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Choose the correct option to complete the statement given below:
Which island groups were affected by the Tsunami in 2004?

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  1. Lakshadweep

  2. Maldives

  3. Andaman and Nicobar

  4. Both (b) and (c)

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Andaman and Nicobar,

According to official estimates in India, 10,136 people were killed and hundreds of thousands made homeless when a tsunami triggered by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake near the Indonesian island of Sumatra struck the southern coast on 26 December 2004.

State whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):
Lakshadweep islands are coral islands.

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  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
India's Coral Islands is a coral Island (true).
Lakshadeep island with Minicoy Island, a lonely atoll located at the southern end of the 200-km-broad Nine Degree Channel, they form the Coral Islands of India in the Arabian Sea. All these islands have been built up by corals and have fringing coral reefs very close to their shores.

Name the island group of India having coral origin _______.

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  1. Lakshdweep

  2. Andaman and Nicobar

  3. Andaman

  4. Nicobar

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Lakshadweep  is a group of islands in the Laccadive Sea, 200 to 440 km (120 to 270 mi) off the southwestern coast of India. The archipelago is a Union Territory and is governed by the Union Government of India. They were also known as Laccadive Islands, although geographically this is only the name of the central subgroup of the group. 

Lakshadweep means "one hundred thousand islands" in Sanskrit and Malayalam. The islands form the smallest Union Territory of India and their total surface area is just 32 km2 (12 sq mi). The lagoon area covers about 4,200 km2 (1,600 sq mi), the territorial waters area 20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi) and the exclusive economic zone area 400,000 km2 (150,000 sq mi). 
The region forms a single Indian district with 10 subdivisions. Kavaratti serves as the capital of the Union Territory and the region comes under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court. The islands are the northernmost of the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group of islands, which are the tops of a vast undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.

Which island in Lakshadweep has got a bird sanctuary?

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  1. Past island

  2. Main island

  3. Pitti island

  4. Part island

  5. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
PITTI.
 Oceanic birds generally found in Lakshadweep are Tharathasi (Sterna fuscata) and Karifetu (Anous solidus). They are generally found in one of the uninhabited islands known as PITTI. This island has been declared as a bird sanctuary.

The Lakshadweep islands are of _____ origin.

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  1. Volcanic

  2. Submerged fold mountains

  3. Coral

  4. None ofthese

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Lakshadweep islands are coral islands formed by the agglomeration of skeletons and calcium carbonate secretions of tiny marine  animals called Polyps.
  •  They live in colonies in symbiotic relationship with algae and zooxanthalae bacteria which gives vibrant colours to coral reefs and made the most productive and vegetative regions of the oceans .
  • Salient features of Lakshadweep Islands:
  • 1) Originated as coral islands and agricultural productivity is low due to infertile soil. 
  • 2) Existence of atolls, corals etc., made it as one of the tourist destination.

India has ________ main islands groups.

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  1. 2

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 5

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  •  India has 2 main island groups, namely Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar island.
  • The Lakshadweep consists of many small islands located opposite the Kerala coast in the
  • Arabian Sea. The islands of this group are formed of coral deposits called ‘atolls’ in  Malayalam which refer to their ring or ‘horse-shoe’ shape.

  •  The Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
  • on the other hand, are larger in size. They are more in number and more widely scattered.
  • There are about 200 islands in the Andaman group and 19 islands in the Nicobar group.

Lakshadeep is an Indian _______.

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  1. coastal plains

  2. coasts

  3. islands

  4. none of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
  • Lakshadweep is a tropical archipelago of 36 atolls and coral reefs in the Laccadive Sea, off the coast of Kerala, India. Not all of the islands are inhabited, and only a few are open to visitors (permits required).
  •  Kavaratti, one of the more developed islands, is home to dozens of mosques, including the ornately decorated Ujra Mosque, as well as Kavaratti Aquarium, showcasing regional fish, shark and coral species.
  • Lakshadweep is one of the worlds most spectacular tropical island systems. Thirty- two sq. km of land spread over 36 islands surrounded by 4200 sq. km of lagoon rich in marine wealth.

Which is the largest southern most single Island in India?

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  1. Minicoy Island

  2. Car Nicobar Island

  3. Great Nicobar Island

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India,  which is situated North of Sumatra. The island of Sumatra is located 180 km to the south of Great Nicobar. The island covers 921 $km^2$ but is sparsely inhabited.

Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands?

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  1. Sri Lanka

  2. Myanmar

  3. Indonesia

  4. Pakistan

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Myanmar
Which foreign country is closest to the Andaman Islands. Myanmar is the nearest mainland and foreign country from Andaman. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, one of the seven union territories of India, are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by

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  1. Great Channel

  2. Bay of Bengal

  3. Ten Degree Channel

  4. Andaman sea

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The Andamans are separated from the Nicobar group by a channel (the Ten Degree Channel) some 150 km  wide. The highest point is located in North Andaman Island (Saddle Peak at 732 m ). The Andaman group has 325 islands which cover an area of $ 6,170 km^2$ while the Nicobar group has only 24 islands with an area of $1,765 km^2$ .