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Q2·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2023

Ports — Kamaraj Port, Mundra Port, Visakhapatnam Port descriptions

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Question

Consider the following pairs: The following table: Port Well known as

1Kamarajar Port : First major port in India registered as a company
2Mundra Port : Largest privately owned port in India
3Visakhapatnam Port : Largest container port in India

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Options

a

Only one pair

b

Only two pairs

Answer
c

All three pairs

d

None of the pairs

Explanation

Pair 1 is correct; Kamarajar Port (Ennore) is the first major port in India incorporated as a public company rather than a port trust. Pair 2 is correct; Mundra Port in Gujarat is India's largest privately owned port, operated by APSEZ. Pair 3 is incorrect; Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Maharashtra, not Visakhapatnam, is the largest container port in India.

Kamarajar (Ennore) holds the unique distinction of being India's only corporatized major port.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2023

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q2

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Oceanography & Water Resources

Type

How-many counting

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography Cl.12 Ch.11

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