Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Transport and Communication

Question:

The pipeline that carries petroleum from Gulf of Mexico to the north eastern states is called?

Options:

Big Inch

Mississippi pipeline

Rhine pipeline

International Pipeline No. 3

Correct Answer:

Big Inch

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Big Inch

In U.S.A. there is a dense network of oil pipelines from the producing areas to the consuming areas. Big Inch is one such famous pipeline, which carries petroleum from the oil wells of the Gulf of Mexico to the North-eastern States. About 17 per cent of all freight per tonne-km. is carried through pipelines in U.S.A.