Question

Which one of the following ports is the deepest land-locked and well protected port along the east coast?

• A. Chennai
• B. Paradip
• C. Tuticorin
• D. Vishakhapatnam

Answer 1

The correct option is D

Vishakhapatnam

Answer: The correct answer is option (D) – Visakhapatnam

Different Important Ports in India

• Major ports of India handle 95% of India’s foreign trade.
• India has 187 notified ports (intermediate or minor ports), and has 12 major ports. India’s coastline is around 7,516 Km long.
• Visakhapatnam is a well protected and deepest land-locked port. It was built with the objective of exporting iron ore.
• Paradip port is used for exporting iron ore and is located in Odisha.
• In terms of trade volume, Chennai is next to the Mumbai port. Chennai port is one of the oldest artificial ports in India.
• Tuticorin port is located in Tamil Nadu. This port has a rich hinterland and natural harbour and. Hence, Tuticorin port has a flourishing trade handling of a large variety of cargoes to the coastal regions of India and even to our neighbouring countries like Maldives, Sri Lanka etc.
• The iron ore from Kudremukh mines are exported from New Mangalore Port, located in Karnataka.
• Kochi Port is located in Kerala, it has a natural harbour, with the entrance of a lagoon.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Port was built for decongesting the Mumbai port. Mumbai port is the biggest port, and it is a well-sheltered harbour.
• Marmagoa port in Goa is a leading iron ore exporting port in India.
• After partition of India, when India lost Karachi port to Pakistan, India built Kandla port in Gujarat. It was the first port developed soon after independence to ease the traffic in Mumbai port.
• Kandla Port handles the imports and exports of the highly productive industrial and granary belt of India which stretches from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir.