Transportation System Of India — Part 2 MCQs with Explanations

Once known as 'Sorrow of West Bengal' because of its devastating floods, the Damodar river was curtailed (tamed) by building of Multi Purpose River Valley Project,a series of dams and canals. Idea was taken from Tennesses River Valley Project, U.S.A.

Coimbatore is 'Manchester of South India'. As it has thousands small, medium, large industries & textile mills.

Crude petroleum is originally found in black colour. It is also known as 'Black Gold'. In order to increase the production of crude oil, the term "Black Revolution" was coined in India.

The first month of the 'Saka era' is Chaitra. The national calendar based on the Saka Era, with Chaitra as its first month and a normal year of 365 days was adopted from 22 March 1957 along with the Gregorian calendar for the following official purposes: Gazette of India.

Integral Coach Factory is located in Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was established in 1952, is owned and operated by the Indian Railways.

National waterway-l is a national waterway between Allahabad and Haldia. It has been developed on Ganga, Bhagirathi, Hooghly river system. It became operative in 1986.

The correct sequence of the given tiger reserves of India from north of south is Dudwa - Kanha - Indravati - Bandipur.

India provides ideal conditions for air travel because its climatic conditions are favourable. Air density in turn depends mostly on air temperature and elevation; higher temperatures and higher elevations both reduce density. The lower the air density, the faster an airplane must travel to produce enough lift to take off.

Kapurthala in Punjab has Rail Coach Factory located on Jalandhar - Firozpurline. Perambur is a suburban zone in Chennai, Tamil Nadu has Integral Coach Factory.

Nathpa Jhakri Dam on river Sutlej is the megal underground dam in Himachal Pradesh with 27.4 km long tunnel. It produces 1500 MW hydro-electricity.

Due to rapid urbanisation the number of registered vehicles in Delhi is the largest. This data is the outcome of Barclays report titled 'Megatrends Accelerating urbanisation in India'.

In an off shore region of the coast of Mumbai. The petroleum reserves are available under sea on the continent shelf of Arabian Sea.

Ganga beyond Farakka when it enters Bangladesh is known as Padma. Once the Padma reaches the centre of Bangladesh, it joins with the Brahmaputra, or Jamuna, as it is known in Bangladesh, where the two join and form the Meghna River. The Farakka Barrage was created by India in 1975 to divert water from the Ganges River to the Bhagirathi-Hoogly river system.

Jawahar Tunnel in Jammu & Kashmir was named after 1st P.M. Jawahar Lal Nehru. It is also known as Banihal Tunnel as it links Qazigund with Banihal. It lies on NH44.

Jabalpur is not on the "Golden Quadrilateral" being created for the roads-infrastructure of the country. The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centers of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, and hence its name”.

Set up in 1983, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve is the largest tiger reserve in India, with an area of 3,728 sq. km.

Indravati National Park is located in the Bastar region. Indravati National Park is a national park located in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh state of India. It derives its name from the nearby Indravati River.

The North South Corridor & East West Corridor are being developed to enhance the transportation &, communication throuhout the country. The North South Corridor runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari.

Dispersing the factories & industries to the neighbouring but independent location is the most possible solution for planning improvement of a metropolitan city in India.

Hyderabad is not on the "Golden Quadrilateral" being created for the roads infrastructure of the country. The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting many of the major industrial, agricultural and cultural centers of India. A quadrilateral of sorts is formed by connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai, and hence its name”.

The Indian Wild Ass (Ghor-Khur) is found in The Rann of Kachch. The Indian Wild Ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called Ghor Khar or Ghud Khur is found predominantly in the Little Rann of Kutch and its surrounding areas in Gujarat. It is also found in southern Pakistan, Afghanistan, and south-eastern Iran. Saline deserts (Rann), arid grasslands and shrub lands are its preferred environment.

Damodar Valley Project is the Multipurpose River Valley Project which is based on Tennessee (River) Valley Authority of U.S.A. This project serves multi dimensional aspects such as hydroelectricty, irrigation, flood control, recreational reservoir etc.

Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary is located in Gujarat. Nalsarovar-Ahmedabad distance is about 60 km located near Sanand Village, in Gujarat. Mainly inhabited by migratory birds as their wintering ground, Nalsarovar is the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat, and one of the largest in India.

The highest dam from the following in India is Bhakra.

Tehri Dam has the distinction of being the longest main stream dam in the world.

The Damodar Valley Project concerns two states : West Bengal and Jharkhand.

Rihand Dam also called as Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar is built across river Rihand. It is located in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. Its reservoir lies on boundary between Uttar Pradesh & Madhya Pradesh. Riharid is the tributary of Son river.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is built on Krishna river forming boundary between Nalgonda of Telangana & Guntur of Andhra pradesh. It is a multi purpose project.

Nagarjuna Sagar, which is situated across the Krishna River on the border between Guntur district, Andra Pradesh, and Nalgonda district, Telangana, is the world's largest masonry dam. This dam, with a gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic meters, was built between 1955 and 1967. From its lowest base, it is also 590 feet (180 m ) tall and 0.99 miles long with 26 flood gates that are 42 feet (13 m) wide and 45 feet (14 m ) tall.

Nagarjunasagar Dam was built on Krishna river. The construction commenced in 1955 and took 12 years for its completion. This place is at a distance of about 160 Kms from Hyderabad.

Mullaperiyar Dam is also called Mullaiperiyar Dam. It lies on Periyar river in Idukki district, Kerala. Periyar National Park in Thekkady is located around dam's reservoir. The location of dam is in Kerala but it is operated & maintained by Tamil Nadu.

'Rail Bandhu' is a monthly magazine from railway. Its target audience is passengers who travel by Rajdhani Express, Shatabdi express & Duranto Express.

Railway passenger coaches are manufactured at Perambur. The Integral Coach Factory at Perambur has become a leading rail coach manufacturing factory in the world. Chittaranjan Loco Works now produce diesel engines.

The headquarters of South-Central Railway is located at Secunderabad. Secunderabad Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway zone (SCR) of the Indian Railways. It is one of the top five divisions of Indian Railways and its divisional and zonal headquarters are at Secunderabad.

Manipur state is least developed in rail routes. Manipur has one railway station, Jiribam.

South-Central-Hyderabad is not correct. Secunderabad Division was split into two Divisions viz. Secunderabad and Hyderabad on 17-Feb-1978. Following re-organisation of zones and Divisions with effect from 01-04-2003, two new Divisions viz., Guntur and Nanded were operationalised duly transferring Hubli Division to newly formed South Western Railway.

In Gorakhpur the headquarters of the North-Eastern Railway located. The North Eastern Railway is one of the 18 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Gorakhpur and comprises 3 divisions.

Rail Wheel Factory (Formerly known as Wheel and Axle Plant) is situated in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is a state-of-the-art plant, meeting bulk of the requirement of wheels, axles and wheel sets for the Indian Railways. The spare capacity available is profitably utilised to meet the domestic demands for non-railway customers and exports.

The main drawback of the railway network in India is the presence of three types of gauges. Types of rail gauges used in Indian railways are Broad gauge (B.G.) 1676 mm, Meter gauge (M.G.) 1000mm and Narrow gauge(N.G.) 762mm.

Roha lies in Maharashtra & Mangalore lies in Karnataka. These two are end points of Konkan Railway. Konkan Railway passes through Maharashtra, Goa & Karnataka.