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India : Means

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of Transport

Transport and I

Vehicles have become very important in our life. We use them to transport people and
goods from one place to another.

Write any three places to go to which you need some vehicle and write the vehicle that you
will use :

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Vehicles help us transport people and goods, so they are called means of
transport. There is a large variety of vehicles around us. We can group them
in different ways :

Different vehicles need different types of energy to move :

Human Energy Animal Energy Petrol/Diesel Electricity

bicycle, rickshaw tonga, car, truck, bus, train, car, bus
bullock-cart ship

Know It!
v Earlier trains also ran on coal.

v Some trains are very fast.
v Some vehicles, like a car, can run on petrol, diesel or electricity.

Different vehicles can be grouped as per their speeds :

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