Important Questions for Chapter 7 Lifelines of National Economy Class 10 Geography
Important Questions1
What are known as lifelines of the national economy?
Answer
Means of transport and communication.
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What is a new arrival on the transportation map of India?
Answer
Pipeline transport network is a new arrival on the transportation map of India to transport liquids as well as solids in slurry form.
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Why was Jawaharlal Nehru port developed?
Answer
To decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for the region.
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Which is the deepest landlocked and well protected port?
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Visakhapatnam is the deepest landlocked and well protected port.
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What are considered first-class mail by the Indian postal network?
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Cards and envelopes are considered first-class mail.
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Why was the Haldia seaport Set-up?
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Haldia seaport was Set-up as a subsidiary port to relieve growing pressure on Kolkata port.
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What is the major objective to develop Super Highways?
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The major objective of developing Super Highways is to reduce the time and distance between the mega-cities of India.
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Which term is used to describe trade between two or more countries?
Answer
International trade.
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Why is international trade considered the economic barometers for a country?
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An advancement of International Trade is an index of economic prosperity for a country.
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Why is transport a necessity?
Answer
Transport is necessary to carry passengers and goods from one place to another.
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Name the authority that maintains State Highways.
Answer
State Public Works Department maintains state highways.
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What are Expressway national highways?
Answer
The Expressway national highways have been planned to meet the requirement of fast movement of traffic in the country.
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What is meant by favorable balance of trade?
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If the value of exports is more than the value of imports, it is called a favourable balance of trade.
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What is the extent of North-South Corridor of India?
Answer
North-South Corridor links Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) to Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu).
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What do you know about National Highway 7?
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National Highway 7 is the longest and traverses 2369 kms between Varanasi and Kanyakumari via Jabalpur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Madurai.
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Which is a major commodity imported by India?
Answer
Petroleum and petroleum products are major commodity imported by India.
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How road density is measured?
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Road density is measured using total length of roads/100sq km of area.
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18
Define Balance of Payment.
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Balance of Payment is the value difference between export and import of a country.
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What is the length of inland waterways in India?
Answer
India has inland navigation water ways of 14,500 km in length.
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Describe the rural roads in India?
Answer
• Rural roads link ruler areas and villages with towns.
• These roads received special impetus under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna.
• Special provisions are made so that every village in the country is linked to a major town in the country by an all season motorable road.
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What are Golden Quadrilateral Super Highways? Mention any two objectives of this project. The North-South and East-West Corridors join which terminal cities.
Answer
• The Golden Qudrilateral Super Highways is a major road development project linking Delhi – Kolkata –
Chennai – Mumbai and Delhi by six lane super highways.
• The two major objectives of these Super Highways projects are to reduce the time and distance between the mega cities of India.
• The North-South Corridors linking Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) and East-West Corridor connecting Silchar (Assam) and Porbander (Gujarat).
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Elaborate any three advantages of railways in India.
Answer
Advantages of railways in India are:
• The road transport is cheaper than railway transport.
• It is suitable because it carries goods to other destination without re-handling any through the quickest route. It can provide door to door service.
• Road transport is more flexible than railways as it has no fixed route or time.
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Explain any four advantages of pipeline transportation.
Answer
The four advantages of pipeline transportation are:
• Both solid (when converted into slurry) liquid and gases can be transported through pipelines
• Initial cost of laying pipelines is high but subsequent running costs are minimum.
• Trans-shipment of losses and delays are minimum.
• It is economical to transport petroleum, natural gas, fertilizers to interior places.
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What are the problems facing Indian Railways?
Answer
The problems facing Indian Railways are:-
• A big problem of railway that is being faced in India is that a large number of passengers travel without purchasing tickets.
• Thefts and damaging of railway property has not yet stopped completely.
• People stop the trains, pull the chain unnecessarily and this causes heavy damage to the railway.
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Describe any three factors that accord prominence to airways as a mode of transportation.
Answer
Following are the factors that accord airways
prominence as a mode of transportation:
• They are the fastest mode of transportation,
• They are the best means of transport for remote, inaccessible and hostile areas,
• Airways play a vital role in the event of natural and human-made calamities like floods, famines, earthquake, epidemics and war by virtue of their swiftness.
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What is the difference between personal communication and mass communication? State any two points of importance of mass communication.
Answer
Personal communication means a communication between two persons either through oral, letter or through telephone etc. while mass communication
includes the use of radio, television, press, films etc, for wider public audience. The two points of importance of mass communication are
• provides entertainment
• creates awareness among people about various national programmes and policies.
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Classify roads on the basis of the type of material used for their construction.
Answer
Roads can also be classified on the basis of the type of material used for their construction.
• Metalled Roads- Metalled roads may be made of cement, concrete or even bitumen of coal, therefore, these are all weather roads.
• Unmetalled Roads-Unmetalled roads have no surface covering over the bare earth or grass track. They go out of use in the rainy season.
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Explain the ways in which tourism promotes the related industries and services of the destination-country.
Answer
• Tourism promotes national integration, provides support to local handicrafts and cultural pursuits.
• It also helps in the development of international understanding about our culture and heritage.
• It give boost to hospitality sector of economy.
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Why is communication a necessity of life?
Answer
Communication is an essential requirement of human life. No one can live without interacting with others. The increase in population and the modes of
communication are the results of increased human movement. Today we are living in the age of communication, using telephone, television, films and internet. Various means of communication has reduced distances, bringing world closer.
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Write a note on the changing nature of International trade in India in the last fifteen years.
Answer
There has been a change in the nature of our international trade:
• Since 2004-2005, the share of agriculture and allied products, ores and minerals, chemical engineering goods has been increasing.
• Exchange of commodities and goods have been superseded by the exchange of information and knowledge.
• India has emerged as a software giant at international level.
• India is earning large foreign exchange through the export of information technology.
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What is the importance of transport? Mention the various means of transport available in India.
Answer
Importance of Transport:
• Connects the people.
• Sense of belonging in the people living at far places.
• Helpful for business activities.
• Helpful in the period of crisis.
Means of transport:
• Roadways
• Railways
• Pipelines
• Waterways
• Airways.
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What is the significance of ‘Border Roads’? Explain.
Answer
• Border road organization was established in 1960.
• This organization develops the roads of strategic importance in the North and the East border areas.
• These roads have improved accessibility in areas of difficult terrain.
• These roads have enabled the economy to develop in the border areas.
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Name the longest National Waterway of India. Write any three points of importance of waterways.
Answer
The longest National Waterway of India is the Ganga river between Allahabad and Haldia. Importance of waterways:
• It is most suitable for carrying heavy and bulky goods.
• It is a fuel efficient and environment friendly.
• More than 95% of the country’s trade volume is moved by the sea.
• It is the cheapest means of transport.
• They are the natural routes which do not involve cost of construction.
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Explain about National Waterways of our country.
Answer
The National Waterways of our country are:-
• The Ganga River between Allahabad and Haldia (1620 km)-N.W. No.1.
• The Brahmaputra River between Sadiya and Dhubri (891 km)-N.W. No.2.
• The West-Coast Canal in Kerala (Kottapurma-Kollam, Udyogamandal and Champakkara canals-205 km) – N.W. No.3.
• Specified stretches of Godavari and Krishna rivers along with Kakinada Puducherry stretch of canals (1078 km) – N.W. No.4.
• Specified stretches of river Brahmani along and Brahmani with Matai River, delta channels of Mahanada Rivers and East Coast Canal (588 km) – N.W. No.5 with Matai River, delta channels of Mahanadi.
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Explain with examples the conditions responsible for uneven distribution pattern of the railway network in India.
Answer
The distribution pattern of the Railway network:
• The northern plains with their vast level land, high population density and rich agricultural resources provided the most favorable condition for their growth.
• In the hilly terrains of the peninsular region, railway tracks are laid through low hills, gaps or tunnels.
• The Himalayan mountainous regions too are unfavourable for the construction of railway lines due to high relief, sparse population and lack of economic opportunities.
• It was difficult to lay railway lines on the sandy plain of western Rajasthan, swamps of Gujarat, forested tracks of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Jharkhand.
• The contiguous stretch of Sahyadri could be crossed only through gaps or passes (Ghats).
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What is mass communication? What are the different means of mass communication? What is the significance of mass communication in a country like India?
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Mass communication: Means (like electronic media) which covers large number of people at the same time. Different means of communication are radio, television, films and internet, newspapers and magazines. Significance of mass communication are:
• Covers more than 95% of India’s total population.
• Source of education and entertainment.
• Most instant means of mass information.
• Brings all classes of people together.
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“No country can survive without international trade in the present global world.” Explain the statement.
Answer
• No country in the world is self-sufficient in all its needs. Goods produced by one country are required by the other country and vice-versa. Hence, differences in resources, needs and development among nations creates conditions for international trade between them.
• It helps in exchange of surplus goods with those of deficit countries through foreign trade.
• Foreign trade has helped India to improve its productivity of manufactured goods.
• International trade contributed to India’s economic growth, raising income levels of people thus, increasing the foreign exchange reserves.
• International trade helps India to import advanced technology of other countries to improve its own production.
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The ‘Road Transport’ and ‘Rail Transport’ in India are not competitive but complementary to each other. Justify the statement.
Answer
• Road transport is more suitable for short distances whereas rail transport is more suitable for long distances.
• Road transport is economical in transportation of few persons and relatively smaller amount of goods over short distances whereas rail transport is more suitable for large number of people and heavy goods.
• It is beneficial for perishable goods to be carried by roads in short period of time whereas non-perishable and bulky are transported by railways for a longer distances.
• Road transport increases the efficiency of railways.
• Road transport links the rural areas with railway stations.
• The deficiency of railways is compensated by road transport.
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“Transport and trade are complementary to each other.” Justify the statement.
Answer
• The pace of development of a country depends upon the production of goods and services as well as their movement over space.
• Today, the world has been converted into a large village with the help of efficient and fast moving transport.
• Transport has been able to achieve this with the help of equally developed communication system.
• Therefore, transport, communication and trade are complementary to each other.
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“Efficient means of transport are pre–requisites for the fast development.” Express your views in favour of this statement.
Answer
Transport and communication are the basic arteries of a nation‘s economy because:
• Economic development of a region or a country very largely depends upon the dense network of transport and communication.
• They link areas of production with consumption, agriculture with industry and village with towns and cities.
• They help the industry by providing raw materials and distribution of finished goods.
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