Transport
What is transport?
Movement of goods, people or animals from onne place to another.
Give one example of airways means of transport?
Helicopter
Aeroplane
Give two examples of roadways?
Car and bike
Write 2 examples of railways?
Train
MEtro
Give 2 examples of waterways
Ship
Submarine
What are the different modes of transport? Give one example each
Roadways- Car
Railways- Train
Airways- Aeroplane
Waterways- Ship
Airways is the most _____________ and _________________ mode of transport?
Fastest and expensive
Which government ensures that public transport is available to people?
State government
Name 4 goods that trains carry from one place to another?
What is the difference between inland waterways and international waterways?
Inland- Inside the country like rivers, canals,
International waterways- Seas, oceans
Which is the most cheapest and the most expensive mode of transport?
Cheapest- Waterways
Expensive- Airways
State capitals and important towns are connected by _______________ airways?
Domestic Airways
Name 3 animal driven vehicles?
Bullock cart
Horse cart
Camel cart
Nowadays trains mostly runs on electricity, what used to trains earlier used as fuel to run?
Steam or coal
Why is waterways the cheapest mode of transport?
Because there is no expenditure on construction other than building and maintenance.
It is because in waterways we can transport the large amount of materials with consumption of low fuel rather than airways and landways. As the ships and boats are a very easy example of the cheapest waterways as they consumed low energy or fuel and runs with the help of water.
This is also called a chopper?
Helicopter
Airways help transport of ___________ goods.
High Value and time sensitive
Who constructs the national highway?
NHAI
Name 5 cities in India where metro trains are available?
Mumbai
Delhi
Kolkata
Gurgaon
Ahmedabad
JAipur
Noida
Who maintains the inland waterways and when was this organisation constituted?
Inland waterways authority of India, 1986
What are some advantages of transportation systems?
Time saving
Jobs
Utilities
Give an example of a situation where you saw airways helping people during a calamity?
Chennai floods, Kerala floods, Mumbai Floods, Tsunami in Andamans
What is the full form of NHAI?
National Highway Authority of India
In which year was the first train that ran in India and from where to where?
1853, Mumbai- Thane
Name 3 Inland waterways in India and Name 3 International waterways near India?
Inland- Ganges, Brahmaputra, Narmada
International Waterways- Arabian sea, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean