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