How much cargo did India's major and non-major ports handle during 2025-26?
- A.950 million metric tonnes
- B.1,200 million metric tonnes
- C.1,668 million metric tonnes
- D.2,400 million metric tonnes
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Explanation
The correct answer is 1,668 million metric tonnes, the cargo moved through India's ports during 2025-26, and the figure is expected to keep climbing as trade expands. India works 12 major ports and 217 non-major ports, so the total covers both categories together. Options A, B and D, at 950, 1,200 and 2,400 million metric tonnes, are invented volumes and none of them belongs to the port sector's record for that year. Around this figure sit several other numbers worth memorising: a coastline of 11,098 kilometres, an exclusive economic zone of 2.4 million square kilometres, inland waterways of more than 14,500 kilometres, livelihoods for over 30 million people, and an Indian-flag fleet of 1,609 ships with 14.33 million gross tonnage in mid-2026.
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Practice Questions
What is the underwriting capacity of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool?
- A.Rs 9,500 crore
- B.Rs 12,980 crore
- C.Rs 13,906.50 crore
- D.Rs 20,000 crore
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This is the total value of risk the pool is able to write, and it makes the pool the first domestic maritime insurance arrangement of that size in India.
Read the full explanation →Which body has been made the Pool Administrator of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool?
- A.General Insurance Corporation of India
- B.Life Insurance Corporation of India
- C.Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
- D.New India Assurance Company Limited
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The correct answer is the General Insurance Corporation of India, better known as GIC Re, which has taken charge as Pool Manager and Administrator and handles the pool's day-to-day running, its performance reporting and its operational systems.
Read the full explanation →Up to what claim amount does the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool pay out of its own reserves before the sovereign guarantee is invoked?
- A.USD 50 million
- B.USD 100 million
- C.USD 500 million
- D.USD 1.5 billion
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Claims up to that level are met from the pool's accumulated reserves together with its reinsurance recoveries, and the government's guarantee is activated only once those reserves have been completely used up.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the 14th India Chem 2026 held in Mumbai?
- A.Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub
- B.Chemicals for a Viksit Bharat
- C.Green Chemistry, Green Growth
- D.Make in India, Mix in India
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The 14th edition of India Chem was organised in Mumbai from 22 to 24 October 2026 as a three-day event aimed at drawing investment and promoting sustainable growth in chemicals and petrochemicals.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT one of India's three operational Petroleum, Chemicals and Petrochemicals Investment Regions?
- A.Dahej in Gujarat
- B.Paradeep in Odisha
- C.Visakhapatnam-Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh
- D.Haldia in West Bengal
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India has three operational PCPIRs: Dahej in Gujarat, Visakhapatnam-Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Paradeep in Odisha. Haldia is not among them, so option D is the exception.
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