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The commercial bank does not keep The central bank keeps a check on the commercial banks.
check on the central bank

4) Road Transport, rail Transport, Water Transport and Air Transport.

Road Transport Rail Transport Water Transport Air Transport
1. Speed
Road transport has limited It has considerable It is the slowest mode of It is the fastest
speed due to bad road speed since it runs transport mode os transport.
condition, accidients, etc. on tracks which
rarely gets disturbed
2. Carrying capacity

It has limited carrying It has huge carrying It has away huge carry- It has limited
capacity capacity ing capacity carrying capacity
3. Cost
It requires limited capital The cost of con- It uses waterways which It uses airways
investment in terms of struction of trains, are natural highway and which are natural
construction of roads, railway tracks is hence there is no cost and hence, there is
vehicles and there high. Also the main- involved. However there no cost involved.
maintenance. tenance of trains, is high cost involved for However huge cost
tracks and stations construction of ships and of constructions of
is high. parts and also mainte- aircrafts involved.
nance of ships and parts. These costs are
way high compared
to other modes of
transport.
4. Distance
Recommended for short Recommended for Suitable for long dis- Suitable for long
distance. both short and long tance specially across distance.
distance. countries and couninents.
5. Charges
Transport charges are not Transport charges Transport charges are Transport charge
fixed due to high due to in- are relatively low. are very high.
creased fule prices low and are fixed
according to the
distance.
6. Door to door service
It provides door to door It does not provide It does not provide door It does not pro-
services. door to door services to door services. vide door to door
services.
7. Means of Transport
It uses animals, animal It uses passenger It uses boats, big ships, It uses aircraft,
carts, motor-cycles, three trains and goods liners, tankers etc. helicopters, jets,
and four wheelers. train. etc.

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