SSC Geography quiz 20 September 11, 2018 September 11, 2018 Please enter your email: 1. Which one of the following statements is correct? India ranks 9th in the world’s shipping tonnage Kandla and Kolkata are tidal ports India has 14 major ports and 129 minor ports Mumbai port handles half of the country’s foreign trade 2. Which one of the following is the first company-managed major port in India? Tuticorin Ennore Cochin Vishakhapatnam 3. Which of the following is the deepest landlocked protected port? Kandla Tuticorin Haldia Vishakhapatnam 4. Which one of the following pairs of sea ports and states is not correctly matched? Quilon : Kerala Kandla : Gujarat Kakinada : Maharashtra Paradip : Orissa 5. The port especially developed for exporting iron ore to Japan is: Vishakhapatnam Haldia New Tuticorin Paradeep 6. ‘Hinterland’ refers to: continental shelf in the sea from which oil can be extracted natural harbour used for international trade land region extending from a sea port abandoned sea port where trade was carried out initially 7. Which one among the following has the, largest shipyard in India? Kochi Kolkata Mumbai Vishakhapatnam 8. Which of the following port caters to the export of Kudremukh iron ore? Cochin New Mangalore Vishakhapatnam Mumbai 9. Which one of the following east flowing rivers of India forms rift valley due to down Damodar Mahanadi Son Yamuna 10. Canal irrigation is most important in the Northern Plains of India because: the sources of canals are perennial rivers the region is densely populated the level of underground water is high the soil is porous Loading … Question 1 of 10 Share this:WhatsAppTelegramTweet Related