Sea Ports, Its Importance, Major Sea Ports of India

Q. Name a few major ports on the Eastern coast of India.

1. Paradip port
2. Visakhapatnam port
3. New Mangalore port
4. Cochin port

Q. What is the difference between a port and a harbour?

1. Ports are found near oceans, whereas harbours are only found on rivers.
2. A port is a place where a ship can dock whereas a harbour is where ships receive and discharge cargo.
3. Ports and harbours are exactly the same.
4. A port is a harbour town where ships receive or discharge cargo, whereas a harbour is an area where a ship can dock.

Q. Which is the biggest port in Gujarat?

1. Kandla
2. Navlakhi
3. Mundra
4. Porbandar

Q. Consider yourself working in a particular port in India, where you have just witnessed that the port ownership is being transferred over to the British by the Portuguese, in 1661. Which port is being referred to here?

1. Cochin
2. Thoothukudi
3. Mumbai
4. Visakhapatnam

Q. Which port caters to the export of iron ores from the Kudremukh mines?

1. New Mangalore port
2. Jawaharlal Nehru Port
3. Kandla Port
4. Mormugao port

Q. Theport is the largest port in Gujarat.

1. Kandla
2. Porbandar
3. Bhavnagar

Q. The extensive Indian coastline has bestowed the advantage to buildmajor ports andminor ports.

1. 12
2. 13
3. 200
4. 300

Q. Which among the following port is not located in the eastern coast of India?

1. Haldia
2. Paradip
3. Kandla
4. Tuticorin

Q. Which state in India has the longest coastline?

1. West Bengal
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Gujarat
4. Karnataka