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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