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 : The first shore-based, modern, integrated steel plant in India is in - (1) Salem (2) Haldia (3) Mangalore (4) Vishakhapatnam
Last Answer : (3) Mangalore Explanation: Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited - Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (RINL-VSP) a Government of Indian Undertaldng "Navratna" company popularly known as "Vizag Steer a leading Central PSU under the ... from Waste heat 40 MW for current 3 Mt and would go up to 90 MW after expansion.
Description : Kudremukh Iron-ore is exported from these two ports – (1) Kandla and Mumbai (2) Marmugoa and Mangalore (3) Kochi and Tuticorin (4) Paradip and Kolkata
Last Answer : (2) Marmugoa and Mangalore Explanation: The mined ore of Kundremukh is transported through pipelines running through districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada up to the plant in Panambur, adjacent to the premises of New Mangalore Port in Mangalore.
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 Visvesvaraya Iron & Steel Ltd. is located at – (1) Bangalore (2) Bhadravati (3) Mangalore (4) Mysore
Last Answer : (2) Bhadravati Explanation: Visvesvaraiya Iron and Steel Plant (VISL), A unit of Steel Authority of India Limited, is a company involved in the production of alloy steels and pig iron and ... Visvesvaraiya. It is now a steel plant under the jurisdiction of the Steel Authority of India Limited.
Description : The first short based integrated steel plant in the country is- (1) Vijaynagar (2) Salem (3) Vishakhapatnam (4) Bhadravati
Last Answer : (3) Vishakhapatnam Explanation: Visakhapatnam Steel Plant - popularly known as Vizag Steel is the first. Shore based Integrated Steel Plant in the country. Set up in 1971, it is the most advanced steel producer in India. It is the largest single site plant in India and Asia Minor.
Description : Which one among the following has the largest shipyard In India? (a) Kolkata (b) Kochi (c) Mumbai (d) Visakhapatnam
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : The land-locked natural harbour along the east coast of India is (a) Visakhapatnam (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Paradeep
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : India has one land-locked and protected port which is at (a) Paradeep (b) Chennai (c) Kolkata (d) Visakhapatnam
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India? [CDS 2001, CDS 2003] (a) Cochin (b) Ennore (c) Tuticorin (d) Vishakhapatnam
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 : 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 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 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 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
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
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 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 among the following integrated iron installation does not come under the management of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)? (1) Bhilai (2) Durgapur (3) Rourkela (4) Jamshedpur
Last Answer : (4) Jamshedpur Explanation: Steel Authority of India Limited is one of the largest state-owned steel-making company based in New Delhi, India and one of the top steel makers in World. Major plants owned by SAIL are located at Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela, Burnpur (near Asansa) and Salem.
Description : Oil refinery located near the of field is (a) Nunamati (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Mathura (d) Koyali
Description : Which of the following is a natural harbour? (a) Visakhapatnam (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata
Description : In which one of the following cities can one never have the sunshine directly overhead at noon? (a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai (c) Visakhapatnam (d) Delhi shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in (a) Chennai (b) Goa (c) Mumbai (d) Visakhapatnam
Description : Prince, Victoria and Alexandria are the three important and busy docks at (a) Cochin (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
Description : Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude? (a) Bengaluru and Chennai (b) Mumbai and Visakhapatnam (c) Ajmer and Shillong (d) Nagpur and Kolkata
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Which city is served by Diamond Harbour? (a) Mumbai (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Kolkata (d) Rangoon
Description : Passenger and merchant ships are constructed at (a) Mazagaon Docks (b) Hindustan Shipyard at Visakhapatnam (c) No place; the Indian docks only make navy ships (d) Goa shipyard
Description : Which one of the following shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy? (a) Cochin Shipyard, Cochin (b) Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam (c) Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai (d) Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata
Description : Match the following: [NDA 2011] Name of the Shipyard Location A. Hindustan Shipyard Limited 1. Kolkata B. Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited 2. Vasco-da- Gama C. Goa Shipyard Limited 3. Mumbai D. Mazgaon Dock Limited 4. Visakhapatnam A B C D (a) 4 2 1 3 (b) 3 1 2 4 (c) 4 1 2 3 (d) 3 2 1 4
Description : Which National Highway connects Chennai and Visakhapatnam ? [Asstt Comm 2008] (a) NH 4 (b) NH 5 (c) NH 6 (d) NH 8
Description : Consider the following ports: 1. Karaikal 2. Machilipatnam 3. Paradeep 4. Visakhapatnam What is the correct sequence of the above ports from north to south? [NDA 2005] (a) 1-2-4-3 (b) 1-4-2-3 (c) 3-2-4-1 (d) 3-4-2-1
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 towns is not on the "Golden Quadrilateral" being created for the roads infrastructure of the country? (1) Chennai (2) Hyderabad (3) Visakhapatnam (4) Bhubaneswar
Last Answer : (2) Hyderabad Explanation: The Golden Quadrilateral is a highway network connecting India's four largest metropolises: Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata, thus forming a quadrilateral of sorts. Four ... project in India, it is the first phase of the National Highways Development Project (NHDP).
Description : Which of the following is known as the 'Pearl City'? (a) Kandla (b) Tuticorin (c) Kochi (d) Hyderabad
Description : Match the following: List-I List-II (Industries) (Industrial Centres) A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin C. Ship building 3. Pinjore D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao Codes: (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4 (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 1 2 3 4
Description : Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from (a) Mumbai (b) Cochin (c) Tuticorin (d) Chennai
Description : Match the following: [IAS 1999] A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin C. Ship building 3. Pinjore D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao A B C D (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4 (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 1 2 3 4
Description : In which one of the following places electricity generated from hydel power? [CPO SI 2010] (a) Neyveli (b) Ennore (c) Tuticorin (d) Mettur
Description : Match the following: [IAS 1999] A. Pearl fishing 1. Pune B. Automobiles 2. Tuticorin C. Ship building 3. Pinjore D. Engineering goods 4. Marmagao A B C D (a) 2 1 4 3 (b) 2 1 3 4 (c) 1 2 4 3 (d) 1 2 3 4 shop.ssbcrack.com
Description : Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port? (a) Kandla (b) Vishakhapatnam (c) Haldia (d) Tuticorin shop.ssbcrack.com
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 : The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is: [CDS 2002] (a) Haldia (b) New Tuticorin (c) Paradeep (d) Vishakhapatnam
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 : ____ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. (a) Cochin (b) Mumbai (c) Mangalore (d) Surat
Description : Consider the following cities: 1. Bhatinda 2. Jamnagar 3. Mangalore Which of the above has/have oil refineries? [Asstt Comm 2008] (a) 1 and 2 (b) 3 only (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
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 : 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 : Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? (a) Cochin (b) New Mangalore (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
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 : 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.