Topics
Environment
- Components of the Environment
- Natural Environment
- Human Environment
- Ecosystem
Tracing Changes Through a Thousand Years
- New and Old Terminologies
- Historians and Their Sources
- New Social and Political Groups
- Region and Empire
- Old and New Religions
- Thinking About Time and Historical Periods
Our Past - 2 (History)
Our Environment (Geography)
Inside Our Earth
- Interior of the Earth
- Rocks and Minerals
New Kings and Kingdoms
- The Emergence of New Dynasties
- Administration in the Kingdoms
- Prashastis and Land Grants
- Warfare for Wealth
- The Cholas
Our Changing Earth
- Lithospheric Plates
- Endogenic Forces
- Exogenic Forces
- Major Land Forms
The Delhi Sultans
- Finding Out About the Delhi Sultans
- From Garrison Town to Empire: the Expansion of the Delhi Sultanate
- Administration and Consolidation Under the Khaljis and Tughluqs
- The Sultanate in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
Social and Political Life - 2
On Equality
- Equal Right to Vote
- Other Kind of Inequality
- Recognising Dignity
- Equality in Indian Democracy
- Issues of Equality in Other Democratic Countries
- Challenge of Democracy
Role of the Government in Health
- Health
- Healthcare in India
- Public and Private Health Care Services
- Healthcare and Equality
- The Kerala Experience
- The Costa Rican Approach
How the State Government Works
- Who is an MLA?
- A Debate in the Legislative Assembly
- Working of the Government
- A Wallpaper Project
Growing up as Boys and Girls
- Growing up in Samoa in the 1920s
- Growing up Male in Madhya Pradesh in the 1960s
- Valuing Housework
- Lives of Domestic Workers
- Womens’ Work and Equality
Women Change the World
- Fewer Opportunities and Rigid Expectations
- Learning for Change
- Schooling and Education Today
- Women’s Movement
- Campaigning
Understanding Media
- Media and Technology
- Media and Money
- Media and Democracy
- Setting Agendas
Markets Around Us
- Weekly Market
- Shops in the Neighbourhood
- Shopping Complexes and Malls
- Chain of Markets
- Markets Everywhere
- Markets and Equality
A Shirt in the Market
- A Cotton Farmer in Kurnool
- The Cloth Market of Erode
- Putting-out System-weavers Producing Cloth at Home
- The Garment Exporting Factory Near Delhi
- The Shirt in the United States
- Gainers in the Market
- Market and Equality
Struggles for Equality
- Struggles for Equality
- Tawa Matsya Sangh
- The Indian Constitution as a Living Document
Air
- Composition of the Atmosphere
- Atmosphere and Its Layers
- Weather and Climate
The Mughal Empire
- Who Were the Mughals?
- Mughal Military Campaigns
- Mughal Traditions of Succession
- Mughal Relations with Other Rulers
- Mansabdars and Jagirdars
- Zabt and Zamindars
- Akbar’s Policies
- The Mughal Empire in the Seventeenth Century and After
Water
- Distribution of Water Bodies in Hydrosphere
- Ocean Circulation
- Ocean Currents
Rulers and Buildings
- Engineering Skills and Construction
- Building Temples, Mosques and Tanks
- Why Were Temples Targeted?
- Gardens, Tombs and Forts
- Region and Empire
Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
- Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
- Forests
- Grasslands
Towns, Traders and Craftspersons
- Administrative Centres
- Temple Towns and Pilgrimage Centres
- A Network of Small Towns
- Traders Big and Small
- Crafts in Towns
- Hampi, Masulipatnam and Surat
- A Gateway to the West: Surat
- Fishing in Troubled Waters: Masulipatnam
- New Towns and Traders
Tribes, Nomads and Settled Communities
- Beyond Big Cities: Tribal Societies
- Who Were Tribal People?
- How Nomads and Mobile People Lived
- Changing Society: New Castes and Hierarchies
- The Gonds
- The Ahoms
Human Environment - Settlement, Transport and Communication
- Settlements
- Transport
- Communication and Mass Media
Devotional Paths to the Divine
- The Idea of a Supreme God
- A New Kind of Bhakti in South India – Nayanars and Alvars
- Philosophy and Bhakti
- Basavanna’s Virashaivism
- The Saints of Maharashtra
- Nathpanthis, Siddhas and Yogis
- Islam and Sufism
- New Religious Developments in North India
- Kabir
- Baba Guru Nanak
Human Environment Interactions: the Tropical and the Subtropical Region
- Life in the Amazon Basin
- Life in the Ganga-brahmaputra Basin
The Making of Regional Cultures
- The Cheras and the Development of Malayalam
- Rulers and Religious Traditions: the Jagannatha Cult
- The Rajputs and Traditions of Heroism
- Beyond Regional Frontiers: the Story of Kathak
- Painting for Patrons: the Tradition of Miniatures
- A Closer Look: Bengal
- Pirs and Temples
- Fish as Food
Life in the Deserts
- The Hot Desert – Sahara
- The Cold Desert - Ladakh
Eighteenth-century Political Formations
- The Crisis of the Empire and the Later Mughals
- Emergence of New States
- The Old Mughal Provinces
- The Watan Jagirs of the Rajputs
- Seizing Independence
- Introduction of Transport
- Types of Mode of Transport
Introduction of Transport
Transport is the movement of people, goods, or animals from one place to another. It plays an essential role in our daily lives and is essential for connecting different parts of the world. There are three basic modes of transportation: land, water, and air. Transportation is important for the global movement of people and goods.
Mode of Transport:
A mode of transport is a system designed to transport people or goods. Human inventions have enabled us to travel by air, water, and land. Vehicles can conquer various terrains, and we have even sent men to walk on the Moon and may send them to Mars soon.
Types of Mode of Transport
According to the inventions and vehicles used to travel or carry things, modes of transport can be divided into three categories. Here are the types of transportation lists with examples.
1. Land Transport: It involves vehicles that travel on land.
For example: cars, buses, trains, motorcycles, bicycles, and trucks.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Widely available and flexible. | Traffic congestion. |
| Suitable for short and medium distances. | Environmental pollution. |
2. Water Transport: It involves vehicles that travel on water bodies like rivers, lakes, seas, and oceans.
For example: ships, boats, ferries, submarines, and canoes.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Efficient for long-distance transport of bulky goods. | Slower than air and land transport. |
| Lower fuel consumption. | Limited to areas with water access. |
3. Air Transport: It involves vehicles that travel through the air.
For example: aeroplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, and jets.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Fastest mode of transport. | Expensive |
| It is ideal for international travel and quick deliveries. | Affected by weather conditions |
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