MCQ Questions for Class 12 Geography Chapter 8 Transport and Communication with Answers
Question 1.
Which mode provides door to door service?
(A) Rail
(B) Road
(C) Airways
(D) Pipelines
Answer
Answer: (B) Road
Question 2.
Which mode carries high-value light goods?
(A) Railways
(B) Roads
(C) Airways
(D) Waterways
Answer
Answer: (C) Airways
Question 3.
Which mode is suited for carrying a large volume of bulky materials?
(A) Reads
(B) Railways
(C) Airways
(D) Pipelines
Answer
Answer: (B) Railways
Question 4.
When was the first public railway line opened?
(A) 1815
(B) 1825
(C) 1830
(D) 1835
Answer
Answer: (B) 1825
Question 5.
Reindeer is a pack animal in:
(A) Africa
(B) Australia
(C) Siberia
(D) South America
Answer
Answer: (C) Siberia
Question 6.
Which is the longest National Highway in India?
(A) NH5
(B) NH6
(C) NH7
(D) NH8
Answer
Answer: (C) NH7
Question 7.
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
Answer: (C) 1 m
Question 8.
Australian National Railway runs from-to:
(A) Perth to Sydney
(B) Darwin to Melbourne
(C) Brisbane to Adelaide
(D) Sydney to Kalgoorbe
Answer
Answer: (A) Perth to Sydney
Question 9.
When was the Suez canal constructed?
(A) 1849
(B) 1859
(C) 1869
(D) 1879
Answer
Answer: (C) 1869
Question 10.
Which is the longest highway in the world?
(A) Pan America
(B) Trans Canadian
(C) Grand Trunk
(D) Great Deccan
Answer
Answer: (A) Pan America
Question 11.
Which is the longest railway in the world?
(A) Union Pacific
(B) Canadian National
(C) Trans Siberian
(D) Trans Andean
Answer
Answer: (C) Trans Siberian
Question 12.
Which, seas are joined by the Suez canal?
(A) the Mediterranean and Red sea
(B) Black and the Mediterranean
(C) the North Sea and Baltic Sea
(D) Baltic and White sea
Answer
Answer: (A) the Mediterranean and Red sea
Question 13.
Which seas are joined by the Panama canal?
(A) Atlantic and Indian
(B) Pacific and Indian
(C) Atlantic and Pacific
(D) the Mediterranean and Red sea
Answer
Answer: (C) Atlantic and Pacific
Question 14.
The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway runs between:
(A) Darwin and Melbourne
(B) Edmonton and Anchorage
(C) Vancouver and St. John’s City
(D) Chengdu and Lhasa.
Answer
Answer: (A) Darwin and Melbourne.
Question 15.
Which country has the highest density of railway network?
(A) Brazil
(B) The U.S.A.
(C) Canada
(D) Russia
Answer
Answer: (B) the U.S.A.
Question 16.
The Big Trunk Route runs through:
(A) The Mediterranean-Indian ocean
(B) The North Atlantic Ocean
(C) The South Atlantic Ocean
(D) The North Pacific Ocean
Answer
Answer: (B) The North Atlantic Ocean
Question 17.
The Big Inch pipeline transports:
(A) Milk
(B) Liquid petroleum gas (LPG)
(C) Water
(D) Petroleum
Answer
Answer: (D) Petroleum
Question 18.
Which one pair of the following places is linked by Channel Tunnel?
(A) London – Berlin
(B) Paris – London
(C) Berlin – Paris
(D) Barcelona – Berlin
Answer
Answer: (B) Paris – London
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