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India is the ________________ largest peninsula in the world.
Second
Third
Fifth
Seventh
The place where the sea water touches the land is called a ________________
Port
Harbour
Delta
Coast
India's coastline starts from the Gulf of Kutchh in the west and stretches right up to the state of ___________ in the East.
Andhra Pradesh
West Bengal
Odisha
None of the above
A landform which is well protected and has water deep enough for ships to dock is called a _______________.
Port
Coast
Natural Harbour
Delta
Mumbai in Maharashtra is a natural harbour found on which coast?
Western Coast
Eastern Coast
Andaman Islands
Nicobar Islands
The three parts into which the western coast can be divided are the Konkan Coast, Malabar Coast and the ____________ coast.
The cities which grow around a natural harbour are called _________________.
________________ are lakes of salt water that get separated from the sea by huge islands of sand.
The Eastern Coastal Plains lie between the Eastern Ghats and the _________________.
The number of islands in the Lakshadweep group of islands is _______________.
The mountains of the Eastern Ghats almost merge with the sea.
True
False
Lagoons are also known as kayals in the local language.
True
False
The eastern coastal plain is called the rice bowl of India since a lot of wheat is grown here.
True
False
Lakshadweep Islands are well known for their coral deposits.
True
False
Fishing is a major occupation of the people living in coastal plains and the islands.
True
False
The two parts into which the eastern coast can be divided are the Northern Circars and the _______________.
Malabar Coast
Coromandel Coast
Gujarat Coast
Konkan Coast
The maze - like waterways running almost across the state of Kerala are called the _________________.
Backwaters
Lagoons
Kayals
None of the above
Name the capital of Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands?
Kavaratti
Thiruvananthapuram
Port Blair
Panaji
The eastern and western coastal plains meet at the southernmost point of Indian peninsula which is __________________.
Thiruvananthapuram
Kanyakumari
Indira Point
Lakshadweep Islands
The major southern rivers like Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari etc. form _________________ along the eastern coastline.
Deltas
Ports
Lagoons
Backwaters
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