Which one of the following is a coastal district in Kerala?
(a) Palghat
(b) Wayanad
(c) Kovallam
(d) Idukki
Solution: (c)
Kovalam is a beach town by the Arabian Sea in Thiruvananthapuram city, Kerala. Kovalam has three beaches separated by rocky outcroppings in its 17 km coastline; the three together form the famous crescent of the Kovalam beach.
The southern tip of India is
(a) Cape Comorin
(b) Point Calimere
(c) Indira Point in Nicobar Islands
(d) Kovalam in Trivandrum
Solution: (c)
Indira Point is the name given for the southernmost tip of Republic of India. It has situated on Great Nicobar Island in the Nicobar Islands eastern Indian Ocean which is not on the mainland of India. It was formerly known by various names that including Pygmalion Point, Parsons Point, and for a brief peri od of time India Point.
The important fishing harbour in India is
(a) Kolkata
(b) Cohin
(c) Paradeep
(d) Mumbai
Solution: (b)
Apart from four main fishing harbours–Mangalore (Karnataka), Kochi (Kerala), Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), and Roychowk in Kolkata (West Bengal)–twenty-three minor fishing harbors and ninety-five fish-landing centers are designated to provide landing and berthing facilities to fishing craft.
Arakan Yoma is the extension of the Himalayas located in
(a) Baluchistan
(b) Myanmar
(c) Nepal
(d) Kashmir
Solution: (b)
The Arakan Mountains is a mountain range in western Burma, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Burma Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River. It runs from Cape Negrais in the south into the Manipur State of India in the north. They include the Naga Hills, the Chin Hills, and the Patkai range which includes the Lushai Hills
Which one of the following factors is the main reason for the peninsular rivers to flow towards east?
(a) Western part is rainy
(b) Western Ghats act as major water-divide
(c) Rivers follow rift valleys
(d) Eastern Ghats are lower than the Western Ghats
Solution: (d)
The main water divide in peninsular rivers is formed by the Western Ghats, which run from north to south close to the western coast. Most of the major rivers of the peninsula such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri flow eastwards because of the issue of elevation and drain into the Bay of Bengal. These rivers flow through open and graded shallow valleys with low gradients and little erosion.
