Question

_______ is also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port, is the largest container port in India.
A. Nal Seva
B. Nhava Sheva
C. Kolkata
D. Kochi

Answer 1

Hint: The Jawaharlal Nehru Port was established on 26 May 1989. It is located near Mumbai which is the topmost city in India followed by Delhi and Kolkata.

 Complete step-by-step solution:
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) is the largest container port in India which is located in the Raigad district of Maharashtra. It is operated by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust and is owned by the Government of India. It is located east of Mumbai and this port is on the Arabian Sea which is accessed via Thane Creek. The NSICT (Nhava Sheva International Container Terminal) was India’s first privately managed container terminal. The logistics data tagging of containers was implemented in 2006. India’s best logistics connectivity is housed by the JNPT with facilitation from Container Freight Stations and logistics parks owned by the government and other private organizations. JN Port handles around $55\% $ of the country’s containerized cargo and is the biggest container handling port in India. Textiles, sporting goods, boneless meat, carpets, textile machinery, pharmaceuticals, and chemicals are the major exports from JNP. Machinery, plastics, chemicals, electrical machinery, vegetable oils, aluminum, and other non-ferrous metals are the major imports. The cargo traffic mostly originating from or destinated for Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, as well as most of North India is handled by the port. Nhava Sheva is also known as Jawaharlal Nehru Port.

Thus, option (B) is correct.

 Note: More than half of the total container volumes are handled by the JNP at India’s 12 public ports and around $40\% $ of the nation’s overall containerized ocean trade. Among the top 100 container ports in the world, it ranked 28th.