CBSE Questions for Class 10 Geography Life Lines Of National Economy Quiz 2 - MCQExams.com

1. National Highway 8 (NH 8) is a 4-lane (6-lane in most parts of Gujarat and between Delhi-Jaipur) National Highway in India.
2. It connects the national capital Delhi to the financial capital Mumbai, as well as important cities Gurgaon, Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, surat and Khedia. 
3. Under the new numbering, it has become part of the NH48.

• Railways were first introduced to India in the year 1853from Mumbai to Thane
• Indian Railways Nationalized in 1951
• The country’s first railway, built by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway
• The Indian railway system is the largest in Asia and fourth in the world based on rail transport network size after the USA, China, and Russia
• It is a single undertaking in the country
• It has the second biggest electrified system in the world after Russia
• The number of stations at present is in between 8000 to 8500
• The total length of the Indian railway is 115,000 km
• At present Indian railway have 9549 locomotives 55,339 passenger services  vehicle 6560 other coaching vehicles and 239321 wagons
• Indian Railways is divided into 17 zones, which are further sub-divided into 68 divisions
• Each zone is headed by a general manager.

National Highway 7 or NH 7, is major North-South National Highway in India that runs through the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu. NH-7 was laid and is maintained by Central Public Works Department (CPWD). This highway starts from the area Hyderabad Gate in Varanasi and ends Near Kanyakumari Railway Station with junction of Tamil Nadu State highway no. 179.

National Highway 7 is renamed as National Highway 44, The 2,369 km long road is the longest National Highway of India and one of the major road network between south and north India. The National Highway 44 cross 6 Indian states and connects major Indian cities like Varanasi,Nagpur, Hyderabad,Bangalore and Madurai. Some of the part of NH7 or NH44 is selected as North-South Corridor and Golden Quadrilateral highway projects.

There are total 13 major sea ports of India,out of 12 are government and one, Ennore port of Chennai is the corporate one. Ennore Port is one of the major port of India located at Coromandel Coast of Tamil Nadu state along with Kakinada Port and private Krishnapatnam Port and Mundra Port. Other 12 major ports of India are listed as follows:

Kandla Port – Gujarat

Nhava Sheva – Maharashtra

Mumbai Port – Selected for Cruise Tourism in India

Marmagao Port – Goa

Panambur Port – Karnataka

Cochin Port – Kerala

Port Blair – Andaman

Tuticorin Port – Tamil Nadu

Chennai Port

Vizag Port – Andhra Pradesh

Paradip Port – Orissa

Haldia Port – West Bengal

Mumbai Port is a port which lies midway on the West coast of India and in the state of Maharashtra

Mumbai is one of the biggest ports of India including three major docks. The three major docks include:

Prince's Dock

Victoria Dock

Indira Dock.

1.  India has an extensive network of inland waterways in the form of rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks.
2.  The total navigable length is 14,500 km (9,000 mi), out of which about 5,200 km (3,200 mi) of river and 4,000 km (2,500 mi) of canal can be used by mechanized crafts.
3.  About 44 million tonnes (49,000,000 short tons) of cargo are moved annually through these waterways using mechanized vessels and country boats. 
4.  Inland waterways consist of the Ganges-Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the deltaic regions of the Godavari-Krishna rivers.

Haldia port  or Haldia Dock Complex has been built at the meeting place of the Haldi River and Hooghly river in Kolkata. Kolkata Port Trust has been created in this port as the port's partner. So it is not a port. It is an official dock complex.

 It is situated at 22°02′N 88°06′E around 60 kilometers (37 mi) away from the pilotage station.

The port consists of:

1. Impounded dock; system with 12 berths
2. 3 oil jetties in the river
3. 3 barge jetties in the river for handling oil carried by barges
4. Haldia anchorage for lash vessels

The docks are impounded dock systems with locks from the river.

 The port's main imports are petroleum, chemicals, and parts. Exports include coal, iron ore, and steel.