Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Transport and Communication

Question:

Which of the following became the most popular and fastest form of transport in the nineteenth century?

Options:

Airways

Railways

Roadways

Both 2 and 3

Correct Answer:

Railways

Explanation:

The revolution in transport came about only after the invention of the steam engine in the eighteenth century. Perhaps the first public railway line was opened in 1825 between Stockton and Darlington in northern England and then onwards, railways became the most popular and fastest form of transport in the nineteenth century.