Try all ten questions before reading the explanations.

31. AP's major port is...

A. Gangavaram B. Krishnapatnam C. Visakhapatnam D. Kakinada Deep Water

Answer C. Visakhapatnam has the major-port legal category.

32. Which is a non-major port despite handling substantial cargo?

A. Krishnapatnam B. Visakhapatnam C. Kolkata D. Chennai

Answer A. Krishnapatnam is an operating AP non-major port.

33. Which pair of facilities appears separately in AP port cargo statistics?

A. Kakinada Deep Water and Kakinada Anchorage B. Somasila and Kolleru C. Polavaram and Pulicat D. Gotta and Thotapalli

Answer A. The two Kakinada facilities are separately tabulated.

34. Which port is closest to the Godavari-side coast?

A. Kakinada B. Krishnapatnam C. Nizampatnam D. Ramayapatnam

Answer A. Kakinada is the Godavari-side coastal port cluster.

35. A deep-water label automatically means a major port. This statement is...

A. true B. false C. true only for AP D. true only for cargo ports

Answer B. Major-port status is a legal category, not a depth adjective.

36. Which of these is near the southern AP coast?

A. Krishnapatnam B. Kalingapatnam C. Bhavanapadu D. Gangavaram

Answer A. Krishnapatnam is on the Nellore-side southern coast.

37. The official 2024-25 port report listed AP's major-port count as...

A. one B. two C. five D. fifteen

Answer A. Visakhapatnam was the one major port.

38. A notified port site and a cargo-handling port are...

A. always identical B. different status categories C. both river barrages D. only inland facilities

Answer B. A site can be designated or under development before it handles cargo.

39. Which 2024-25 non-major port handled the highest reported AP cargo?

A. Kakinada Anchorage B. Krishnapatnam C. Rawa D. Machilipatnam

Answer B. The Ministry's dated 2024-25 table ranks Krishnapatnam highest.

40. Rawa appears in AP non-major port statistics chiefly as...

A. a river dam B. an offshore hydrocarbon-linked port C. a major port authority D. a lake

Answer B. Rawa is a cargo-handling non-major facility linked to offshore activity.