(i) Perishable goods are transported by aeroplanes / ships.
(ii) A bicycle / train is a fast mode of transport.
(iii) There are 13 / 20 major ports in India.
(i) What do tanker ships carry?
(a) coal ______
(b) oil ______
(c) rice ______
(d) marble ______
(ii) Which of these is not a means of communication?
(a) train
(b) radio
(c) television
(d) newspaper
(iii) Which of these is used to rescue people during a natural disaster?
(a) aeroplane
(b) train
(c) bus
(d) helicopter
(i) Television is a means of communication.
(ii) Letters sent through Speed Post reach in seconds.
(iii) Rajdhani Express and Shatabdi Express are luxury buses.
(iv) Road transport is more important than railways in the Indian economy.
(v) Unsurfaced roads are made of cement or bitumen.
(vi) The Golden Quadrilateral is a project focused on building railways across India.
(vii) Ships are used to carry light and small packages.
(viii) Metro rail is helping transportation only in Delhi.
(ix) Inland waterways are still widely used for carrying cargo.
(x) Air transport is the slowest mode of transportation.
(i) Transporting goods and people by road through different means is known as ______.
(ii) ______ are made of cement, concrete, or bitumen and are all-weather roads.
(iii) The major project in India that aimed to build a network of high-quality roads is the ______.
(iv) ______ are simple paths broadened to meet the needs of carts and don't have proper surfaces.
(v) The Indian railway network is the fourth largest in the world after ______ and ______.
(vi) Ships are used to carry heavy cargo, and India has 12 major ports and 186 minor ports.
(vii) The Ganga river between ______ is declared as National Waterway No. 1 in India.
(viii) Air transport is the ______ mode of transportation.
(ix) ______ is a public sector airline in India.
(x) Helicopters are useful for reaching places where neither of the transport modes is possible and are used for various purposes like ______.
(i) List five means of communication.
(ii) What is the difference between a cargo ship and a passenger ship?
(iii) What are metalled roads made of?
Why do Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana do not have ports?
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