Description : An active volcano was reported at _____ India in 1991. (a) Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Aliabet Island, Gujarat (c) Rameshwaram Island, Tamil Nadu (d) Mumbai Island, Maharashtra
Last Answer : Ans: (a)
Description : At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in – (1) Andaman Islands (2) Nicobar Islands (3) Lakshadweep (4) Minicoy
Last Answer : (1) Andaman Islands Explanation: Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia. It is one of the most easterly of Andaman Islands. ... of the Andaman Islands, it is a part of the Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Description : At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in - (1) Andaman Island (2) Nicobar Island (3) Lakshadweep (4) Minicoy
Last Answer : (1) Andaman Island Explanation: Barren Island is an island located in the Andaman Sea. It is the only confirmed active volcano in South Asia.
Description : Consider the following statements regarding Andaman and Nicobar Islands: 1. It enjoys equatorial climate 2. This is the only place in India where a volcano is located 3. This is the only place in India where coral bed is found Which of the ... 2010] (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1 only
Last Answer : Ans: (b)
Description : The two volcanic islands in the Indian territory are: [CDS 2002] (a) Kavaratti and New Moor (b) Bitra and Kavaratti (c) Pamban and Barren (d) Narcondam and Barren
Last Answer : Ans: (d)
Description : The name of the largest active volcano is (a) Mauna Lao in Hawaii (b) Mount Washington in USA (c) Mount Fuje in Japan (d) Barren Island in India
Last Answer : (a) Mauna Lao in Hawaii
Description : Between which one of the following pairs of islands is Duncan Passage located? [IAS 2008] (a) South Andaman and Little Andaman (b) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar Island (c) Car Nicobar Island and Little Nicobar Island (d) Little Nicobar Island and Great Nicobar Island
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
Last Answer : Ans: (c)
Description : Duncan Passage is situated between: [CDS 1999] (a) Minicoy and Amindiv (b) Minicoy and Maldives (c) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar (d) South Andaman and Little Andaman
Description : The 'Todas' are one of the major tribes found in (a) Sikkim (b) Assam (c) Nilgiris (d) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Description : The largest southernmost single island in India is: [CBI 1994] (a) Rameswaram Island (b) Minicoy Island (c) Car Nicobar Island (d) Great Nicobar Island
Description : Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which island? -General Knowledge
Last Answer : The answer is 'South Andaman'
Description : Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which island?
Last Answer : South Andaman
Description : Duncan Passage is located between [CDS 2012] (a) South and Little Andaman (b) Little and Great Nicobar (c) North and Middle Andaman (d) Middle and South Andaman
Description : Which part of India receives rainfall from both the SouthWest and North-West monsoons? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Odisha (c) Lakshadweep Islands (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Description : Which one of the following gives the two largest Union Territories of India (in terms of geographical area) in the correct descending order? (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Delhi (b) Chandigarh, Lakshadweep (c) Delhi, Puducherry (d) Delhi, Chandigarh
Description : Which or the following Indian islands lies between India and Sri Lanka? (a) Elephanta (b) Rameshwaram (c) Nicobar (d) Salsette
Description : Consider the following statements: 1. Biodiversity hots pots are located only in tropical regions. 2. India has four biodiversity hots pots, i.e., Eastern Himalayas, Western Himalayas, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Which ... (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Description : The southern Up of India is – (1) Cape Comorin (2) Point Calimere (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands (4) Kovalam in Trivandrum
Last Answer : (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands Explanation: Indira Point is the name given for the southern-most tip of Republic of India. It has situated on Great Nicobar Island in the Nicobar Islands ... names that including Pygmalion Point, Parsons Point, and for a brief period of time India Point.
Description : The Southern tip of India is – (1) Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari) (2) Point Calimere (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands (4) Kovalam in Thiruvanan-thapuram
Last Answer : (3) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands Explanation: Indira Point is the southernmost point of the Nicobar island lot located on the Great Nicobar Island. It was formerly known by various names ... is working as a towering feature and as an important landmark for the ships coming from Malacca.
Description : Which Union Territory in India has four districts but none of its districts has a common boundary with its other districts? (1) Puducherry (2) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (4) Chandigarh
Last Answer : (1) Puducherry Explanation: The union territory of Puducherry consists of four small unconnected districts: Pondicherry, Karaikal and Yanam on the Bay of Bengal and Mahe on the Arabian Sea. ... are enclaves of Tamil Nadu. Yanam and Mahe are enclaves of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively.
Description : An example of 'horseshoe' shaped coral islands in the neighbourhood of India is – (1) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (2) Maldives (3) Lakshadweep (4) Sri Lanka
Last Answer : (3) Lakshadweep Explanation: The Lakshadweep islands are formed of coral deposits called atolls. Atolls are circular or horse-shoe shaped coral reefs.
Description : In India, where is the bio-reserve to preserve the diverse sub-marine flora and fauna situated? (1) Lakshadweep (2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (3) Daman and Diu (4) Dadra, Nagar Haveli
Last Answer : (2) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Explanation: The Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve encompasses a large part of the island of Great Nicobar, the largest of the Nicobar Islands in the Indian Union ... many species of plants and animals, often endemic to the Andaman and Nicobars bio-geographic region.
Description : The largest Union Territory of India is (1) Chandigarh (2) Puducherry (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (4) Lakshadweep
Last Answer : (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Explanation: Andaman and Nicobar Islands is the largest Union Territory among the given options with an area of 8,249 km2. Chandigarh: 114 km2; Puducherry: 490 km2; and Lakshadweep: 30 km2.
Description : Which Island of India is an active volcano found?
Last Answer : Barren Island
Description : In which island of India is an active volcano found?
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
Description : 'Saddle peak' the highest peak of Andaman and Nicobar islands is located in (a) Great Nicobar (b) Middle Andaman (c) Little Andaman (d) North Andaman
Description : Where is Pygmalion Point also known as Indira Point? (a) Lakshadweep (b) Andman and Nicobar Islands (c) Rameswaram (d) Point Calimere
Description : The tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands belongs to the (a) Astraloids (b) Caucasoids (c) Mongoloids (d) Negroids
Description : The southern moat point of Indian territory is in (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Lakshadweep (c) Trivandrum (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Description : Which one among the following has the maximum number of National Parks? [IAS 2008] (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Assam (d) Meghalaya
Description : The smallest Union Territory is: (a) Chandigarh (b) Pondicherry (c) Lakshadweep (d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Description : In which one of the following Union Territories, people of the Onge tribe live? [IAS 2004] (a) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (c) Daman and Diu (d) Lakshadweep
Description : Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which one of the following islands? [NDA 2008] (a) North Andaman (b) Little Andaman (c) Middle Andaman (d) South Andaman
Description : Which of the following is east of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? (a) Thailand (b) Sri Lanka (c) Indonesia (d) All of them
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.
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 : '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 : (4) North Andaman Explanation: Saddle Peak is located on North Andaman Island in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands. it is the highest point of the archipelago in the Gulf of Bengal.
Description : Indira Point is the southern most tip of (1) Maldives (2) Laccadives (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (4) Dhanushkodi
Last Answer : (3) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Explanation: Indira Point is the southern most point of the Nicobar island located on the Great Nicobar Island.
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 : Consider the following statements 1. Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest National Park of India. 2. It was one of the nine Tiger Reserves created at the launch of the Project Tiger in 1973. 3. Initially it was named as Haile ... 2009] (a) I and II (b) I, II and III (c) II and III (d) I and III
Description : Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil ? [CDS 2009] (a) Bombay High (b) Digboi (c) Ankleshwar (d) Naharkatiya
Description : Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal? [CDS 2009] (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu
Description : Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct? [CDS 2009] (a) Kochi - Mangalore - Mumbai - Koyali (b) Koyali - Mumbai - Mangalore - Kochi (c) Kochi - Mumbai - Mangalore - Koyali (d) Mangalore - Kochi - Mumbai – Koyali
Description : Which one of the following States is the largest producer of black pepper in India? [CDS 2009] (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh