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