c) State highways
(d) Other roads
Answer
Answer: c
25. Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the border areas?
(a) NHAI
(b) BRO
(c) Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana
(d) BSF
Answer
Answer: b
26. How many railway zones are there in our country?
(a) 20
(b) 16
(c) 19
(d) 6
Answer
Lifelines of National Economy Class 10 Questions and Answer: b
27. Which one of the following is not an advantage of pipeline transportation?
(a) Pipelines are used for transporting crude oil and gas from fields to refineries.
(b) Solids can be transported in slurry form through pipelines.
(c) Pipelines rule out trans-shipment losses or delays.
(d) Initial cost of laying a pipeline is high.
Answer
Answer: d
28. Which of the following regions is suitable to construct railway lines?
(a) Himalaya mountains
(b) Garo, Khasi and Jaintia Hills
(c) The Northern Plains
(d) Rajasthan desert
Answer
Answer: c
29. The Konkan railway has connected places situated
(a) along the east coast of India
(b) in the Himalayas
(c) along the west coast of India
(d) in the north-eastern region of the country
Answer
MCQ of SST Class 10 with Answer: c
30. Narrow Gauge railway line is found in
(a) the Northern Plains
(b) the hilly areas of Darjeeling, Shillong and Ooty
(c) deserts of Rajasthan
(d) the Central Highlands
Answer
Answer: b
31. The width of the broad gauge railway track is
(a) 1.76 metres
(b) 1.67 metres
(c) 1.87 metres
(d) 1.97 metres
Answer
Answer: b
32. Which one of the following is the oldest port of the eastern coast of India?
(a) Kolkata (Haldia)
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Chennai (Madras)
Answer
Answer: d
33. Which of the following is the northernmost international airport in India?
(a) Raja Sansi
(b) Meenam Bakkam
(c) Srinagar
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer
MCQ Questions For Class 10 Social Science with Answer: a
34. Which one of the following is the southernmost international airport in India?
(a) Nedimbacherry
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji
(c) Raja Sansi
(d) Meenam Bakkam
Answer
Answer: a
35. Which of the following is not a means of communication?
(a) radio
(b) press
(c) roads
(d) films
Answer
Answer: c
36. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) First port | (i) Kandla |
| (b) Biggest port | (ii)Mumbai |
| (c) A port located at the entrance of a lagoon | (iii) Tuticorin |
| (d) An inland riverine port | (iv) Kolkata |
| (e) Oldest artificial port | (v) Chennai |
Answer
Answer: c
37. ______________ is the largest producer of feature films in the world.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: India
38. ______________ has the lowest density of roads in India.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Jammu and Kashmir
39. The two important navigable rivers of India are ______________ the and the ______________ .
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Ganga and Yamuna
40. ______________ maintains the District Roads.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Zila Parishad
41. Maximum numbers of newspapers published in India are in ______________ .
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: hindi
42. The Raja Sansi is the southernmost International Airport. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: False
43. Marmagao is the premier iron ore exporting port of Goa. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
44. International Trade is considered as economic barometer for a country. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
45. Foreign tourists visit India for heritage tourism, medical tourism, adventure tourism and business tourism. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: True
46. Andhra Pradesh has the maximum road density in India. (True/False)
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: False
47. Match the columns.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Indira Gandhi International Airport | (i) Odisha |
| (b) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | (ii) Mumbai |
| (c) Chhatrapati Shivaji | (iii) Kolkata |
| (d) Kandla | (iv) Gujarat |
| (e) Paradwip | (v) Delhi |
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) (v)
(b) (iii)
(c) (ii)
(d) (iv)
(e) (a)
48. What is the pre-requiste for the fast development of a country?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Efficient means of transport
49. What is the Golden Quadrilateral Highway?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
It is major road development project linking Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.
50. Name the extreme locations connected by North-South corridor.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu).
51. Name the extreme locations connected by the east-west corridor.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Silcher and Porbandar are the extreme locations connected by the east-west corridor.
52. Which organisation implements the highway projects.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
National Highway Authority of India
53. What are National Highways?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
National highways link all major cities of extreme parts of the country. These are the primary road systems. They are maintained by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).
54. What are State Highways?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Roads linking a state capital with different district headquarters are known as State Highways. Public Works Department (PWD) in the State and the Union Territories maintains them.
55. What are district roads?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Roads which connect the district headquarters with other places of the district are called district roads. These roads are maintained by the Zila Parishad.
56. Which type of roads received special impetus under Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojanal
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Rural Roads
57. What is road density?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The length of road per 100 square kms of area is known as road density.
58. Which state has the highest number of roads in India?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Kerala has the highest density of roads in India.
59. Mention one drawback of roads in India.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Most of the bridges and culverts are old and narrow.
60. Name the busiest railway junction in Northern India?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: New Delhi
61. The Northern plains provide favourable conditions for the growth of a railways. Mention any two.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) Vast level plains
(b) High population density
62. Why railway tracks are laid with difficulty in Rajasthan?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
It is difficult to lay railway lines on the sandy plains of Rajasthan.
63. In the recent times which railway has been developed along the west coast?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Konkan railway
64. Which network of pipelines bring mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and the petrochemical complex of Haldia?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The Pipeline from the Upper Assam oilfields to Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh brings mineral oil to the refinery of Barauni and the petrochemical complex of Haldia.
65. Why are waterways useful? State any two advantages.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
(a) Waterways are the cheapest means of transport.
(b) It is fuel efficient and environment friendly mode of transport.
66. Name any four inland waterways on which substantial transportation takes place.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Mandavi, Zuari and Cumberjua, Sunderbans, Barak and backwaters of Kerala.
67. Which port was the first to be developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on Mumbai Port?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Kandla port
68. Name the port that accounts for about fifty percent of India’s iron ore export.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Marmagao Port in Goa
69. Which port is located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour?
Or
Name the port on the extreme south western part of India.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Kochchi Port
70. Which is the deepest landlocked and well protected part in India?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Vishakhapatnam
71. Name the part that serves a large a rich hinterland of Ganga-Brahmaputra basin.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Kolkata port
72. Name any two airlines operators that provide domestic air services in India.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Indian Airlines and Alliance Air.
73. Give two examples of personal communication.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The two examples of personal communication are letters and phone.
74. Name any two means of mass communication?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Radio and Television
75. Why have mail channels been introduced?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
For quick delivery of mails in cities and large towns.
76. Give any two examples of second-class mail.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Book, packets, registered newspapers, periodicals etc. (any two)
77. In which language are the largest number of newspapers published?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Hindi
78. Which authority certifies India and foreign films in India?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The Central Board of Film Certification.
79. What is Trade? [All India 2015, Delhi 2016]
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The exchange of goods among people, states and countries is referred to as trade.
80. Which term is used to describe trade between two or more countries?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: International Trade
81. What leads to unfavourable balance of trade?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
When the value of imports of a country exceeds the value of exports, it is termed as unfavourable balance of trade.
82. Which states are important destinations of foreign tourists India?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Rajasthan, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Temple touns of South India.
83. Which two factors were responsible for the expansion of trade and transport?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Science and technology
84. Give the full form of CPWD.
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Central Public Works Department
85. Which two end cities does the National Highway No 7 join?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation: Varanasi and Kanyakumari
86. Who maintains the State Highways?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
The State Public Works Department (P. W.D)
87. Why was the Haldia seaport set up?
Answer/Explanation
Answer:
Explanation:
Haldia seaport was set up to decongest the port of Kolkata as a subsidiary port.
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