Paradeep Port is located on the delta of river
- (a)Rihand
- (b)Ganga
- (c)Mahanadi
- (d)Baitarani
Correct — C, Mahanadi. Paradip Port, on the Odisha coast, stands where the Mahanadi river meets the Bay of Bengal, on the northern edge of the Mahanadi delta. It is a major deep-water port handling iron ore, coal and crude oil for eastern India.
- (a)Rihand — The Rihand is a tributary of the Son in the interior (Uttar Pradesh–Chhattisgarh) and does not reach the sea, so no coastal port lies on its delta.
- (b)Ganga — The Ganga's delta lies in West Bengal and Bangladesh (the Kolkata–Haldia region), well to the north-east of Paradip, which is on the Odisha coast.
- (d)Baitarani — The Baitarani drains to the Odisha coast near Dhamra, but Paradip Port is located specifically at the Mahanadi mouth, not on the Baitarani.
Paradip is one of India's major ports on the east coast, in Kendrapara district of Odisha. It developed at the deltaic mouth of the Mahanadi — the largest river of Odisha — which gives it a natural coastal site with access to the mineral-rich hinterland of eastern India.
Anchor the port to its river by region: Paradip lies on the Odisha coast, and the Mahanadi is Odisha's principal river reaching the Bay of Bengal there. The Rihand and Ganga belong to other basins entirely, and the Baitarani meets the sea at a different point, so the Mahanadi delta is the match.
- Paradip Port is in Kendrapara district, Odisha, on the Bay of Bengal.
- It lies at the deltaic mouth of the Mahanadi river.
- The Mahanadi is the largest river of Odisha.
- Paradip is a major port for iron ore, coal and crude oil.
- Linking a port to the nearest big river by name alone — Paradip is on the Mahanadi, not the Baitarani that also reaches the Odisha coast.
- Assuming the Ganga delta (Kolkata/Haldia) when the port is actually on the Odisha coast.
A port is paired with its river or delta — fix the port's coastal State first (Paradip = Odisha) and then its principal river (Mahanadi).
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Which major Indian port is located on the Odisha coast?
- (a)Visakhapatnam
- (b)Paradip
- (c)Ennore
- (d)Tuticorin
Answer(b) Paradip — the major port of Odisha at the Mahanadi mouth.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Mahanadi river drains into the
- (a)Arabian Sea
- (b)Bay of Bengal
- (c)Gulf of Kutch
- (d)Indian Ocean south of Sri Lanka
Answer(b) Bay of Bengal — the Mahanadi is an east-flowing peninsular river.