Major Sea Ports in India MCQ Set-2
11. What is the largest container port in India?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
B. Chennai Port
C. Cochin Port
D. Mundra Port
Answer –D. Mundra Port
Explanation-• Recently Mundra Port has overtaken the state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to become the country’s largest container gateway by handling 5.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units
(TEUs) in FY21, posting a growth of 18 percent compared to last year.
12. What is the second-largest container port in India?
A. Mundra Port
B. Chennai Port
C. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
D. Cochin Port
Answer: B. Chennai Port
Answer –D. Mundra Port
Explanation-
13. Which is the second-largest port in India?
A. Kolkata Port
B. Chennai Port
C. Mumbai Port
D. Visakhapatnam Port
Answer –B. Chennai Port
Explanation-
14. Which is the largest natural port in India?
A. Kolkata Port
B. Mumbai Port
C. Cochin Port
D. Paradip Port
Answer –B. Mumbai Port
Explanation-
15. Which is the largest artificial port in India?
A. Chennai Port
B. Kandla Port
C. Mumbai Port
D. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Answer – D. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) or Nhava Sheva
Explanation-
16. Which is the largest port in India by the volume of cargo handled?
A. Kandla Port
B. Chennai Port
C. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
D. Paradip Port
Answer – A. Deendayal port or Kandla Port
Explanation-• At the end of the fiscal year 2020, the total volume of cargo handled at the Deendayal port in India was more than 120 million metric tons
17. Which is India’s largest port by size and shipping traffic?
A. Kandla Port
B. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
C. Mumbai Port
D. Chennai Port
Answer – C. Mumbai Port
Explanation-
18. Which is India’s largest commercial port?
A. Mumbai Port
B. Chennai Port
C. Mundra Port
D. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust
Answer – C. Mundra Port
Explanation-
19. Which is the largest port on the East Coast of India?
A. Chennai Port
B. Kolkata Port
C. Visakhapatnam Port
D. Paradip Port
Answer – A. Chennai Port
Explanation-
20. Which is the second-busiest port in India after Jawaharlal Nehru Port?
A. Mumbai Port
B. Kolkata Port
C. Mundra Port
D. Cochin Port
Answer –C. Mundra Port
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