Multiple Choice Questions and Answers on National Economy

1. What is the major objective of the Super Highways?

(a) Reduce time and distance between mega cities

(b) To break inter-state barriers

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(d) None of these

2. The highway projects are being implemented by:

(a) Central Public Works Department

(b) State Public Works Department

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(d) Both (a) and (c)

3. Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridors?

(a) Srinagar and Kanyakumari

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(b) Silcher and Porbandar

(d) Nagpur and Siligudi

4. What locations are connected by the longest National Highway-7?

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(a) Delhi and Kanyakumari

(b) Delhi and Mumbai

(d) Varanasi and Kanyakumari

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5. What did the ‘Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojana’ put into action?

(a) Villages were linked to cities

(b) Districts linked to cities

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(d) Villages were linked with each other

6. Which organisation constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country?

(a) Border Roads Organisation

(b) Central Public Works Department

(d) None of these

7. Which mode of transport makes possible multifarious activities like sightseeing and pilgrimages along with transportation of goods?

(a) Waterways (b) Railways

8. Which railways has made possible, the movement of goods and people along the most important economic region of India?

(a) Eastern railways (b) Northern railways

9. Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays?

(a) Pipelines (b) Railways

10. Which was the first port developed soon after independence, after the loss of the Karachi port to Pakistan?

(a) Mumbai (b) Vishakhapatnam

11. Which port is the premier iron ore exporting port of the country?

(a) Marmagao (b) New Mangalore

12. Which of the following states is not connected with the HVJ pipeline?

(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Gujarat

13. Which is the cheapest mode of transport?

(a) Waterways (b) Railways

14. Which of the following ports is the deepest landlocked and well-protected port on the east coast of India?

(a) Chennai (b) Tuticorin

15. When was air transport nationalised in India?

(a) 1947 (b) 1967

16. What mode of transport provides services to the ONGC in its off shore operations?

(a) Pawanhans helicopters (b) Army choppers

17. What is considered as the economic barometer for a country?

(a) Poverty levels (b) International trade

18. When the value of exports exceeds the value of imports, it is called:

(a) free trade

(b) unfavourable balance of trade

(d) none of these

19. Which of the following commodities constitutes ‘bulk imports’ for India?

(a) Gems (b) Petroleum

20. Which term is used to describe trade between two or more countries?

(a) Internal trade (b) External trade

21. Which out of the following is not a quick delivery mail facility for towns and cities?

(a) Green channel (b) Everyday channel

22. In which language does the All India Radio not broadcast its various programmes?

(a) Local (b) National

23. Which of the following rivers, has the government declared as a national waterway?

(a) Brahmaputra (b) Krishna

24. The Indian railways is now reorganised into:

(a) 14 zones (b) 10 zones

25. Which is the largest public sector undertaking in India?

(a) Indian railways (b) Airlines

Answers

1. (a)	2.	(c)	3.	(b)	4.	(d)	5. (c)	6. (a)	7. (b)
8. (c)	9.	(a)	10.	(c)	11.	(a)	12.	(d)	13. (a)	14. (c)
15. (d)	16.	(a)	17.	(b)	18.	(c)	19.	(d)	20. (d)	21. (b)
22. (d)	23.	(a)	24.	(c)	25. (a)