Question

Kolkata port is situated on the banks of river ____.
A. Ganga
B. Narmada
C. Hooghly
D. Mahanadi

Answer 1

Hint: Kolkata port is officially known as the Haldia port. It is the only major riverine port of India situated around 203 kilometers from the sea. It is situated at the junction of the Haldi and the Hooghly River.

Complete answer:
> Kolkata port is situated on the banks of river Hooghly. Port of Kolkata is officially known as the Haldia port or Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Port Trust.
> It is the only major riverine port of India situated around 203 kilometers from the sea. It is a port of major importance in the economy of the state, located at the junction of the Haldi River and the Hooghly River in West Bengal.
> Kolkata Port was constructed by the British East India Company and therefore, is the oldest operating port in India. It is a freshwater port. So, there is no variation seen in salinity.
> The port has two distinct docks — the shallower one is the Kolkata Dock. The deep-water dock is situated at Haldia Dock Complex, Haldia. After India got its independence in 1947, the port's importance gradually decreased because of factors including the partition (1947) and economic stagnation.
> Kolkata Port has a vast hinterland that includes the entire North East of India including West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, and two neighboring countries Nepal and Bhutan.
> Within a century the volume of throughput of the port has again started to increase steadily. Right now the port is capable of processing 650,000 containers annually. The port mostly operates between Nepal, Bhutan, and the northeastern states of India.
> The main imports of the port are petroleum, chemicals, and machine parts. Coal, iron ores, and steel are exported from here.

Therefore, the correct option is Option (C).

Note: Kolkata port is on the western bank of the Hooghly river, which is a tributary of the Ganges. It is a port of major importance in the economy of the state, mostly operating between Nepal, Bhutan, and the northeastern states of India.