Morning Star solutions for Total Geography [English] Class 10 chapter 20 - Transport [Latest edition]

India has the ______ largest road network in the world.

______ are the backbone of road infrastructure in India.

Which of the following is the longest National Highway in India?

What percentage of road traffic is handled by the National Highways?

Which of the following is an important difference between a Highway and an Expressway?

The North South corridor connects ______.

The two terminal points of East-West corridor are ______.

Which mode of transport allows farmers to move their perishable products quickly to the markets?

The railways are divided into ______, which are the basic operating units.

The railway track system is based on which of the following?

Which of the tracks is called the India gauge?

The distance between rails in a metre gauge is ______.

Suburban trains that handle commuter traffic in cities are mostly ______.

The rivers of Peninsular India are not ideal for inland waterways because they are marked by number of ______.

Which of the following is an advantage of airways?

Inland waterways are ______ and ______.

Name the types of roads used in India. Which agency is responsible for maintenance of each category separately?

Name the two major projects developed by NHAI.

Transport is the backbone of a country's economy. Give reasons to support your answer.

Why is road transport in India considered more useful than rail transport? State two reasons in support of your answer.

What is an expressway?

Name one expressway.

Give two points of difference between highways and expressways.

Mention two advantages of using railways as means of transport.

 Mention one disadvantage of rail transport. 

Mention any three problems being faced by the Indian Railways.

What are National Highways?

What is the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ)? Why is it so called?

State one economic benefit of the Golden Quadrilateral Project.

Give three points to explain the role of roads in the economic development of the country.

What is the significance of an efficient transport system?

Name the types of gauges of railways used in India.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Railways bind the economic and ·cultural life of the country.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Railways are not common in North-East India.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

North India is better suited for railways and roadways.

How is the Indian rail network one of the largest and busiest networks in the world?

Name the regulatory body looking after air transport in India. State any two of its functions.

Discuss the contribution of Air India in the air transport of India.

List two advantages of air transport in India.

List one disadvantage of air transport in India.

Give two advantages of helicopter services over aeroplane services.

Give one disadvantage of helicopter services over aeroplane services.

Explain why India has an extensive network of waterways.

Explain the role of oceanic waterways in the transport sector of India's economy.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

The Ganga is navigable from its mouth right upto Allahabad.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

The Peninsular rivers are not ideal for inland water transport.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Mumbai is a harbour and a port.

Mention two advantages of waterways.

What are the two prerequisites of waterways to be navigable?

Give two points of difference between Inland Waterways and Oceanic Waterways.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Nearly seventy percent of Indians do not use air transport. 

Give a geographical reason for the following:

A well-developed transport network is important for industrial progress.

Give a geographical reason for the following:

Airways are quite useful during natural calamity.

Give two points of difference between a Port and a Harbour.

On which river and between which two places does the National Waterway No.2 lie?