Transport distance cannot be measured in terms of _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Intensity of vehicles travelling on a route
Transport distance is measured in three ways: km distance, time distance and cost distance.
Option (1) Actual distance of route length — A measure of transport distance. This is the km distance.
Option (2) Intensity of vehicles travelling on a route — Not a measure of transport distance. The number of vehicles on a route shows its traffic, not the distance between two places.
Option (3) Expense of travelling on a route — A measure of transport distance. This is the cost distance.
Option (4) Time taken to travel on a route — A measure of transport distance. This is the time distance.
NCERT (2026-27): “Transport distance can be measured as: km distance or actual distance of route length; time distance or the time taken to travel on a particular route; and cost distance or the expense of travelling on a route.” |