Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

India-People and Economy: Transport and Communcation

Question:

Match the following Years of List 1 with the incident mentioned in List 2 correctly:

List 1: Year

List-2: Description of the incident

(a) 1976

(i) TV services began in the National Capital

(b) 1957

(ii) T.V. delinked from All India Radio

(c) 1959

(iii) GAIL (India) Ltd. was set up

(d) 1984

(iv) All India Radio renamed as Akashwani

 

 

Options:

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

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

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

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

Correct Answer:

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

Explanation:

All this time, TV was part of the national broadcaster, All India Radio. On April 1, 1976, it transited to become a separate Department.

T.V. services were limited only to the National Capital where it began in 1959.

The government brought Radio under its control in 1930 under the Indian Broadcasting System. It was changed to All India Radio in 1936 and to Akashwani in 1957.

GAIL (India) Ltd. was set up in 1984 as a public sector undertaking to transport, process and market natural gas for its economic use.