Industries & Transport in India Questions with Solutions
This topic covers India's major industries (iron and steel, textiles, cement, sugar, automobiles and information technology) and their locations, along with the transport network: railways, roads and national highways, ports, airports and waterways. Common questions ask where a steel plant is located and which country helped build it (Bhilai with the Soviet Union, Rourkela with Germany and Durgapur with Britain), which city is called the 'Manchester of India', and facts about major ports, railway zones and national highways. Practise the industries and transport questions below, written in the style of the general awareness sections of exams such as SSC, banking, railways, CUET GAT, MAH CET and CLAT. Each question comes with a detailed explanation that adds related facts, so every question helps you revise more than one point.
- Q1.
India's first nuclear power plant is:
A. Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)B. Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)C. Narora (Uttar Pradesh)D. Tarapur (Maharashtra)easyAsked in Railway +1View solution › - Q2.
Which is the deepest landlocked and well-protected port in India?
A. VisakhapatnamB. ChennaiC. KandlaD. MumbaimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q3.
The East-West Corridor of the National Highways Development Project connects:
A. Delhi and KolkataB. Mumbai and ChennaiC. Silchar and PorbandarD. Srinagar and KanyakumarimediumAsked in SSCView solution › - Q4.
India's longest rail-cum-road bridge, connecting Assam and Arunachal Pradesh over the Brahmaputra, is the:
A. Saraighat BridgeB. Bogibeel BridgeC. Vikramshila SetuD. Bhupen Hazarika SetumediumAsked in SSC +1View solution › - Q5.
The Atal Tunnel, one of the world's longest highway tunnels above 10,000 feet, connects Manali with:
A. Lahaul-SpitiB. LehC. KulluD. ShimlaeasyAsked in Railway +1View solution › - Q6.
Which major port is also known as the 'Gateway of Maharashtra'?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT)B. Mumbai PortC. Mormugao PortD. Vizag PortmediumAsked in MAH LLB 3 Year CET 2026View solution › - Q7.
Nestlé India Ltd. set up its first factory in India in 1961 in which state?
A. HaryanaB. MaharashtraC. PunjabD. GujaratmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q8.
India's first 'Vande Bharat Express' train ran between:
A. New Delhi and VaranasiB. Chennai and MysuruC. Mumbai and GandhinagarD. New Delhi and KatraeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q9.
Which was India's first superfast train?
A. Deccan QueenB. Flying RaneeC. Frontier MailD. Rajdhani ExpressmediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q10.
The first corridor of the Delhi Metro was inaugurated in 2002 by:
A. Sheila DikshitB. Manmohan SinghC. A. P. J. Abdul KalamD. Atal Bihari VajpayeemediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q11.
India's first metro train service was introduced in Kolkata on:
A. 15 August 1972B. 24 October 1984C. 1 June 1930D. 24 December 2002mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q12.
India's first biofuel-powered flight landed at New Delhi's IGI Airport from Dehradun in:
A. 2015B. 2020C. 2012D. 2018mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q13.
India's first successful cotton mill was set up in:
A. KolkataB. KanpurC. Mumbai (Bombay)D. AhmedabadeasyAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q14.
India's first university dedicated to railways and transportation was the:
A. Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (Pune)B. National Rail and Transportation Institute (Vadodara)C. Railway Staff College (Lucknow)D. Indian Institute of Transport Management (Delhi)mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q15.
India's first electric train was introduced in:
A. 1853B. 1951C. 1925D. 1930mediumAsked in RailwayView solution › - Q16.
Where was the first cement plant in India established (1904)?
A. KatniB. KolkataC. PorbandarD. Chennai (Madras)mediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q17.
Indian Railways started its first computerised passenger reservation system in New Delhi in:
A. 1995B. 1975C. 1986D. 2002mediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q18.
Jeevan Rekha (Lifeline Express), the world's first hospital train, started its journey on 16 July 1991 from:
A. KolkataB. ChennaiC. New DelhiD. MumbaimediumAsked in PoliceView solution › - Q19.
India's first underwater metro train project was launched in:
A. KochiB. ChennaiC. MumbaiD. KolkataeasyAsked in State PCSView solution › - Q20.
Which Indian city is known as the 'Detroit of Asia' because of its automobile industry?
A. GurugramB. ChennaiC. JamshedpurD. PuneeasyAsked in RailwayView solution ›