UPSC Prelims 2016 Question:

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?

Explanation: 

• An inland port is a port on an inland waterway, such as a river, lake or canal, which may or may not be connected to the sea.
  
  
• As announced by the State in 2015, the State of Rajasthan was planning to develop an artificial inland port in Jalore. A channel was supposed to be developed along the Kutch Creek that was to be connected to the Arabian Sea.
  
  

• However, the plan was later shelved after it received a negative report from the State Water Resource Department.
  
  

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography | Indian Social and Economic Geography