Lifelines of National Economy: Class 10 Important Questions with Answers

12 MCQs

1. India's road network rank in the world
   (a) first (b) second (c) third (d) fifth
2. The North-South corridor links Srinagar with
   (a) Chennai (b) Kanniyakumari (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Madurai
3. Rural roads got a boost under
   (a) PMGSY (b) Bharatmala (c) UDAN (d) Sagarmala
4. The first train ran in 1853 from Mumbai to
   (a) Pune (b) Thane (c) Surat (d) Nashik
5. Broad gauge width is
   (a) 1.000 m (b) 0.762 m (c) 1.676 m (d) 0.610 m
6. NW-1 is on the Ganga between Prayagraj and
   (a) Patna (b) Haldia (c) Kolkata (d) Farakka
7. Premier iron ore exporting port
   (a) Paradip (b) Mormugao (c) Visakhapatnam (d) New Mangalore
8. First port developed after Independence
   (a) Kandla (b) JNPT (c) Haldia (d) Kochi
9. An inland riverine port
   (a) Haldia (b) Kolkata (c) Paradip (d) Chennai
10. Port at the entrance of a lagoon
    (a) Kochi (b) Tuticorin (c) Mangalore (d) Chennai
11. Book packets are sent as
    (a) first-class mail (b) second-class mail (c) Rajdhani channel (d) speed post
12. Imports exceed exports: balance of trade is
    (a) favourable (b) unfavourable (c) neutral (d) surplus

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