Description : The Andaman is separated from Nicobar by which water body? (1) 11° channel (2) 10° Channel (3) Palk Strait (4) Gulf of Mannar
Last Answer : (2) 10° Channel Explanation: The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Little Andaman and Car Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union Territory (UT ... channel is so named as it lies on the 10- degree line of latitude, north of the equator.
Description : The Palk Strait lies between (1) Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar (2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3) Rann of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat (4) Lakshadweep and Maldives
Last Answer : Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar
Description : Which of the following water bodies separates the Andaman from the Nicobar? A. 11° Channel B. Gulf of Mannar C. 10° Channel D. Andaman Sea
Last Answer : C. 10° Channel
Description : Which country is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar? (1) Bangladesh (2) Myanmar (3) Sri Lanka (4) Pakistan
Last Answer : Sri Lanka
Description : The Palk Strait lies between – (1) Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar (2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3) Rann of Kutch and Gulf of Khambhat (4) Lakshadweep and Maldives
Last Answer : (1) Bay of Bengal and Gulf of Mannar Explanation: Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri ... after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the Company Raj period.
Last Answer : (3) Sri Lanka Explanation: Sri Lanka is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar (a large shallow bay forming part of the Laccadive Sea in the Indian Ocean) and Palk Strait (a ... Mannar district of Sri Lanka). It is located in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal.
Description : The Palk Bay lies between (a) Gulf of Kachchh and Gulf of Khambhat (b) Gulf of Mannar and Bay of Bengal (c) Lakshadweep and Maldive Islands (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : The proposed sea-route "Sethu Samudram" is a canal through which of the sea-lanes? (1) Gulf of Mannar (2) Malacca Strait (3) Guff of Kutch (4) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Last Answer : (1) Gulf of Mannar Explanation: Sethusamudram is the sea that separates Tamil Nadu, India, from Sri Lanka. It encompasses the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait, and a shoal of islands and bays ... peninsular India by about 350 nautical miles (due to having to circle about the island of Sri Lanka).
Description : The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by (1) Ten Degree Channel (2) Great Channel (3) Bay of Bengal (4) Andaman Sea
Last Answer : Ten Degree Channel
Description : To conserve coral reefs the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park : (1) Andaman Islands (2) Gulf of Kutch (3) Lakshadweep Islands (4) Gulf of Mannar
Last Answer : Gulf of Kutch
Description : Which of the following would have to be crossed to reach Sri Lanka from Nagercoil ? (a) Sunda Strait (b) Gulf of Mannar (c) Palk Strait (d) Cook Strait
Description : To reach from Kanyakumari to Colombo, one has to cross - (1) Palk Strait (2) Palk Bay (3) Gulf of Mannar (4) Cook Strait
Last Answer : (3) Gulf of Mannar Explanation: One has to cross Gulf of Mannar to reach from Kanyakumari to Colombo.
Description : To reach from Kanyakumari to Colombo, one has to cross (1) Palk Strait (2) Palk Bay (3) Gulf of Mannar (4) Cook Strait
Last Answer : Gulf of Mannar
Description : Palk Strait is situated between (1) India and Pakistan (2) India and Bangladesh (3) India and Sri Lanka (4) India and Myanmar
Last Answer : India and Sri Lanka
Description : Palk Strait separates (1) India and Pakistan (2) India and Burma (3) India and Sri Lanka (4) India and Afghanistan
Description : ‘Saddle Peak’ the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is located in (1) Great Nicobar (2) Middle Andaman (3) Little Andaman (4) North Andaman
Last Answer : North Andaman
Description : Indira Point is the southern most tip of : (1) Maldives (2) Laccadives (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (4) Dhanushkodi
Last Answer : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Description : An example of ‘horseshoe’ shaped coral islands in the neighbourhood of India is (1) Andaman and Nicobar is lands (2) Maldives (3) Lakshadweep (4) Sri Lanka
Last Answer : Lakshadweep
Description : Duncan Passage is located between (1) South and Little Andaman (2) North and South Andaman (3) North and Middle Andaman (4) Andaman and Nicobar
Last Answer : South and Little Andaman
Description : The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by – (1) Ten Degree Channel (2) Great. Channel (3) Bay of Bengal (4) Andaman Sea
Last Answer : (1) Ten Degree Channel Explanation: The Ten Degree Channel is a channel that separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal. The two sets of islands together form the Indian Union ... . It is so named as it lies on the 10- degree line of latitude, north of the equator
Description : To conserve coral reefs the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park- (1) Andaman Islands (2) Gulf of Kutch (3) Lakshadweep Islands (4) Gulf of Mannar
Last Answer : (2) Gulf of Kutch Explanation: The government of India, in 1982, declared a core area of 110 km2 in the Gulf of Kutch as Marine National Park for the conservation of coral reefs. It is ... formations of the Gulf of Kutch represent one of the extreme northern limits of corals in the Indian Ocean.
Description : To conserve coral reefs, the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park (1) Gulf of Kutch (2) Lakshadweep Islands (3) Gulf of Mannar (4) Andaman Islands
Last Answer : (1) Gulf of Kutch Explanation: For the protection of coral reefs, the Gulf of Kutch was declared Marine National Park under the provisions of the Wildlife (protection) Act, 1972. It is the first national marine park of India.
Description : To conserve coral reefs, the Government of India declared one of the following as Marine Park ; (1) Gulf of Kutch (2) Lakshadweep Islands (3) Gulf of Mannar (4) Andaman Islands
Description : Palk Strait separates India from (a) Pakistan (b) China (c) Andaman Island (d) Sri Lanka shop.ssbcrack.com
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : Narmada and Tapi flow into the (a) Gulf of Khambat (b) Palk Strait (c) Bay of Bengal (d) Gulf of Kachchh
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : Among the following areas, the widest continental shelf of India is found: [IAS 1991] (a) around the Gulf of Cambay (b) around the Konkan coast (c) off the Krishna and Godavari deltas (d) around the Palk strait
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Andaman and Nicobar islands are separated by which of the followings
Last Answer : Ten degree channel
Description : The southern tip of India is (1) Cape Comorin (2) Point Calimere (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands (4) Kovalam in Trivandrum
Last Answer : Indira Point in Nicobar Islands
Description : The Southern tip of India is (1) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) (2) Point Calimere (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands (4) Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram
Description : Which foreign country is closest to Andaman Islands ? (1) Sri Lanka (2) Myanmar (3) Indonesia (4) Pakistan
Last Answer : Myanmar
Description : A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called (1) Strait (2) Peninsula (3) Cape (4) Isthmus
Last Answer : Isthmus
Description : Nine Degree Channel separates: [CDS 2001] (a) Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar (b) Lakshadweep and Minicoy (c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (d) North Andaman and South Andaman
Description : Ten Degree Channel is between: [CDS 2011] (a) Dover and Calais (b) Alaska and Russia (c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (d) North Korea and South Korea
Description : Badland topography is characteristic (1) Chambal valley (2) Coastal area (3) Sundarban delta (4) Gulf of Kachchh
Last Answer : Chambal valley
Description : Which one was the first 'Biosphere Reserves' Project Scheme? (1) Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (2) Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (3) Nandadevi Biosphere Reserve (4) Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve
Last Answer : (2) Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve Explanation: Established in the year 1986, Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first biosphere reserve in India. It is an International Biosphere Reserve in the Western Ghats.
Description : Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of India? (1) Nilgiri (2) Nandadevi (3) Sundarbans (4) Gulf of Mannar
Last Answer : (4) Gulf of Mannar Explanation: The Gulf of Mannar located in Tamil Nadu is one of South Asia's largest biosphere reserves. It extends from Rameswaram Island in the North to Kanyakumari in the South of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. It is spread over an area of 10,500 km2.
Description : Which one of the following bio reserves of India is not included in the World Network of Biosphere Reserve? (1) Sunderbans (2) Gulf of Mannar (3) Nandadevi (4) Corbett
Last Answer : (4) Corbett Explanation: Ten of the eighteen biosphere reserves of India are a part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves, based on the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme ... (Uttarakhand), Gulf of Mannar Biosphere Reserve (Tamil Nadu) and Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve (West Bengal).
Description : In India Dugong (sea cow) is found in the bioreserve site of: (1) Gulf of Mannar (2) Nokrek (3) Manas (4) Sundarban
Last Answer : (1) Gulf of Mannar Explanation: The sea mammal Dugong is found in the Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve. It feeds on sea grasses like Halodule uninervis which occur in abundance in the waters around ... is the first Marine Biosphere Reserve not only in India, but also in south and Southeast Asia.
Description : In India, Dugong (sea cow) is found in the bioreserve site of: (1) Gulf of Mannar (2) Nokrek (3) Manas (4) Sundarban
Description : Which is the world’s longest entirely lined irrigation canal? (1) Indira Gandhi Canal (2) Nangal Hydel Channel (3) Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (4) Sardar Sarovar Project
Last Answer : Sardar Sarovar Project
Description : The Palk Strait separates which two countries?
Description : The bridge of sand and rock in the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka is (a) Palk Isthmus (b) Sri Lanka Bridge (c) Adam's Bridge (d) Pamban Bridge
Description : Lakshadweep Islands are situated in (a) Arabian Sea (b) Palk Strait (c) Indian Ocean (d) Bay of Bengal
Description : Which of the following countries are connected by the Palk Strait? (1) India and Sri Lanka (2) North Korea and South Korea (3) Pakistan and China (4) Britain and France
Last Answer : (1) India and Sri Lanka Explanation: Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. It ... southern end with a chain of low islands and reef shoals that are collectively called Adam's Bridge.
Description : Which strait separates Australia and Tasmania? (1) Bass (2) Bab-el-Mandeb (3) Palk (4) Berring
Last Answer : (1) Bass Explanation: With the height of 4,411 meters above sea level, the Daocheng Yading Airport has become the highest civil airport in the world. It is located in Daocheng County of the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Garze, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Description : The Strait that connects Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea is - (1) Panama Strait (2) Suez Strait (3) Palk Strait (4) Bering Strait
Last Answer : (2) Suez Strait Explanation: The Suez Strait connects Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
Description : Palk Strait is situated between : (1) India and Pakistan (2) India and Bangladesh (3) India and Sri Lanka (4) India and Myanmar
Last Answer : (3) India and Sri Lanka Explanation: The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of Sri Lanka.
Description : Palk Strait separates – (1) India and Pakistan (2) India and Burma (3) India and Sri Lanka (4) India and Afghanistan
Last Answer : (3) India and Sri Lanka Explanation: Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri Lanka. The strait ... after Robert Palk, who was a governor of Madras Presidency (1755-1763) during the Company Raj period.
Description : Palk Strait is situated between – (1) India and Pakistan (2) India and Bangladesh (3) India and Sri Lanka (4) India and Myanmar
Last Answer : (3) India and Sri Lanka Explanation: The Palk Strait is a strait between Tamil Nadu and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the ... the southwest. The strait is named after Robert Palk, the governor of Madras Presidency during 1755- 1763.
Description : Which of the nations are connected with Palk strait