Sat. Sep 28th, 2024

Class XII (Fundamentals of Human Geography)

  1. Which one of the followings has highest railway density

    Options:
    1. India
    2. China
    3. USA
    4. Belgium

    Option: D

  2. Underground railways are important in

    Options:
    1. London
    2. Paris
    3. Delhi
    4. Only A and B

    Option: D

  3. Choose the incorrect statements from the following

    Options:
    1. 25 per cent of the total rail network in Australia is found in New South Wales alone
    2. The west-east Australian National Railway line runs from Perth to Sydney
    3. North America accounts for nearly 60 per cent of the world's total rail networks
    4. New Zealand's railways are mainly in the North Island

    Option: C

  4. Which one of the following statements about South American rail network is NOT correct

    Options:
    1. Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela have short single-track rail-lines
    2. There is only one trans-continental rail route linking Buenos Aires (Argentina) with Valparaiso (Chile) across the Andes Mountains
    3. The rail network is the densest in two regions, namely, the Pampas of Argentina and the coffee growing region of Brazil
    4. Only Chile, among all the countries, account for 40 per cent of South America's total route length

    Option: D

  5. Uspallatta Pass located in

    Options:
    1. The Andes Mountains
    2. The Himalaya Mountains
    3. The Rocky Mountains
    4. The Ural Mountains

    Option: A

  6. Which one of the following regions in Asia is the least developed in rail facilities

    Options:
    1. North Asia
    2. West Asia
    3. South Asia
    4. East Asia

    Option: B

  7. Choose the country that accounts for nearly 50 percent of the total rail route in Africa

    Options:
    1. South Africa
    2. Nigeria
    3. Egypt
    4. Kenya

    Option: A

  8. Following are the important rail routes of the Africa. Choose the incorrect statements from the followings

    Options:
    1. The Blue Train runs from Cape Town to Pretoria in the Republic of South Africa
    2. The Benguela Railway runs between Angola and Katanga-Zambia Copper Belt
    3. The Blue Train runs from Botswana to Zimbabwe
    4. The Tanzania Railway runs from the Zambian Copper Belt to Dar-es-Salaam on the coast

    Option: C

  9. Which one of the followings is the longest rail route in the World

    Options:
    1. TransCanadian Railways
    2. The Orient Express
    3. TransSiberian Railways
    4. The Australian TransContinental Railway

    Option: C

  10. Total length of the TransSiberian Railways is

    Options:
    1. 6,456 km
    2. 9,332 km
    3. 10,378 km
    4. 8,632 km

    Option: B