Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Geography

Chapter

Fundamentals of Human Geography: Transport and Communication

Question:

Which of the following is the most important factor that has made the concept of global village a reality ?

Options:

Transportation

Modern communication systems

Service sector

Quaternary activities

Correct Answer:

Modern communication systems

Explanation:
As billions use the Internet each year, cyberspace will expand the contemporary economic and social space of humans through e-mail, e-commerce, e-learning and e-governance. Internet together with fax, television and radio will be accessible to more and more people cutting across place and time. It is these modern communication systems, more than transportation, that has made the concept of global village a reality