Q.1> Which major port in India is the only one located on a river rather than the sea coast?
Ans> Kolkata Port – Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
Q.2> The Mississippi River Delta is the most famous example of which specific delta shape?
Ans> Bird’s-foot Delta
Q.3> Which Indian state has the highest number of major ports?
Ans> Tamil Nadu
Q.4> The Sundarbans is classified as what type of delta based on the dominant force that shapes its coastline?
Ans> Tide-dominated Delta
Q.5> Which port handles the largest volume of container traffic in India (over 50%)?
Ans> Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Navi Mumbai
Q.6> Which delta is the largest in the world, and which two major rivers form it?
Ans> Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta
Q.7> Which Union Territory is the only one in India to have its own High Court?
Ans> Delhi
Q.8> What is the technical name for the “fan-shaped” or “bow-shaped” delta formed by the Ganga and Brahmaputra?
Ans> Arcuate Delta
Q.9> What is the term for the smaller river branches that break away from the main river within a delta to enter the sea?
Ans> Distributary channels
Q.10> Which port, built after the Partition to replace the loss of Karachi port, is known as a “Tidal Port”?
Ans> Kandla Port (Deendayal Port)
Q.11> Name the largest privately-owned port in India.
Ans> Mundra Port, Gujarat
Q.12> Which major port is unique for being situated on two islands, Willingdon and Vallarpadam?
Ans> Cochin Port, Kerala
Q.13> Which port on the East Coast is famous for being the deepest natural harbor in India?
Ans> Visakhapatnam Port
Q.14> Which two major South Indian rivers form a nearly contiguous deltaic plain on the coast of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans> Krishna and Godavari
Q.15> Which major port is the first and only one in India to be registered as a public company?
Ans> Kamarajar Port Limited, Tamil Nadu
Q.16> In which year was the Indian portion of the Sundarbans Delta designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
Ans> 1987
Q.17> Which delta in South India is famously known as the “Granary of South India” or the “Rice Bowl of Tamil Nadu”?
Ans> Kaveri (Cauvery) Delta
Q.18> Which is the largest desert in the world?
Ans> Antarctic Desert
Q.19> Which port, located at the confluence of the Mahanadi River and the Bay of Bengal, is a primary hub for iron ore exports to Japan?
Ans> Paradip Port, Odisha
Q.20> The Sundarbans delta is named after which specific species of mangrove tree?
Ans> Sundari Tree
