Question

Which of the following are separated by a 10° channel ?

• A. Lakshadweep from the Maldives
• B. Sri Lanka from India
• C. Andaman from the Lakshadweep
• D. Andaman from the Nicobar

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Andaman from the Nicobar

Indian Geography

• According to geographical extension, India is the seventh largest country of the world after Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia, with an area of about 3.28 million sq km, which is almost 2.4 percent of the geographical area of the world.

• Politically, it makes boundary with China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Afghanistan.

• Across the Indian Ocean also there are two island neighbours of India Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

• Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait.

• The 9° Channel separates Minicoy island from other smaller islands of Lakshadweep, and between Maldives and Minicoy is the 8° Channel.

• The 10° Channel separates the Andaman from the Nicobar.

• The channel between the Indira Point and Indonesia is the Great Channel