CBSE Questions for Class 10 Geography Life Lines Of National Economy Quiz 1 - MCQExams.com

1. National Waterway 1 is the national waterway which is located in India and runs from Haldia to Allahabad. It runs across the Ganga River System. It is longest waterway in India.
   
2. National Waterway 2 is located between the Bangladesh border and Sadiya. It runs across the Brahmaputra River.
   
3. National Waterway 4 connects the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and the union territory of Puducherry. It runs through part of Krishna and Godavari rivers in South India.
   
4. National Waterway 5 covers the state of Odisha and a part of West Bengal. It runs a total length of 623 km of which 91 km is within West Bengal and the remaining 532 km is in Odisha. It runs through the rivers Mahanadi and Brahmani.
   

In India west coast have more ports because depth of sea is more. The east coast is called emergent coast because the coast has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels. East coast sea is not very deep when compared to west coast hence the number of ports are less on this coast.

The north-south and east-west corridor is the largest highway project. The main aim of this project is to connect all the corridors of India which forms quadrilateral and hence the name Golden Quadrilateral.

It connects Srinagar in the north, Kanyakumari in the south, Porbandar of Gujarat in the west and Silchar of Assam in the east. 

The four major ports of India that lie on the Golden Quadrilateral are Kolkata, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam and Chennai.

In the given map following are the fishing ports

1. Porbandar of Gujarat
   
2. Kakinada port of Andhra Pradesh
   
3. Alappuzha of Kerala
   
4. Tuticorin of Tamil Nadu
   

• The Port of Kolkata is a riverine port in the city of Kolkata, India, located around 203 kilometres (126 mi) from the sea. It is the oldest operating port in India, and was constructed by the British East India Company.
  
•  Kolkata is an Inland riverine port serving a large hinterland of Ganga Brahmaputra basin.
  
•  It is located along the banks of the Ganges.
  

• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust or Nhava Sheva Port in Mumbai handles the largest shipping traffic in India.
  

• Kolkata Port or Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata is the chief exporter of Jute in India.

• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust or Nhava Sheva Port in Mumbai handles the largest traffic in India. It is responsible for 55% of India’s container traffic.