Question

Examine with example the role of means of transport and communication in making our life prosperous and comfortable.

Answer 1

Railways, airways, waterways, newspapers, radio, television, cinema and internet, etc. have been contributing to its socio-economic progress in many ways. It has enriched our life and added substantially to growing amenities and facilities for the comforts of life.

• Means of transport and communication often called as the life lines of a nation and play an important role in the economic development of a country.
• They move goods from their supply locations to demand locations.
• They also help in the movement of labour from one place to another. This helps in creating employment for the labourers as well as help in supplying labour to the agricultural and industrial sector.
• Communication has also helped in transfer of information which has led to technology transfer.
• Communication has been the major driving force in the process of globalization.
  

All these factors have helped in the growth of humans as well as helped them in making their lives easier with improvement in the economic, trade and commerce, culture, technology and thus in a way have helped in the evolution of human beings.