Question 1: Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) State any three merits of roadways.
(ii) Where and why is rail transport the most convenient means of transportation?
(iii) What is the significance of the border roads?
(iv) What is meant by trade? What is the difference between international and local trade?
Answer:
(i) The growing importance of road transport is rooted in the following reasons:
(A) Construction cost of roads is much lower than that of railway lines,
(B) Roads can traverse dissected and undulating topography and
(C) Roads can negotiate higher gradients of slopes. And as such can traverse mountains such as the Himalayas.
(ii) Railways make it possible to conduct different activities like business, sightseeing, and pilgrimage along with transportation of goods over longer distances. Apart from an important means of transport the Indian railways have been a great integrating force for more than 150 years. Railways in india bind the economic life of the country as well as accelerate the development of the industry and agriculture.
(iii) The roads organization constructs and maintains roads in the bordering areas of the country. This organization was established in 1960 for the development of the roads of strategic importance in the northern and north eastern border areas. These roads have improved accessibility in areas of difficult terrain and have helped in the economic development of these areas.
(iv)The exchange of goods among people states and countries is referred to as trade. The market is the place where such exchanges take places. Trade between two countries is called international trade. It may take place across the sea air or land . while local trade is carried on in cities, towns and villages , state level trade is carried between two or more states.
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