Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Transport and Communication

Question:

Match List I with List II

List – I
 (Railway Gauge Categories) 

 List – II
 (Width of Tracks) 

 (A)

 Standard Gauge

 (I)

 More than 1.5 meter

 (B)

 Meter Gauge

 (II)

 1.44 meter

 (C)

 Broad Gauge

 (III) 

 Less than 1.00 meter 

 (D) 

 Narrow Gauge

 (IV)

 1.00 meter

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Options:

(A) - (III), (B) - (I), (C) - (IV), (D) - (II)

(A) - (IV), (B) - (II), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

(A) - (I), (B) - (IV), (C) - (II), (D) - (III)

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

Correct Answer:

(A) - (II), (B) - (IV), (C) - (I), (D) - (III)

Explanation:

The railway gauges vary in different countries and are roughly classified as broad (more than 1.5 m), standard (1.44 m), metre gauge (1 m) and smaller gauges. The standard gauge is used in the U.K

On the basis of the width of track of the Indian Railways, three categories have been made:
a. Broad gauge: The distance between rails in broad gauge is 1.676 metre. The total length of broad gauge lines was 60510 km in March 2016.
b. Metre gauge: The distance between rails is one metre. Its total length was 3880 km in March 2016.
c. Narrow gauge: The distance between the rails in this case is 0.762 metre or 0.610 metre. The total length of narrow guage was 2297 km in March 2016. It is generally confined to hilly areas.