PYQP – India – People & Economy – India’s Transport & Communication

UPSC – CSE Prelims 2023

GEOGRAPHY – India – People & Economy – India’s Transport & Communication

1. Consider the following pairs:

Port: Well known as

1. Kamarajar Port: First major port in India registered as a company

2. Mundra Port : Largest privately owned port in India

3. Visakhapatnam: Largest container port in India

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Only one pair

(b) Only two pairs

(c) All three pairs

(d) None of the pairs

Ans: B

Statement 1 is Correct: Kamarajar Port, located on the Coromandel Coast about 24 km north of Chennai Port, Chennai, it is the 12th major port of India, and the first port in India which is a public company.

https://www.ennoreport.gov.in/content/#:~:text=it%20is%20the%2012th%20major%20port%20of%20India%2C%20and%20the%20first%20port%20in%20India%20which%20is%20a%20public%20company.

Statement 2 is Correct: The mega port at Mundra is a major economic gateway that caters to the northern hinterland of India with multimodal connectivity. The deep draft, all-weather port is the largest commercial port in India with state-of-the-art infrastructure.

Statement 3 is Incorrect: Mundra Port, India’s biggest commercial port by volumes, has overtaken state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to become the country’s largest container gateway by handling 5.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units in FY21.