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"Transport routes are called the basic arteries of our economy." Support this statement with four examples.                                                                                                              [AI 2007]

Answer:

(i) Transport and communication are the basic arteries of nation's economy. Economic development of a region or country very largely depends upon the dense network of transport and communication.

(ii) They link areas of production with consumption agriculture with industry and villages with towns and cities.

(iii) They help in industrial development by assemblage of raw materials and distribution of finished goods.

(iv) Transport and communication help in the development of all the four sectors (Primary, secondary, tertiary and quarternary ) of economy.

(v) They help in the balanced regional development.

(Any four)