Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Transport and Communcation

Question:

Match the following options correctly:

Type of road/rail gauge

Description of the road/gauge

(a) Golden Quadrilateral

(i) Distance between rails is 1.676 meters

(b) Narrow gauge

(ii) Grand Trunk (GT) road

(c) Broad gauge

(iii) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)

(d) Shahi road

(iv) Confined to hilly areas.

 

Options:

(a)- iii, (b)- i, (c)- iv, (d)- ii

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- iii

(a)- iii, (b)- iv, (c)- ii, (d)- i

(a)- iii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- ii

Correct Answer:

(a)- iii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- ii

Explanation:

Sher Shah Suri built the Shahi (Royal) road to strengthen and consolidate his empire from the Indus Valley to the Sonar Valley in Bengal. This road was renamed the Grand Trunk (GT) road during the British period, connecting Calcutta and Peshawar.

On the basis of the width of the track of the Indian Railways, three categories have been made: Broad gauge: The distance between rails in broad gauge is 1.676 metres. The total length of broad gauge lines was 63950 km (2019-20). Metre gauge: The distance between rails is one metre. Its total length was 2402 km (2019-20). Narrow gauge: The distance between the rails in this case is 0.762 metres or 0.610 metres. The total length of the narrow gauge was 1604 km (2019-20). It is generally confined to hilly areas.

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has taken up some major projects in the country under different phases :

a-Golden Quadrilateral.

b- North-South and East-West Corridors.