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 : The National Institute of Oceanography is located at (a) Kandla (b) Mumbai (c) Cochin (d) Goa
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
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 : The Konkan Coast stretches between: (a) Goa and Cochin (b) Goa and Mumbai (c) Goa and Daman (d) Goa and Diu
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
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 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 : The Buckingham Canal, which has been declared a National Waterway of India recently, is a canal running from (a) Punjab to Haryana (b) Mumbai to Goa (c) Vijayawada to Villupuram (d) Cochin to Kozhikode (e) Kanyakumari to Rameshwaram
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 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 : 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 : 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 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 : 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 : What is the contribution of Mumbai and Goa ports in the economy of India? -SST 10th
Last Answer : Mumbai is the biggest port with a spacious, natural and well-sheltered harbor. The Jawaharlal Nehru port was planned with a view to decongest the Mumbai port and serve as a hub port for this region. ... port of the country. This port accounts for about fifty per cent of India's iron ore export.
Description : Prince, Victoria and Alexandria are the three important and busy docks at (a) Cochin (b) Visakhapatnam (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
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 : 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
Description : The retreating monsoon withdraws itself from (a) The west coast to the east coast (b) North-East India to the west coast (c) The north to the south (d) North-West India to Bengal and then to Kerala
Description : The retreating monsoon withdraws from the: (a) west coast to the east coast (b) north to the south (c) north-east India to the west coast (d) north-west India to Bengal
Description : The deepest land locked and protected port in India is (a) Marmugoa (b) Visakhaptanam (c) Mumbai (d) Cochin
Description : The finest natural harbour in India is (a) Chennai (b) Mumbai (c) Kolkata (d) Cochin
Description : The largest dry dock in India is situated at - (1) Cochin (2) Marmagoa (3) Kolkata (4) Mumbai
Last Answer : (2) Marmagoa Explanation: Marmugao dock, located in Goa, was the largest dry dock of India till 2015.
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. The south-west monsoon causes heavy rainfall in the Shillong plateau. 2. The north-east monsoon causes the rainfall over Orissa coast during winter. Which of these statements is/are correct ? [CDS 2003] (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Description : Great Barrier Reef of Australia is located parallel to - (1) East coast (2) (2)West coast (3) (3) North coast (4) South coast
Last Answer : (1) East coast Explanation: The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system, located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located off north- ... coastline of the state of Queensland. It is a distinct feature of the East Australian Cordillera division.
Description : The port commanding the largest hinterland in India is (a) Mumbai (b) Kandla (c) Kolkata (d) Chennai
Description : Which one of the following Indian towns has the longest sea beach? (a) Kolkata (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Cochin
Description : Coir, Copra, Coconut, Cashew are mainly exported from (a) Mumbai (b) Cochin (c) Tuticorin (d) Chennai
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 : ____ is known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea. (a) Cochin (b) Mumbai (c) Mangalore (d) Surat
Description : Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? (a) Cochin (b) New Mangalore (c) Mumbai (d) Vishakhapatnam
Description : In which of the following towns does the LMT (Local Meridian Time) show the greatest deviation from the 1ST (Indian Standard Time) ? [NDA 1991] (a) Delhi (b) Cochin (c) Mumbai (d) Kohima
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 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 : India has eight coastal states but more than half the sea salt is made along the Gujarat coast because (a) Gandhiji started the salt movement in Gujarat (b) Low rainfall and relative humidity are ideal ... ) Kandla port exports salt (d) The salinity of sea water is very high near the Gujarat coast
Description : Which one of the following is a major port on the East Coast of India? (1) Kandla (2) Vishakhapatnam (3) Karikal (4) Pondicherry (Puducherry)
Last Answer : (2) Vishakhapatnam Explanation: Port of Visakhapatnam is one of the leading major ports of India. The Port is located on the east coast of India at a latitude of 41' North and longitude of 83° 17' ... + 5:30. The Port has three harbours viz., outer harbour, inner harbour and the fishing harbor.
Description : Name three important sea ports each on the East and West Coast. -SST 10th
Last Answer : East Coast: Chennai, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam. West Coast: Mumbai, Marmagoa (Goa), Mangalore.
Description : Anjuna, Baga, Colva, Majorda, and Miramar are beaches in (a) Chennai (b) Goa (c) Mumbai (d) Visakhapatnam
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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : How many major ports are there on the east coast of India? (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5
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 : There is heavy rainfall on the western coast of India but very little in the Deccan because (a) the Deccan plateau is situated in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats (b) the region is bypassed by the south-west monsoons (c) lack of high mountains in the Deccan (d) of some unknown reason
Description : Which of the following is not true with regard to the coastal plains of India ? (a) The west coast has a narrow alluvial margin interspersed by hilly terrain (b) The eastern coast has a ... little indentation except towards the south (d) The west and east coasts, have the same alluvial features
Description : One of the following is the smallest (area-wise) Lok Sahha constituency in India (1) Chandni Chowk (2) Delhi Sadar (3) Kolkata North-West (4) Mumbai South
Last Answer : (1) Chandni Chowk Explanation: Chandni Chowk in Delhi is the smallest (area-wise) Lok Sabha constituency in India.
Description : Consider the following railway zones: 1. North-Eastern Railway 2. Central Railway 3. North-Western Railway 4. South-Eastern Railway Which one of the following is the correct order of locations of the headquarters of the above railway zones from west ... 1-2-3-4 (b) 2-3-1-4 (c) 3-2-4-1 (d) 3-4-2-1
Description : Which of the following Railway zones and their Headquarters is not correct? (a) North-Eastern-Gorakhpur (b) South-Central-Hyderabad (c) Eastern-Kolkata (d) Western-Mumbai
Description : Which two of the following are connected by the North South corridor? (1) Srinagar and Kanyakumari (2) Mumbai and Chennai (3) Amritsar and Kolkata (4) Hyderabad and Bhopal
Last Answer : (1) Srinagar and Kanyakumari Explanation: The North-South Corridor comprises NH 1A (Srinagar-Jalandhar), NH 1 (Jalandhar - Delhi), NH 2 (DelhiAgra), NH 3 (Agra-Gwalior), NH 75 ... 26 (Jhansi-Lakhnadon), NH 7 (LakhnadonNagpur-Hyderabad-BangaloreMadurai-Kanyakurnari), NH 47 (SalemCoimbatore-Kochi).
Description : In which of the following areas is Konkani spoken as the local language? (a) Kerala and Karnataka (b) Maharashtra and Goa (c) Odisha and West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh