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