Deendayal Port was earlier known as :
- (a)Paradip Port
- (b)Tuticorin Port
- (c)Kandla Port
- (d)Visakhapatnam Port
Correct — C, Kandla Port. The port on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, formerly called Kandla Port, was renamed Deendayal Port in 2017 after Deendayal Upadhyaya. It is a major cargo port serving the industrial hinterland of northern and western India.
- (a)Paradip Port — Paradip is a major port in Odisha on the east coast; it kept its own name and was not renamed Deendayal.
- (b)Tuticorin Port — Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu was renamed V. O. Chidambaranar Port, not Deendayal.
- (d)Visakhapatnam Port — Visakhapatnam is a major east-coast port in Andhra Pradesh; it was not renamed Deendayal.
India's major ports are administered by the central government. Kandla, developed after Partition to replace Karachi as a western gateway, sits on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat and handles very large cargo volumes. In 2017 it was renamed Deendayal Port after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
Recall the renaming: Kandla -> Deendayal Port (Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch). The distractors are other major ports that kept their names or were renamed differently (e.g. Tuticorin -> V.O.C. Port).
- Deendayal Port was earlier called Kandla Port.
- It lies on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
- It was renamed in 2017 after Deendayal Upadhyaya.
- It is one of India's largest cargo-handling major ports.
- Confusing Kandla's new name with other renamed ports (Tuticorin -> V.O.C.).
- Placing Deendayal Port on the east coast.
Asked as the former name of Deendayal Port, or matching ports to their states.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
Deendayal Port is located in which state?
- (a)Maharashtra
- (b)Gujarat
- (c)Odisha
- (d)Tamil Nadu
Answer(b) Gujarat (Gulf of Kutch).
- practice — not a real PYQ
Tuticorin Port was renamed as
- (a)Deendayal Port
- (b)V. O. Chidambaranar Port
- (c)Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port
- (d)Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Answer(b) V. O. Chidambaranar Port.