This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > General Knowledge > Indian Geography > Transport > Ports – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Ports Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sea ports is situated on the back of dolphin nose hill A) Ennore. B) Visakhapatnam. C) Chennai. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Visakhapatnam. 2. What is the cheapest means of transport A) Railways. B) Roadways. C) Airways. D) Waterways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waterways. 3. In India the First rail line was laid between A) Bombay and Thane. B) Pune and Thane. C) Goa and Mangalore. D) Bombay and Satara. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bombay and Thane. 4. How many modes of transport are there? A) 2. B) 5. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 5. Which port is located in Goa? A) Kandla Port. B) Chennai Port. C) Mormugao Port. D) Haldia Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mormugao Port. 6. ..... is the most expensive mode of transport. A) Airways. B) Roadways. C) Waterways. D) Railways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airways. 7. Find the odd one out:Hot air balloon, Ship, Aeroplane, Helicopter A) Hot air balloon. B) Ship. C) Aeroplane. D) Helicopter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ship. 8. Port Trust of India was founded in the year? A) 1982. B) 1980. C) 1981. D) 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1980. 9. ..... was declared as the 9th major port on 4th May 1974. A) Vishakhapatnam port. B) Kochi Port. C) Port of Jebal Ali. D) New Mangalore Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Mangalore Port. 10. Doordarshan (DD) at delhi established in A) 1962. B) 1961. C) 1960. D) 1959. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1959. 11. Kandla port is located in ..... A) Haryana. B) Kerala. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gujarat. 12. ..... Port has long been the principal gateway of India A) Mumbai. B) Kochi. C) Vizag. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 13. The oldest newspaper is A) Mangalore samaachar. B) Bombay samaachar. C) Rajasthan patrika. D) Vijayavani. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bombay samaachar. 14. Where is Vizag port located? A) Tamil Nadu. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) Telangana. D) Maharashtra. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Andhra Pradesh. 15. The Queen of Arabian sea A) Kandla. B) Mumbai. C) Mangalore. D) Kochi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kochi. 16. ..... is the oldest and most important port of India. A) Port of Jebal Ali. B) Chennai Port. C) Mumbai Port. D) Singapore Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mumbai Port. 17. Meeting points between land and sea routes ships is called A) Airports. B) Shipports. C) Ports. D) Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ports. 18. The major sea ports operated by A) State government. B) Central government. C) Local bodies. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Central government. 19. The golden quadrilateral established in A) 2000. B) 1999. C) 1947. D) 1956. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 20. The technology that indicate the location and moving object point of latitude and longitude. A) AGIS. B) GPS. C) Remote sensing technology. D) GIS. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) GPS. 21. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is at ..... A) Chennai. B) Kolkata. C) Delhi. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kolkata. 22. This is a new mode of land transport. A) Railway. B) Pipelines. C) Railway. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pipelines. 23. Which is the oldest modern port in India? A) Mumbai Port. B) Jawaharlal Nehru Port. C) Chennai Port. D) Vishakhapatnam Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai Port. 24. Where is Tuticorin Port located? A) Kerala. B) Maharashtra. C) Tamil Nadu. D) Karnataka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tamil Nadu. 25. Which port in India was renamed as Deendayal Port? A) Vizag Port. B) Tuticorin Port. C) Mumbai Port. D) Kandla Port. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kandla Port. 26. Visakhapatnam Port Trust Is located between ..... A) Goa and Chennai. B) Mumbai and Goa. C) Kolkata and Mumbai. D) Kolkata and Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kolkata and Chennai. 27. Diamond harbour is located on A) River Hooghly. B) River Bhagirathi. C) River Surma. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) River Hooghly. 28. What type of roads do we have in India? A) Kachcha roads. B) Metalled roads. C) Both a and b. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kachcha roads. 29. Where is Panambur Port located? A) Andaman Nicobar Islands. B) Kerala. C) Karnataka. D) Kolkata. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karnataka. 30. Which is the biggest sea port of the country A) Mumbai. B) Haldia. C) Marmagao. D) Paradwip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 31. Which 4 metropolitan cities do the Golden Quadrilateral join? A) Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. B) Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata. C) Haryana, Mumbai, Kerala, Mizoram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata. 32. There are ..... major and ..... minor ports in India A) 13 and 187. B) 15 and 45. C) 12 and 790. D) 13 and 60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 13 and 187. 33. The second biggest port is A) Mumbai. B) Kolkotta. C) Mangalore. D) Chennai. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kolkotta. 34. The maintanence of golden quadrilateral and super highways by A) Awd. B) Swpd. C) Pfwd. D) Cpwd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cpwd. 35. Which is the best means to transport to reach inaccessible areas? A) Airways. B) Railways. C) Waterways. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Airways. 36. First railway line between A) Kolkotta-raniganj. B) Chennai-vishakapatanam. C) Bombay-thane. D) Hospet-ballari. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bombay-thane. 37. Wadinar offshore terminal has been developed to reduce the pressure of the port A) Karachi. B) Porbandar. C) Mumbai. D) Kandla. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kandla. 38. Which one of the following is a natural sea port A) Mumbai. B) Chennai. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mumbai. 39. India has ..... major ports. A) 10. B) 12. C) 20. D) 16. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 40. A sea port situated near the estuary of zuari river A) Ennore. B) New Mangalore. C) Marmagao. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marmagao. 41. The importance of communication A) It encourages export and import. B) Back bone of agriculture. C) Create awareness about Govt policies. D) It gives employment opportunity to rural women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Create awareness about Govt policies. 42. THE ..... HIGHWAYS ACT AS THE MAIN ROAD NETWORK IN THE COUNTRY BY LINKING ALL STATES OF INDIA. A) NATIONAL. B) OTHERS. C) LOCAL. D) STATE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NATIONAL. 43. The port Tuticorin is in A) Andrapradesh. B) Tamilnadu. C) Karnataka. D) Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tamilnadu. 44. ..... are very useful during the time of floods, droughts, wars and other calamities. A) Waterways. B) Roadways. C) Airways. D) Railways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Airways. 45. Waterways play a limited role nowadays because A) Due to science and technology. B) Due to development of modernity. C) Due to development of road and rail. D) Due to technical factors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to development of road and rail. 46. The meeting points between land and sea routes where ships are docked for loading and unloading is A) Beach. B) Sand bar. C) Port. D) Waterway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Port. 47. Waterways are the ..... means of transport. A) Prestigious. B) Cheapest. C) Principal. D) Easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cheapest. 48. In India, the first train ran between Mumbai and Thane in A) 1853. B) 1967. C) 1912. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1853. 49. Sea port situated near the vembanad Kayal A) Kochi. B) Haldia. C) Mumbai. D) New Mangalore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kochi. 50. Golden Quadrilateral super highways constructed in the year A) 2000. B) 1999. C) 1998. D) 1990. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 51. In which year Port Blair was declared as youngest major port in India? A) 2009. B) 2007. C) 2010. D) 2008. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2010. 52. Which port is called gateway of India? A) Kochi. B) Goa. C) Murmagoa. D) Mumbai. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mumbai. 53. Which is the cheapest mode of transport A) Airway. B) Ports. C) Road. D) Railway. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Railway. 54. How many big sea ports are there in India A) 10. B) 12. C) 15. D) 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 12. 55. ..... is used in metalled roads A) Tar. B) Copper. C) Rod. D) Iron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tar. 56. The total major ports in India A) 14. B) 10. C) 16. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 14. 57. The British used Indian sea ports as A) Point of development. B) Point of suction of resources. C) Both. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Point of suction of resources. 58. ..... are known as the 'Lifeline of the Country'. A) Airways. B) Railways. C) Waterways. D) Roadways. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Railways. 59. How many means of transport are there? A) 4. B) 3. C) 1. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 60. Ennore port built because A) To provide employment. B) To avoid accident. C) To avoid traffic. D) To avoid pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To avoid traffic. Next →Related QuizzesIndian Geography QuizzesGeneral Knowledge QuizzesPorts Quiz 2Railways QuizTransport And Communication In India QuizTransport And Communication Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books