Deendayal Port is located at
- (a)Kerala
- (b)Gujarat
- (c)Maharashtra
- (d)Goa
Correct — B, Gujarat. Deendayal Port is the new name of Kandla Port, on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat; it was renamed Deendayal Port in 2017 after Deendayal Upadhyaya. It is one of India's busiest major ports by cargo tonnage and the leading gateway on the west coast for the northern hinterland.
- (a)Kerala — Kerala's major port is Cochin (Kochi), not Deendayal.
- (c)Maharashtra — Maharashtra hosts Mumbai Port and Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), not Deendayal.
- (d)Goa — Goa's major port is Mormugao; Deendayal Port is in Gujarat.
Deendayal Port (formerly Kandla) lies on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat and is one of India's centrally administered 'major ports'. It handles large volumes of petroleum, chemicals and dry cargo for north and north-west India.
All four options are coastal states, so recall the renaming of Kandla and its Gujarat / Gulf-of-Kutch location to fix the answer.
- Deendayal Port is the renamed Kandla Port, in Gujarat.
- It sits on the Gulf of Kutch and was renamed in 2017 after Deendayal Upadhyaya.
- It is a major port and among India's highest by cargo tonnage.
- It serves the northern and north-western Indian hinterland.
- Still calling it Kandla and not linking the new name Deendayal to Gujarat.
- Guessing another coastal state because all options are on the coast.
Asked by naming a port and requiring its state or location.
Which one of the following ports of India handles the highest tonnage of import cargo?
- (a) Calcutta
- (b) Kandla
- (c) Mumbai
- (d) Visakhapatnam
Answer(c) Mumbai
Same major-ports-of-India theme — Kandla (now Deendayal Port, Gujarat) appears among the options; this NDA item asks where Deendayal Port lies.
Identify the sea-port in India on the basis of the given characteristics: 1. It is more than a century old port on the west coast of India. 2. It is a natural harbour protected by a breakwater and also by a mole. 3. A deep draft channel of about 14 metres depth permits large vessels to enter the harbour. Select the correct sea-port from the options given below:
- (a) Mormugao Port
- (b) Deendayal Port
- (c) Cochin Port
- (d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Answer(a) Mormugao Port
Same 'identify or locate the Indian major port' concept, and Deendayal Port appears here as an option — that port is Kandla in Gujarat, which is exactly what this question asks.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Kandla Port was renamed as
- (a)Deendayal Port
- (b)Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
- (c)Jawaharlal Nehru Port
- (d)Chennai Port
Answer(a) Deendayal Port — renamed in 2017.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), India's largest container port, is located in which state?
- (a)Gujarat
- (b)Maharashtra
- (c)Goa
- (d)Kerala
Answer(b) Maharashtra — near Mumbai.