Consider the following pairs : Port Well known as 1. Kamarajar Port : First major port in India registered as a company 2. Mundra Port : Largest privately owned port in India 3. Visakhapatnam : Largest container port in India How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

Lists Ennore among the 12 major seaports of India, establishing it as a major port institutionally.

A student could use this to narrow comparisons to the other named major ports and check their company-registration/corporatisation dates to see which was first.

Describes Ennore as a 'newly developed port' built to relieve Chennai, implying a later development date than older ports like Chennai.

One could compare the development/operational dates of Ennore with older ports to judge whether Ennore could plausibly have been first to register as a company.

Gives Ennore's location and role as a natural harbour developed to ease pressure on Chennai, reinforcing that Ennore is a later addition to India's port system.

Use this to identify Ennore as a relatively newer major port and then check incorporation/registration dates against other major ports.

Notes Ministry of Shipping PPP guidelines (1996) to invite private players and develop terminals in major ports, indicating a policy context for private/ corporatised arrangements.

A student could investigate whether Kamarajar/Ennore's company registration happened under/after this 1996 PPP push or earlier, and compare with other ports' corporatisation timing.

States the list/count of major ports (initially 13, later 12) and names high-capacity ports like JNPT, giving targets for comparison.

Use the list of major ports (including JNPT and others) to check which of these were registered as companies and their registration dates to decide whether Ennore was the first.

States that Jawaharlal Nehru Port is India's largest container port, giving a clear benchmark for 'largest container port' in India.

A student could compare Mundra's container throughput (TEUs) or cargo capacity to JNPT's to judge if Mundra is larger in container terms.

Lists ports with highest cargo capacities (Paradip, Chennai, Vishakhapatnam, Kandla/Deendayal, JNPT), identifying key large public/major ports to compare against.

Use these named major ports' reported cargo volumes to see whether any privately owned port (e.g., Mundra) exceeds them.

Explains that the government invited private players to build and operate terminals in major ports (PPP), indicating that large private participation may be at terminal level rather than whole-port ownership.

Distinguish between privately owned independent ports and private terminals within major (public) ports when assessing whether Mundra is the 'largest privately owned port.'

Notes the Major Port Authorities Act and that boards can sign PPP agreements and concessionaires can operate terminals, reinforcing that major ports remain public entities while private firms may manage terminals.

Investigate whether Mundra is a privately owned port authority or a privately operated terminal; then compare total port throughput/capacity accordingly.

Gives the classification: 13 major (central) ports vs ~200 non-major ports (state-managed), suggesting different governance categories relevant to ownership claims.

Determine whether Mundra is classified as a major or non-major port and use that to narrow whether 'privately owned' is plausible and what peers to compare it with.

This snippet explicitly identifies Jawaharlal Nehru Port as 'India's largest container port', giving a named competitor for the title.

A student could check container-specific throughput (TEUs) for JNPT versus Visakhapatnam to test the claim.

Gives a concrete scale: 'India's largest container port handled roughly 2.67 million TEUs in 2005–06', providing a numeric benchmark for 'largest'.

Compare current or historical TEU figures for Visakhapatnam and other ports against this benchmark to judge which is largest.

States Visakhapatnam 'ranked first in India for the last six years in respect of cargo traffic', indicating high overall cargo volume but not explicitly container throughput.

Differentiate 'cargo traffic' (all cargo types) from 'container traffic' and look up Visakhapatnam's container TEU share to see if it matches the 'largest container port' claim.

Lists ports with 'highest cargo capacities' including both Visakhapatnam and JNPT, implying both are major players but not resolving which is largest in containers specifically.

Use this to narrow the comparison set (JNPT vs Visakhapatnam) and then obtain container-specific capacity or throughput data to decide.

Provides an international scale reference (largest container port Singapore at 23.19 million TEUs) useful for contextualizing Indian port TEU numbers.

Place Indian ports' TEU figures alongside global figures to assess whether an Indian port's TEU would plausibly make it 'largest' nationally.