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1
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Archipelago meaning

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2
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2 major grps of Island in India

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Lakshadweep n Minicoy - Arabian sea
Bay of Bengal island grps (572 islands/islets - whole grp divided into Andaman in North n Nicobar in South )

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3
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Bay of Bengal consists of ___ islands / islets

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572

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4
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Coordinates for BOB islands

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6-14 N
92-94 E

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5
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Coordinates for islands in Arabian sea

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8-12 N
71-74 E

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6
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Arabian sea consists of

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Lakshadweep
Minicoy island

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7
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The Line seperating Andaman and Nicobar islands

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10 degree island

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8
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The Line seperating Minicoy from Maldives or seperating Maldives from India ?

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8 degree line

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9
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Lakshadweep n Minicoy located Near

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Malabar coast , 280-480 km away from Kerala coast

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10
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In BOB 2 major islets ( small islands ) are / 2 principal grps of islets

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  1. Labrynth island
  2. Ritchies Archipelago
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11
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2 major category of islands in BOB

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Andaman - north
Nicobar - south

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12
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Andaman and Nicobar is the elevated portion of __

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Submarine mountains / seamounts

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13
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India’s only active volcano

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Barren island

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14
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Barren island located in

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Andaman ( in Andaman sea)
East of middle Andaman)

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15
Q

Portblair present in

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South Andaman

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16
Q

Norcondom island present in

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Andaman islands

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17
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Norcondom island present in

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Northern Andaman sea

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18
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India’s only dormant volcano

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Norcondom

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19
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Norcondom island known for its

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Wildlife sanctuary - UNESCO tentative lists of world heritage site
Norcondom hornbill endangered - IUCN red list

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20
Q

Largest island in world

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Greenland

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21
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Largest island in Lakshadweep

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Andrott island

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22
Q

Capital/ HQ of South Andaman district

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Portblair ( south Andaman)

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23
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Captial / HQ of Nicobar district

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Car nicobar

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24
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Capital / HQ of North and middle Andaman district

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Mayabindar

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25
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Capital of Andaman and Nicobar

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Portblair in south Andaman

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26
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3 district of Andaman and Nicobar

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1.north n middle Andaman
2. South Andaman
3. Nicobar

27
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Largest island in india ( in area )

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Andaman and Nicobar

28
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Largest island in india

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Great Nicobar in Andaman and Nicobar

29
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Second largest island in Lakshadweep

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Minicoy

30
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Andaman and Nicobar climatic variation n vegetation

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Equitorial vegetation, convectional rainfall, coral deposit near coastline

31
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Entire grp of Lakshadweep island made of

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Coral deposits

32
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In Arabian sea how many grps of Island is there

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36 islands of which 11 inhabited

33
Q

What seperates South Andaman and Little Andaman

A

Duncan Passage

34
Q

What seperates Myanmar’s Coco islands from North Andaman

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Coco strait

35
Q

Andaman and Nicobar formed via which plates

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Burma minor plate ( part of Eurasian plate) n Indian plate

36
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Andaman and Nicobar is the extention of __

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Arkan yoma range ( mayanmar mountain range)

37
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Arkan yoma range is an extention of

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Purvanchal hills ( Andaman and Nicobar part of Himalayas)

38
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Lakshadweep is made of

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Corals

39
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Lakshadweep part of

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Reunion hotspot volcanism

40
Q

Which island is close to Sumatra island in Indonesia

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Grt nicobar

41
Q

Northern most island of Lakshadweep

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Amindivi

42
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Southern most island of Lakshadweep

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Minicoy

43
Q

Andaman and Nicobar built up by

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Limestone
Shale
Tertiary sandstone
Basic n ultra basic volcanoes

44
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Andaman and Nicobar covered with which type of forest

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Mangrove

45
Q

The world’s largest n rarest crab called ___ , found in __

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Giant Robber Crab , Andaman and Nicobar

46
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Andaman and Nicobar called as

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Emerald Island

47
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Andaman state animal

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Dugong

48
Q

Administrative capital of Lakshadweep

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Kavarati

49
Q

Lakshadweep island consists of

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Pebbles shingles cobbles boulders

50
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Is forest present in Lakshadweep

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No ( non existent)

51
Q

Which island is designed as a bird sanctuary

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Pitti island in Lakshadweep

52
Q

Is releif features like hills streams valleys found in Lakshadweep

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No

53
Q

New moore present in BOB which type of landform-

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Marine landform, offshore sandbar landform

54
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Lakshadweep is a coral reef but what type of reef

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It’s an example of atoll

55
Q

Fringing reef examples

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Andaman and Nicobar
Gulf of Kutch
Gulf of mannar
Palk bay

56
Q

9 degree line present between

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B/w Minicoy n main Lakshadweep archipelago/ laccadive/ kavarati

57
Q

Which line divides amindivi n cannanore

A

11 degree line

58
Q

The southern most point ( Indira point ) located in

A

Grt nicobar

59
Q

Six degree line also called

A

Great channel

60
Q

The grt channel divides

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Grt nicobar n Aceh province in Indonesia

61
Q

What lies in 6 degree channel

A

Indira point

62
Q

Barren island or norcondom island is a __ type of volcano

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Stratovolcanic or composite

63
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8 degree line

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Between Maldives n Minicoy / Maldives n India

64
Q

Peaks of Andaman and Nicobar

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  1. Highest - saddle peak - North Andaman
  2. Mt Thuiller ( grt nicobar )
  3. Mt Divalo ( middle Andaman)
  4. Mt koyab ( South Andaman)