Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?
- (a) Andhra Pradesh
- (b) Chhattisgarh
- (c) Karnataka
- (d) Rajasthan ✓ UPSC's answer
Why the answer is (d)
• In 2015–16 Rajasthan explored an artificial inland port near Jalore, to be linked to the Arabian Sea at the Gulf of Kachchh by a 400-km navigational channel through Gujarat, to give the landlocked State sea access — option (d).
• Andhra (a) and Karnataka (c) are coastal; Chhattisgarh (b) made no such proposal.
• Hence option (d).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh is coastal and needs no inland port.
- (b) Chhattisgarh
- Chhattisgarh made no such proposal.
- (c) Karnataka
- Karnataka is coastal.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, held on 7 August 2016. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.