Transportation Quiz

What is the process of carrying goods and passengers from one place to another termed as?

• Communication

• Transportation

• Migration

• Navigation

Which of the following is NOT a mode of transportation mentioned in the text?

• Roadways

• Teleportation

• Airways

• Waterways

What does transportation facilitate in terms of trading activities?

• Creation of place utility to goods

• Increase in production cost

• Decrease in consumer choices

• Barriers to distance

How does transport help in bringing about stable and uniform prices in different markets?

• By limiting the supply of goods

• By increasing the demand for goods

• By adjusting the supply of goods according to demand

• By reducing the number of markets

What benefit do consumers have due to transportation?

• Higher prices for goods

• Limited choices of goods

• Delayed delivery of goods

• Wider choice of goods at competitive prices

What does transportation ensure for the industry?

• Higher production costs

• Decrease in industrial growth

• Limited supply of finished goods

• Continuous supply of raw materials

How does transportation contribute to the growth of large scale industries?

• By limiting international competition

• By reducing the inflow of materials

• By facilitating the inflow of materials and outflow of finished goods

• By increasing the outflow of finished goods

What is encouraged with the improved transport system according to the text?

• Decrease in trading activities

• Limited access to sellers and buyers

• International competition

• Decrease in global markets

What are the various means through which people move from place to place?

• Cars, buses, trains, boats, ships, and aircraft

• Trains only

• Boats only

• Cars only

Which mode of transport needs the support of air to travel?

• Ship

• Aeroplane

• Train

• Truck