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Chennai port is an artificial harbour built in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the west coast portsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the importsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the portsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the portsRead the answer and worked solution →West or east coastRead the answer and worked solution →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 →

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Chennai port is an artificial harbour built in which year?

  1. 1961
  2. 1951
  3. 1901
  4. 1859
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Correct answer: D. 1859

1. Chennai is one of the oldest east coast ports. 2. It was built in 1859. 3. Shallow water limits large ships. _Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Catch the west coast ports

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Items
  1. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Kandla
  2. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Mumbai
  3. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Nhava Sheva
  4. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Marmagao
  5. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    New Mangalore
  6. Matches the category
    Yes
    Item
    Kochi
  7. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Kolkata
  8. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Paradip
  9. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Chennai
  10. Matches the category
    No
    Item
    Vizag
Category
West coast port
Instructions
Catch the ports on India's west coast. Let the east coast ports fall.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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Pop the imports

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Other terms
  1. Gems export
  2. Engineering
  3. Tea
Matching terms
  1. Petroleum
  2. Fertiliser
  3. Gold
  4. Pearls
  5. Edible oil
  6. Machinery
Instructions
Pop the items India mainly imports.
_Source: syllabus Geography, India People and Economy, Chapter 11, International Trade._

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