CBSE Questions for Class 10 Geography Life Lines Of National Economy Quiz 9 - MCQExams.com

Port Blair Port is a seaport in South Andaman District of Andaman and Nicobar in India, near the city of Port Blair. Located on the Andaman Sea, it is one of the major ports in India. The port operated by Port Blair Port Trust. All major provisions of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963, have become applicable to the major port of Port Blair from June 1, 2010. With this, the Port Blair becomes the 13th major port in India and only major port in Andaman and Nicobar.

Currently, the BRO (Boarder Road Organization) maintains operations in twenty-one states, one UT (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), and neighboring countries such as Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. The BRO operates and maintains over 32,885 kilometers of roads and about 12,200 meters of permanent bridges in the country. Presently, BRO is also involved in the construction of a tunnel at the Rohtang pass which is estimated to be ready by 2019. It is currently headed by Lt General Suresh Sharma who is the 24th Director General Border Roads (DGBR)

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the great visionary and first Prime Minister of India conceptualized Border Roads Organization in 1960. The organization primarily meets the defence requirement towards infrastructure development of remote Border areas of North & North East states.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) develops and maintains road networks in India's border areas and friendly neighboring countries. Officers from the Border Roads Engineering Service (BRES) and personnel from the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) form the parent cadre of the Border Roads Organisation

Chennai Port, formerly known as Madras Port, is the second-largest container port of India, behind Mumbai's Nhava Sheva. It is an artificial and all-weather port with wet docks.

An artificial harbour was then built and the operations were started in 1881. Being an artificial harbour, the port was vulnerable to cyclones and accretion of sand inside the basin due to underwater currents, which reduced the draft.

• The Brahmaputra is navigable for most of its length in India. The government of India realized its immense navigational potential and declared it as the National Waterway-2 in 1988 between Sadiya and Dhubri.
• Inland Water Authority of India (IWAI) is responsible for maintaining River Brahmaputra’s navigational channel with the required draft. The river carries about 735 million metric tons of suspended sediment loads annually hence continuous maintenance and dredging are required to keep the channel navigable.

The Suez Canal is a sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez. Constructed by the Suez Canal Company between 1859 and 1869, it officially opened on 17 November 1869.

Himsagar ( Kanyakumari to Jammu Tawi ) is a train running between Kanyakumari and Jammu. Kanyakumari is located in the state of Tamil Nadu and Jammu is located in the state of Jammu & Kashmir. The two cities are located at a distance of 3714kms.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) is the nodal agency responsible for building, upgrading, and maintaining most of the National Highways network. It operates under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the Central Government.

The National Highways Authority of India was established by the National Highways Authority of India Act, 1988. Section 16(1) of the Act states that the function of NHAI is to develop, maintain, and manage the National Highways and any other highways vested in, or entrusted to, it by the Government of India.

Inland waterways include rivers, canals, backwaters and creeks which are deep enough to allow the ships and boats to navigate safely.

National Water Way 2 which connects Sadiya and Dhubri is through the stretch of the Brahmaputra river.

New Mangalore port is a deep water port at Panambur, Mangalore in Karnataka. It is currently 7^th largest port in India. It was established in 1974 and inaugurated by then Prime Minister Smt. Indira Gandhi. 

It handles the export of iron ore of Kudremukh and imports of petroleum products, fertilisers, edible oils, etc.

The Hindustan-Tibet road connecting Shimla with Gangtok in Western Tibet passes through the Shipki la.

• The Internet provides a very fast and cost-effective means of communication and information sharing.
• Canal Route serves as inland waterways channel.
• Urban Areas include towns and cities. The people in the urban areas are engaged in manufacturing, trading and services.
• In Compact Settlement, the houses are closely built.

Broad gauge, meter gauge, narrow gauge indicate the width between two rails. The difference in their width is as follows:

• Broad gauge: 1.676 meters.
  
• Narrow gauge: 0.762 meters.
  
• Metre gauge: 1 meter.
  

In the above given options, transport of passengers, transferring of international mails and transport of delicate, fragile and light cargoes are carried out by airlines. But transfer of bulky freight is not done by aeroplanes because it may be dangerous as it carries passengers along. Usually bulky freight or bulk cargoes are transported by water ways which are cheap and safe.