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Which port relieves whichRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Ports bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A gas leak at a factory kills thousands. Bhopal and Chernobyl are examples of which kind of disaster?Read the answer and worked solution →The World Conference on Disaster Management in May 1994 was held in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →Which decade did the Yokohama conference declare the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction?Read the answer and worked solution →Of all natural disasters, which is described as the most unpredictable and destructive?Read the answer and worked solution →At what speed is the Indian plate moving towards the north and northeast?Read the answer and worked solution →Gujarat suffered severe earthquakes in 1819, 1956 and which recent year?Read the answer and worked solution →Scientists suspect a fault line near Latur and Osmanabad along which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Analysing over 1,200 past earthquakes, India was divided into how many earthquake zones?Read the answer and worked solution →Which region of India is safest from earthquakes?Read the answer and worked solution →Sea waves caused by an undersea earthquake are called tsunamis. What does the word mean?Read the answer and worked solution →A ship in deep ocean barely feels a tsunami, but near the coast the wave can rise to what height?Read the answer and worked solution →The tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →How far up does a tropical cyclone extend vertically?Read the answer and worked solution →The calm, warm, cloudless centre of a cyclone is called the:Read the answer and worked solution →Bay of Bengal cyclones mostly develop in which months?Read the answer and worked solution →Severe cyclonic storms hit India's coasts with an average wind speed of about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Rashtriya Barh Ayog identified how much land as flood-prone in India?Read the answer and worked solution →Tamil Nadu sometimes floods in November to January. Why?Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli in Assam, the world's largest riverine island, benefits from floods how?Read the answer and worked solution →Low soil moisture causing crop failure is which kind of drought?Read the answer and worked solution →An area with over 30 per cent of its cropped area irrigated is excluded from which category?Read the answer and worked solution →About what share of India's total area is identified as drought prone?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the quake zonesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the flood StatesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the disaster numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the natural hazardsRead the answer and worked solution →Natural or human madeRead the answer and worked solution →

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Which port relieves which

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Items
  1. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    Kandla
  2. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    Nhava Sheva
  3. Group
    Mumbai
    Item
    JNPT
  4. Group
    Kolkata
    Item
    Haldia
  5. Group
    Kolkata
    Item
    Diamond Hbr
  6. Group
    Chennai
    Item
    Ennore
  7. Group
    Chennai
    Item
    Tuticorin
Groups
  1. Item
    Mumbai
  2. Item
    Kolkata
  3. Item
    Chennai
Instructions
Drop each satellite port onto the big port it was built to relieve.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Type the number

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Questions
  1. Answer
    12
    Question
    Major ports of India
  2. Answer
    200
    Question
    Minor or intermediate ports, about
  3. Answer
    54
    Question
    Berths at Mumbai port
  4. Answer
    128
    Question
    Kolkata port's distance inland in km
  5. Answer
    1859
    Question
    Year Chennai harbour was built
  6. Answer
    1961
    Question
    Year Marmagao was remodelled
Instructions
Type the number only.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Ports bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Biggest port, natural harbour, 54 berths.
    Item
    Mumbai
  2. Clue
    Satellite port at Nhava Sheva.
    Item
    JNPT
  3. Clue
    Head of the Gulf of Kachchh.
    Item
    Kandla
  4. Clue
    Goa port on the Zuari estuary.
    Item
    Marmagao
  5. Clue
    Queen of the Arabian Sea.
    Item
    Kochi
  6. Clue
    Riverine port 128 km inland on the Hugli.
    Item
    Kolkata
  7. Clue
    Deepest harbour, Mahanadi delta.
    Item
    Paradip
  8. Clue
    Land-locked harbour cut through rock.
    Item
    Vizag
  9. Clue
    Artificial harbour of 1859.
    Item
    Chennai
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the port it describes.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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