Consider the following pairs:Port NameDescriptionKamarajar PortFirst major port in India registered

Question

Consider the following pairs:Port NameDescriptionKamarajar PortFirst major port in India registered as a companyMundra PortLargest privately owned port in IndiaVisakhapatnamLargest container port in IndiaHow many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Accepted Answer

Pair 1 is correctly matched: Kamarajar Port, located on the Coromandel Coast about 24 km north of Chennai Port, Chennai, it is the 12th major port of India, and the first port in India which is a public company. The port was declared as a major port under the Indian Ports Act, 1908 in March 1999 and incorporated as Ennore Port Limited under the Companies Act, 1956 in October 1999. The Kamarajar Port is the only corporatized major port and is registered as a company.Pair 2 is correctly matched: Port of Mundra is India’s biggest private port. Located in the Kutch district of the state of Gujarat, Mundra lies on the north shores of the Gulf of Kutch.Pair 3 is not correctly matched: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) at Navi Mumbai is the premier container handling port in India, accounting for around 50% of the total containerized cargo volume, across the major ports of India. Commissioned on 26th May 1989, in three decades of its operations, JNPA has transformed from a bulk-cargo terminal to become the premier container port in the country. JNPA is connected to over 200 ports in the world and is ranked 26th in the list of top 100 Container Ports globally.