I.Fill in the blanks
1. TheTranscontinental railway links ______________ with Vladivostok.
2. ____________ arethe cheap means of transport.
3. Buckingham canalcarried goods from Nellore to _______________.
II.Choose the correct answer
1. ______________is a major port
a) Puducherry b) Chennai c)Cuddalore
2. Pipelines areused to carry__________
a) Coal b) Oil c) Wood
3. Telegraph wasinvented in the year __________
a) 1844 b) 1855 c)1866
4. The most commonmode of the transport is the
a) Roadways b) Railways c)Water ways
5. Indian Railwaysis the _________ largest in the world.
a) Second b) Third c) Fourth
6. The Fastestmeans of transport is the ___________
a) Roadways b) Railways c) Airways
III.Match the following
1. Brahmaputra – a)North America
2. Rhine – b)Transcontinental Highway
3. Alaskan Highway– c) Major port
4. Visakhapatnam –d) Inland water ways
5. TPAS – e)Germany
IV.Answer the following
1.How are roads classified?
Roads areclassified as transcontinental highways national highways and local roads.
2.Write a note on Indian Railways.
i) Railways are thecheapest and fastest means of transport for carrying bulk goods over longdistances.
ii) It is thedensest in the Gangetic Plains of U.P., Bihar and West Bengal.
iii) These raillines are either underground rail lines or elevated above the ground.
3.Name the different means of communication.
i) Telecommunication and mass communication are the two types of communication.
1.What is meant by road density?
Road density is theratio between the total length of roads in a country to its total land area.
2.What is meant by Population density?
Population densityis the ratio between the total number of people in a country to its total landarea.
V.Paragraph:
1.Write about the major Shipping routes of the world.
i) The NorthAtlantic route connects the crowded countries of Europe to the Eastern coast ofNorth America.
ii) The Cape ofGood Hope route connects western and Southern Europe with South- West Asia andAustralia.
iii) The panamacanal route connects the west coast regions of North and South Americas withtheir east Coastal regions.
2.What do you know about inland waterways?
i) Deep navigablerivers with a perennial flow of water and navigation canals constitute theinland water ways.
ii) The mostimportant inland water way lies in the industrially advanced countries ofwestern Europe, North America and Canada.
3.Give an account of mass communication.
i) Masscommunication includes all those media designed to reach a large audience.
ii) Masscommunication can be divided into two categories the print media include books,Journals, Magazines and news papers.
VI.Detailed
1.The development of transport and communication is important for the developmentof a country –Discuss.
TRANSPORT
i) Transport andcommunication play an important role in the development of a country.
ii) A goodtransportation system helps the movement and exchanged of resources andmanpower resulting in economic growth.
iii) Roadways helpthe economic development of a country.
iv) There is aclose relationship between road density and the economic development of acountry.
v) The greater theroad connectivity, the more is the economic developments.
vi) Railways arecheap and fast means of transport.
vii) Air ways arethe fastest and costliest means of transport.
COMMUNICATION
i)Telecommunication and mass communication also play an important role in thedevelopment of country.
ii) The IndianNational Satellite has revolutionized communication in India in recent years.