Deendayal Port was earlier known as :

Q: What is the answer to NDA (I) 2023 GAT Q130?

C. 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
(b)Tuticorin Port
(c)Kandla Port
(d)Visakhapatnam Port

Answer

Why

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.

Why the others are wrong

(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.

Concept

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).

Key facts

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.

Cargo ships berthed alongside a row of dockside cranes at Kandla port, seen across calm water in hazy light. — Deendayal Port (formerly Kandla Port), Gujarat's major cargo port on the Gulf of Kutch.Image: Deendayal Port Authority, Kandla · Wikimedia Commons (GODL-India)

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Common traps

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.

Related PYQs

No directly related past PYQ was found.

Practice

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.

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