Question 1 - MCQ Questions (1 Mark) - Chapter 4 Class 9 History - Forest Society and Colonialism - History

What is meant by ’sleepers’?

(a) Iron tracks

(b) Steel planks

(c) Wooden planks laid across Railway tracks to hold the tracks in position.

(d) Railway tracks

Answer:

Explanation:

• Wooden planks laid across Railway tracks to  hold the tracks in position.
  
  
• From the 1860s, the railway network expanded rapidly.
  
  
• By 1890, about 25,500 km of track had been laid.

Let’s Check all the options

• (a) Iron tracks- Tracks made from iron.
  
  
• (b) Steel planks- Tracks made from steel.
  
  
• (c) Wooden planks laid across Railway tracks to  hold the tracks in position.- These are known as Sleepers. So, this is correct.
  
  
• (d) Railway tracks- It enables trains to move by providing a dependable surface for their wheels to roll upon.

So, the correct option is (c).