Description : Which one of the following gives the correct sequence of ports down the western coast of India? (a) Kandla, Mumbai, Kochi, Mangalore (b) Porbandar, Marmagao, Mangalore, Kochi (c) Veraval, Okha, Marmagao, Mangalore (d) Mangalore, Marmagao, Kochi, Negercoil
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : Which is a port in India having a free trade zone? (1) Kochi (2) Paradip (3) Kandla (4) Tuticorin
Last Answer : (3) Kandla Explanation: Kandla Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) earlier known, as the Kandla Free Trade Zone is located at the port town Gandhidham in the state of Gujarat. One of the most ... Special Economic Zone (KASEZ) is the first in Asia and largest multiproduct Special Economic Zone in India.
Description : Iron ore from Kudremukh mines is exported from – (1) Mannugao (2) Cochin (3) Mangalore (4) Chennai
Last Answer : (3) Mangalore Explanation: Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd (KIOCL) has iron ore mines in Kudremukh (Chikkarnagaluru district) on the Western Ghats and a pelletisation plant in Mangalore. The actual mining ... up to the plant in Panambur, adjacent to the premises of New Mangalore Port in Mangalore.
Description : Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? (a) Cochin (b) New Mangalore (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
Description : Which of the following ports has the largest hinterland? (1) Kandla (2) Kochi (3) Mumbai (4) Visakhapatnam
Last Answer : (3) Mumbai Explanation: Mumbai is the largest and most important port along the western coast of India. It was developed during the colonial rule when the headquarters of the East ... Andhra Pradesh, eastern Gujarat and Rajasthan, western Madhya Pradesh and southwestern Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.
Description : Which of the following is the busiest International sea port in India? (1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata (3) Kochi (4) Tuticorin
Last Answer : (1) Mumbai Explanation: Based on the number of shipping services calling each port, Mumbai (Nava Sheva) is by far India's busiest port, having 30 inter-regional shipping services calling its ... information from Blue Water Reporting. Eleven of these services only encompass the Asia and ISC trades.
Description : Which of the following sets of three ports is on the east coast of India? (a) Cochin, Goa, Mumbai (b) Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai (c) Paradeep, Kakinada, Nagapattinam (d) Machilipatnam, Kandla, Aleppey
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Which one of the following statements is correct? [NDA 2003] (a) India ranks 9th in the world's shipping tonnage (b) Mumbai port handles half of the country's foreign trade (c) Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports (d) India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports
Description : Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched? (a) Kandla : Gujarat (b) Paradip : Orissa (c) Quilon : Kerala (d) Kakinada : Maharashtra
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Which of the following is known as the 'Pearl City'? (a) Kandla (b) Tuticorin (c) Kochi (d) Hyderabad
Description : Which one of the following is known as the 'Pearl City'? (1) Kandla (2) Tuticorin (3) Kochi (4) Hyderabad
Last Answer : (4) Hyderabad Explanation: Hyderabad is known as the "City of Pearls" on account of its role in the pearl trade. Until the 18th century the city was the only global trading centre for large diamonds.
Description : Which one among the following is a correct sequence of the Indian ports from north to south? [NDA 2011) (a) Haldia - Kandla - Paradeep - Kochi (b) Kandla - Haldia - Paradeep - Kochi (c) Kandla - Haldia - Kochi - Paradeep (d) Kochi - Kandla - Haldia – Paradeep
Description : Which one of the following ports is located on eastern coast of India? (1) Kandla (2) Kochi (3) Mormugao (4) Paradeep
Last Answer : (4) Paradeep Explanation: Paradeep, is a major seaport town and a designated notified area in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha. The Port of Paradeep is the primary port in Orissa, and one of the ... of cargo in 2009-2010. Thermal coal and iron ore are major commodities that transit the port.
Description : Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from (a) Mumbai (b) Cochin (c) Tuticorin (d) Chennai
Description : The Jawaharlal Nehru Port is located at – (1) Paradip (2) Cochin (3) Mumbai (4) Kolkata
Last Answer : (3) Mumbai Explanation: Jawaharlal Nehru Port is south of Mumbai in Maharashtra. Also known as Nava Sheva, it is the largest container port in India. The port was created to relieve pressure on Mumbai Port, then the pre-eminent port of India.
Description : Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct? [CDS 2009] (a) Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali (b) Koyali - Mumbai - Mangalore - Kochi (c) Kochi - Mumbai - Mangalore - Koyali (d) Mangalore - Kochi - Mumbai – Koyali
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : The four important ports of the West Coast of India, from South to North, in that order, are (a) Kandla, Mumbai, Goa, Cochin (b) Goa, Mumbai, Cochin, Kandla (c) Mumbai, Kandla, Goa, Cochin (d) Cochin, Goa, Mumbai, Kandla
Description : What is the strategic importance of New Mangalore and Kochi ports? -SST 10th
Last Answer : .New Mangalore: This port is located in Karnataka and caters to the export of iron ore concentrates from Kudremukh mines. .Kochi: Kochi is the extreme South-Western port, located at the entrance of a lagoon with a natural harbour. This port is having the biggest ship building yard.
Description : The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is (a) Mumbai (b) Kandla (c) Kolkata (d) Chennai
Description : Which one among the following has the largest shipyard In India? (a) Kolkata (b) Kochi (c) Mumbai (d) Visakhapatnam
Description : Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India? [IAS 2003] (a) Kolkata (b) Kochi (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
Description : The ship building yard-Mazgaon Dock is located at – (1) Vishakhapatnarn (2) Kochi (3) Kolkata (4) Mumbai
Last Answer : (4) Mumbai Explanation: Mazagon Dock is situated in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is India's prime shipyard that manufactures warships and submarines for the Indian Navy, and offshore platforms and ... for offshore oil drilling. It also builds tankers, cargo bulk carriers, passenger ships and ferries.
Description : Give one feature of each of the following: (i) Mumbai port (ii) Marmagao port (iii) New Mangalore port (iv) Tuticorin port -SST 10th
Last Answer : (i) Mumbai port is the biggest one with a spacious natural and well shelpered harbour. (ii) Marmago port is the premier iron ore exporting port of the country. (iii) New Mangalore port, ... concentrates from Kudremukh mines. (iv) Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu has a natural harbour and rich hinterland.
Description : The deepest land locked and protected port in India is (a) Marmugoa (b) Visakhaptanam (c) Mumbai (d) Cochin
Description : The first shore based integrated steel project in India is coming up at (a) Ernakulam (b) Tuticorin (c) Visakhapatnam (d) Mangalore
Description : Where is the shore based steel plant located? (1) Tuticorin (2) Salem (3) Vishakhapatnam (4) Mangalore
Last Answer : (3) Vishakhapatnam Explanation: Visakhapatnam or Vizag Steel Plant is the only Indian shore-based steel plant. Started in 1971, it is the most advanced steel producer in India with the help of German and Soviet technology.
Description : Iron ore mines are located in (a) Salem, Bhadravati, Raniganj (b) Hazaribagh, Jharia, Kudremukh (c) Monghyr, Balaghat, Hazaribagh (d) Singhbhum, Mayurbhanj, Bastar
Description : Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port? (a) Kandla (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Haldia (d) Tuticorin shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : Which is a major shipbuilding centre of India? (1) Cochin (2) Paradeep (3) Kandla (4) Tuticorin
Last Answer : (1) Cochin Explanation: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) is the largest ship building and maintenance facility in India. It is part of a line of maritime related facilities in the port-city of ... -hulled oil tankers". Presently it is building the first indigenous aircraft carrier for the Indian Navy.
Description : Which one of the following is not a part along the western coast of India? (1) Nhava Sheva (2) Marmagao (3) Tuticorin (4) Kochi
Last Answer : (3) Tuticorin Explanation: Thoothukudi, also known as Tuticorin, is a port city and a Municipal Corporation in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi is the headquarters ... is in South India, on the Gulf of Mannar, about 590 kilometres southwest of Chennai.
Description : Which is the artificial port of India? (1) Kandla (2) Mangalore (3) Chennai or Madras (4) Haldia
Last Answer : (3) Chennai or Madras Explanation: Chennai Port is the second largest port of India, behind the Mumbai Port, and the largest port in the Bay of Bengal. It is an artificial and all-weather port with wet docks. It was a major travel port before becoming a major container port.
Description : Which of the following is called the 'shrimp capital of India'? (1) Mangalore (2) Nagapatnam (3) Kochi (4) Nellore
Last Answer : (4) Nellore Explanation: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu have developed shrimp in a big way. The Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh is known as the 'Shrimp Capital of India'.
Description : Which of these harbours is not a natural harbour? (1) Chennai (2) Mumbai (3) Cochin (4) Paradip
Last Answer : (1) Chennai Explanation: A natural harbor is a landform where a part of a body of water is protected and deep enough to furnish anchorage. Many such harbors are rias. Bombay port and Kandla port have ... way back in 1639 on the sea shore. It is an artificial and all-weather port with wet docks.
Description : The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is: [CDS 2002] (a) Haldia (b) New Tuticorin (c) Paradeep (d) Vishakhapatnam
Description : Consider the following seaports: 1. Chennai 2. Machilipattinam 3. Nagapattinam 4. Tuticorin The correct sequence of these ports as one moves from north to south is : [CDS 2000] (a) 1, 2, 3, 4 (b) 2, 1, 3, 4 (c) 1, 3, 2, 4 (d) 2, 1, 4, 3
Description : Which of the following ports are on the west coast? 1. Marmugao 2. Cochin 3. New Mangalore 4. Paradeep (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2, 3 and 4 (d) 2 and 3
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. Tides are of great help in navigation and fishing 2. High tide enables big ships to enter or leave the harbour safely 3. Tide prevents siltation in the harbours 4. Kandla and Diamond Harbour are tidal ports ... 4 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Description : The ports located along the eastern coast of India are : (1) Kandla and Haldia (2) Haldia arid Cochin (3) Paradeep and Kandla (4) Paradeep and Haldia
Last Answer : (4) Paradeep and Haldia Explanation: Ports on the east coast of India are: Kolkata-Haldia (riverine port); Paradeep (exports raw iron to Japan); Visakhapatnam (deepest port); Chermai (oldest and artifical); Ennore (most modern) and Tuticorin (southernmost).
Description : ____ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. (a) Cochin (b) Mumbai (c) Mangalore (d) Surat
Description : Which one of the following cities never experiences vertical rays of the sun during noon? [NDA 2002] (a) Chennai (b) Mangalore (c) Mumbai (d) New Delhi
Description : The Konkan Railway connects : (1) Goa Mangalore (2) Roha - Mangalore (3) Kanyakumari - Mangalore (4) Kanyakumari - Mumbai
Last Answer : (2) Roha - Mangalore Explanation: Konkan Railway is a railway line which runs along the Konkan coast of India. It was constructed and is operated by the Konkan Railway Corporation. It runs from ... in Karnataka to Roha in Maharashtra through Goa, along the west coast of India and Western. Ghats.
Description : The National Institute of Oceanography is located at (a) Kandla (b) Mumbai (c) Cochin (d) Goa
Description : Which of the million-plus-population cities according to 1991 census, has got the highest literacy rate? (1) Greater Mumbai (2) Delhi (3) Chennai (4) Kochi
Last Answer : (4) Kochi Explanation: According to 1991 Census, of the million-plus-population cities, i.e. more than 10 lakhs, the highest literacy rate was recorded of Kochi (94 per cent), Greater Mumbai (82 ... literacy rate was recorded of Kerala (94%) and lowest literacy rate was recorded of Bihar (61.8%).
Description : How is iron–ore transported from Kudremukh mines to a port near Mangaluru? -SST 10th
Last Answer : Iron-ore is transported as slurry through pipelines.
Description : Kudremukh hills known for iron ore deposits is situated in which place? -Do You Know?
Last Answer : answer:
Description : Which port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore?
Last Answer : New Mangalore
Description : Kudremukh hills known for iron ore deposits is situated in which place?
Last Answer : Chickmaglur
Description : 1. What is the factor adversely affecting the fermentation process? 2. Which port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? 3. Which Mughal painter according to Abul Fazl was excellent in ... property of blood? 20. Which organizations agency is involved in drafting the Union Budget of India?
Last Answer : Answer : 1. High concentration of sugar 2. New Mangalore 3. Basawan 4. Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi 5. Rise in general price index 6. Film in the camera 7. Sharavati 8. Ralph Fitch 9. 65 years 10. T.V. ... T. Usha 15. 500 : 1 16. 12 17. Westerlies 18. Fire 19. Vitamin K 20. Administrative Ministries only
Description : Locate and label the following items on the same map with appropriate symbols. (i) Thermal Power Station - Tuticorin (ii) Cotton Textile Centre - Surat (iii) Major Port - Kandla -SST 10th
Last Answer : Outline map of India