Q32.
Consider the following pairs: Port Well known as 1. Kamarajar Port : First major port in India registered as a company 2. Mundra Port : Largest privately owned port in India 3. Visakhapatnam : Largest container port in India How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Answer
B
Explanation
1 is correctly matched: Kamarajar Port, located on Coromandel Coast about 24 km north of Chennai Chennai, it is the 12th major port of India, and the port in India which is a public company. The port declared as a major port under the Indian Ports Act, in March 1999 and incorporated as Ennore Port under the Companies Act, 1956 in October The Kamarajar Port is the only corporatized major and is registered as a company. 2 is correctly matched: Port of Mundra is India’s private port. Located in the Kutch district of the of Gujarat, Mundra lies on the north shores of the of Kutch. 3 is not correctly matched: The Jawaharlal Nehru Authority (JNPA) at Navi Mumbai is the premier handling port in India, accounting for around of the total containerized cargo volume, across the ports of India. Commissioned on 26 th May 1989, three decades of its operations, JNPA has from a bulk- cargo terminal to become the container port in the country. JNPA is to over 200 ports in the world and is ranked in the list of top 100 Container Ports globally.