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Q1Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2024
Consider the following airports:
1. Donyi Polo Airport
2. Kushinagar International Airport
3. Vijayawada International Airport
In the recent past, which of the above have been constructed as Greenfield projects?
- A1 and 2 onlyCorrect
- B2 and 3 only
- C1 and 3 only
- D1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Correct. Donyi Polo Airport in Arunachal Pradesh and Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh were both developed as greenfield airports built from scratch on new sites.
Q2Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2023
Consider the following pairs:
Port : Well known as
1. Kamarajar Port : First major port in India registered as a company
2. Mundra Port : Largest privately owned port in India
3. Visakhapatnam Port : Largest container port in India
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
- AOnly one pair
- BOnly two pairsCorrect
- CAll three pairs
- DNone of the pairs
Explanation
Correct. Kamarajar Port (Ennore) was the first corporatised major port in India, and Mundra Port is the largest privately owned port. However, India's leading container port is Jawaharlal Nehru Port (Nhava Sheva), not Visakhapatnam.
Q3Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2023
With reference to India's projects on connectivity, consider the following statements:
1. East-West Corridor under Golden Quadrilateral Project connects Dibrugarh and Surat.
2. Trilateral Highway connects Moreh in Manipur and Chiang Mai in Thailand via Myanmar.
3. Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor connects Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh with Kunming in China.
How many of the above statements are correct?
- AOnly one
- BOnly two
- CAll three
- DNoneCorrect
Explanation
Correct. The East-West Corridor is part of the NHDP (not Golden Quadrilateral) and links Silchar with Porbankar. The Trilateral Highway runs from Moreh to Mae Sot (not Chiang Mai). The BCIM corridor links Kolkata with Kunming, not Varanasi.
Q4Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2014
Consider the following pairs:
National Highway : Cities connected
1. NH4 : Chennai and Hyderabad
2. NH6 : Mumbai and Kolkata
3. NH15 : Ahmedabad and Jodhpur
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
- A1 and 2 only
- B3 only
- C1, 2 and 3
- DNoneCorrect
Explanation
Correct. Under the pre-2010 numbering, NH4 connected Chennai to Thane (via Bangalore), NH6 connected Dhule to Kolkata, and NH15 ran from Pathankot to Samakhiali. None of the stated city connections is accurate.
Q5Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2006
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Railway Zone — Headquarters
(a) North Eastern Railway — Gorakhpur
(b) South Eastern Railway — Bhubaneswar
(c) Eastern Railway — Kolkata
(d) South East Central Railway — Bilaspur
- ANorth Eastern Railway — Gorakhpur
- BSouth Eastern Railway — BhubaneswarCorrect
- CEastern Railway — Kolkata
- DSouth East Central Railway — Bilaspur
Explanation
Correct — this pair is NOT correctly matched. The headquarters of South Eastern Railway is at Kolkata (Garden Reach), not Bhubaneswar. East Coast Railway is headquartered at Bhubaneswar.
Q6Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2004
Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?
- AAgra–Mumbai
- BChennai–Thane
- CKolkata–HajiraCorrect
- DPune–Machilipatnam
Explanation
Correct. The Kolkata–Hajira route (old NH6) stretching over 1,900 km through Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Gujarat was the longest among the options listed.
Q7Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2000
Consider the following ports:
1. Kakinada
2. Karwar
3. Mangalore
4. Tuticorin
5. Veraval
Which of the above are located on the west coast of India?
- A2, 3 and 5 onlyCorrect
- B1, 4 and 5 only
- C1 and 4 only
- D2 and 3 only
Explanation
Correct. Karwar (Karnataka), Mangalore (Karnataka) and Veraval (Gujarat) are all located on India's western coastline. Kakinada is on the Andhra Pradesh east coast and Tuticorin is on the Tamil Nadu southeast coast.
Q8Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 2000
Consider the following list of ports associated with the Union Territory of Pondicherry:
1. Karaikal
2. Mahe
3. Pondicherry
4. Yanam
Which of these are port towns of the Union Territory?
- A1, 2, 3 and 4Correct
- B1 and 3 only
- C2 and 4 only
- D1, 3 and 4 only
Explanation
Correct. Pondicherry (Puducherry) is a Union Territory comprising four geographically separate districts — Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam — all of which are coastal port towns inherited from French colonial enclaves.
Q9Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 1999
Which one of the following statements is not true of the Konkan Railway?
- AThe total length is about 760 km
- BIt runs through the states of Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Kerala
- CIt is the only rail route that cuts across the Western Ghats
- DThe Konkan Railway Construction Company which came into being raised money through Public IssuesCorrect
Explanation
Correct — this is NOT true. The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited (KRCL) raised funds primarily through institutional financing and government support, not through public share issues in the conventional sense described.
Q10Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade GeographyPYQ 1998
Which one of the following sets of states stands to benefit the most from the Konkan Railway?
- AGoa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, KeralaCorrect
- BMadhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- CTamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra
- DGujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Tamil Nadu
Explanation
Correct. The Konkan Railway runs along the western coast connecting Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka and terminates near the Kerala border at Mangalore, directly benefiting these four states.
Q11Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade Geography
National Waterway-2 (NW-2) is designated along which river?
- AMahanadi
- BBrahmaputraCorrect
- CGodavari
- DNarmada
Explanation
Correct. NW-2 runs along the Brahmaputra from Sadiya to Dhubri in Assam, covering approximately 891 km.
Q12Geography·Transport, Communication and Trade Geography
Which of the following is the nodal ministry responsible for the National Highways Development Project (NHDP)?
- AMinistry of Road Transport and HighwaysCorrect
- BMinistry of Urban Development
- CMinistry of Commerce and Industry
- DNITI Aayog
Explanation
Correct. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is the nodal ministry overseeing NHDP, implemented through the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).