INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

PORTS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which port did we lose to Pakistan after partition of India?
A
Afghanistan
B
Karachi
C
Kandla
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -When India declared independence in1947 and Pakistan was separated from India, India lost the important harbor of Karachi. From then on, it was in Pakistani territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kandla in Kashgar was the first port developed shortly after independence to ease the trade volume at the port of Mumbai, which was due to the loss of the port of Karachi to Pakistan after the division.

Detailed explanation-3: -Kandla in Kuchchh was the first port developed soon after Independence to ease the volume of trade on the Mumbai port, in the wake of loss of Karachi port to Pakistan after the Partition. Kandla is a tidal port.

Detailed explanation-4: -ACCI said Iran’s Chabahar port might in the near future become the primary sea port for goods being shipped to Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-5: -Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is adjacent to the town of the same name in southeastern Karachi, Pakistan, on the Arabian Sea and the delta of the Indus River. Port Muhammad Bin Qasim was constructed in the 1970s to take some of the burgeoning traffic clogging the Port of Karachi. Today, it is Pakistan’s’ second biggest port.

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