Previous Year Question
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 Port | Largest container port in India |
How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Only one pair
Only two pairs
All three pairs
None of the pairs
Correct Answer: B
Detailed Solution
Kamarajar Port—Correctly matched
Kamarajar Port is situated approximately 24 kilometres north of Chennai in Tamil Nadu. It was formerly known as Ennore Port.
It was declared a major port in March 1999 and incorporated as Ennore Port Limited under the Companies Act, 1956, in October 1999.
It is India’s first corporatised major port. The other major ports were administered through port trusts at that time.
Therefore, the first pair is correct.
Mundra Port—Correctly matched
Mundra Port is a privately operated port situated in the Kutch district of Gujarat.
It was developed by the private sector under a concession agreement with the Government of Gujarat/Gujarat Maritime Board.
Mundra was India’s largest privately owned commercial port. It has facilities for handling general cargo, containers, coal, crude oil and other cargo.
Therefore, the second pair is correct.
Visakhapatnam Port—Not correctly matched
Visakhapatnam is an important major and natural port of India, but it was not India’s largest container port.
At the time of the question, the country’s largest container port was the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority—JNPA at Nhava Sheva.
JNPA recorded its then highest container throughput of approximately 6.05 million TEUs during the financial year 2022-23.
Therefore, the third pair is incorrect.