Geography › Transport & Infrastructure Geography – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Consider the following statements about river bridges connecting India with neighbouring countries :

1. ‘Maitri Setu’, built over Feni river, connects Ramgarh in India with Sabroom in Bangladesh.
2. Jhulaghat suspension bridge connects India with Myanmar.
3. Mechi bridge and its approaches connect Panitanki Bypass in India with Kakarvitta in Nepal.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

India is one of the founding members of the International North-South Transport Corridor (INSTC), a multimodal transportation corridor, which will connect

Consider the following statements :

Statement-I : Sumed pipeline is a strategic route for Persian Gulf oil and natural gas shipments to Europe.

Statement-II : Sumed pipeline connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements ?

Consider the following pairs : Port

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?

Consider the following statements :

1. Amarkantak Hills are at the confluence of Vindhya and Sahyadri Ranges.
2. Biligirirangan Hills constitute the easternmost part of Satpura Range.
3. Seshachalam Hills constitute the southernmost part of Western Ghats.

How many of the statements given above are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the Indian squirrels :

1. They build nests by making burrows in the ground.
2. They store their food materials like nuts and seeds in the ground.
3. They are omnivorous.

How many of the above statements are correct?

If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination ?

Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?

Consider the following pairs : National Highway

1. NH 4 : Chennai and Hyderabad
2. NH 6 : Mumbai and Kolkata
3. NH 15 : Ahmedabad and Jodhpur

Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Between India and East Asia, the navigation-time and distance can be greatly reduced by which of the following?

1. Deepening the Malacca straits between Malaysia and Indonesia.
2. Opening a new canal across the Kra isthmus between the Gulf of Siam and Andaman Sea.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In India, the ports are categorized as major and non-major ports.

Which one of the following is a non-major port?

The Stilwell Road, built in the 1940s, which has recently been in news, connects which of the following?

Which of the following National Highways passes through Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa?

Where is the Central Water and Power Research Station located?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Consider the following statements among the Indian States:

1. Andhra Pradesh has the longest coastline.
2. Gujarat has the highest number of airports.

Which of these statements given above is/are correct?

Which among the following National Highway routes is the longest?

Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched? Unit of Indian Railway — Location

With reference to Indian transport systems, consider the following statements:

1. Indian railways system is the largest in the world.
2. National Highways cater to 45 per cent of the total road transport demand.
3. Among the states, Kerala has the highest density of surface road.
4. National Highway No. 7 is the longest in the country.

Which of these statements are correct?

Which one of the following is known as the “Coffee port” of the world?

Match the locations of ports labelled as A, B, C and D in the given map with the names of those ports and select the correct answer using the codes given below the names of the ports: Names of Ports:

1. Kakinada
2. Karwar
3. Mangalore
4. Tuticorin
5. Veraval

Codes:

Which one of the following ports of India handles the highest tonnage of import cargo?

Which one of the following statements is not true of the Konkan Railway?

What is the correct sequence of the following Indian states in descending order of their length of surface roads per 100 km² of their area? I. Haryana II. Maharashtra III. Punjab IV. Tamil Nadu

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The four railway junctions shown by numerals 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the rough outline map of Gujarat are respectively

Which one of the following sets of states stands to benefit the most from the Konkan Railway?

Which one of the following pairs of cities has recently been connected through a 6-lane express way?

Which one of the following ports shown on the rough outline map of India is a riverine port?

One will NOT have to pass through the Suez Canal while going from Mumbai to

Match List I with List II

and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:

List I

List II

I. European transcontinental railway

A) Paris to Istanbul

II. Trans Andean railway

B) Leningrad to Vladivostok

III. Trans-Siberian railway

C) Leningrad to Volgograd

IV. Orient Express

D) Buenos Aires to Valparaiso

E) Paris to Warsaw

Of the four places marked 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the map, the one indicating a tidal port is The original map is not available for this question.

The national highway from Delhi to Calcutta via Mathura and Varanasi is numbered