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Check Your Study

A. Tick () the correct answers.

1. The Trans-Siberian Railways run between Vladivostok and

(a) Moscow (b) St Petersburg (c) Paris

2. The Pan-American Highway connects Alaska with

(a) Brazil (b) Mexico (c) Chile

3. The railway system was introduced in India by the

(a) British (b) French (c) Marathas

4. Philately is associated with

(a) sports (b) stamps (c) coins

B. Match the columns.

Column A Column B

1. Steam engine (a) Underground railway

2. Panama Canal (b) Goods transport

3. Metro (c) James Watt

4. Cargo (d) 1914

C. Write in one word.

1. Means to help people and goods move from one place to another:

2. An artificial waterway in the form of a tube:

3. A network of highways:

4. The art of promoting a service or goods:

D. Answer these questions.

1. How did the invention of the wheel change the entire concept of transport?

2. What are the disadvantages of heavy road traffic?

3. How did the steam engine revolutionise the transport system?

4. What is the importance of mass communication?

5. How does the internet work? What are its uses?

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