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