Consider the following pairs: 1. Kamarajar Port — First major port in India registered as a company 2.…

Consider the following pairs: 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?
  1. Only one pair
  2. Only two pairs
  3. All three pairs
  4. None of the pairs

Solution

Pair 1 is correct (Kamarajar/Ennore is the first corporatized major port). Pair 2 is correct in fact (Mundra is the largest private port) and Pair 3 is incorrect (JNPT, not Visakhapatnam, is India's largest container port). UPSC's official key marks A (only one).

Asked in: UPSC Prelims 2023

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