Consider the following statements 1 Majority of the islands of India are located in the Arabain Sea ...........

Geography and Environment (HAS) Physiography of India

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Consider the following statements:

1. Majority of the islands of India are located in the Arabain Sea.

2. The islands of Arabian sea are mainly coral formations.

3. Lakshadweep islands are separated from the Maldive islands by the 9-degree channel.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 and 3 only

2 only

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

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Explanation:

Statement 1 is incorrect. India has 615 islands/islets. Majority of them, around 572 islands/islets are located in the Bay of Bengal and remaining 43 islands/islets are located in the Arabian Sea. Apart from these, there are some coral islands in the Gulf of Mannar and Khambhat regions and there are some offshore islands along the mouth of Ganga river.

The Indian Island groups are generally grouped into two:

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in the Bay of Bengal

The Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands located in the Arabian Sea (adjacent to Kerala coast)

Lakshadweep Islands situated in the Arabian Sea is a group of 36 islands having an area of 32 square kilometres and extending between 8 N and 12 N latitude.

The main islands under the Lakshadweep Islands group are:

Kavaratti

Agatti

Minicoy

Amini

These islands were earlier known as Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands.

The name Lakshadweep was adopted on 1 November 1973

These islands are separated from one another by very narrow straits.

The Lakshadweep Islands group is a Union Territory administered by the President through a Lt. Governor.

It is the smallest Union Territory of India.

Kavaratti is the administrative capital of the Lakshadweep Islands. It is also the principal town of the Union Territory.

It is a uni-district Union Territory and is comprised of 12 atolls, three reefs, five submerged banks and ten inhabited islands.

The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means 'a hundred thousand islands'.

The Lakshadweep Islands are located at a distance of 280 km to 480 km off the Kerala coast.

These islands are a part of the Reunion Hotspot volcanism.

Statement 2 is correct. The entire Lakshadweep islands group is made up of coral deposits.

Fishing is the main occupation on which livelihoods of many people depend.

The Lakshadweep islands have storm beaches consisting of unconsolidated pebbles, shingles, cobbles and boulders.

Minicoy Island, located to the south of nine-degree channel is the largest island among the Lakshadweep group.

8 Degree Channel (8 degrees north latitude) separates islands of Minicoy and Maldives

Statement 3 is incorrect. 9 Degree Channel (9 degrees north latitude) separates the island of Minicoy from the main Lakshadweep archipelago.

In Lakshadweep region, there is an absence of forests.

Pitti Island is an important breeding place for sea turtles and for a number of pelagic birds such as the brown noddy, lesser crested tern and greater crested tern. The Pitti island has been declared a bird sanctuary.