Our Country India Test - 3

• Lakshadweep islands are coral islands formed by the agglomeration of skeletons and calcium carbonate secretions of tiny marine  animals called Polyps.
  
•  They live in colonies in symbiotic relationship with algae and zooxanthalae bacteria which gives vibrant colours to coral reefs and made the most productive and vegetative regions of the oceans .
  
• Salient features of Lakshadweep Islands:
  
• 1) Originated as coral islands and agricultural productivity is low due to infertile soil. 
  
• 2) Existence of atolls, corals etc., made it as one of the tourist destination.
  

• The Himadri also called the Great or Inner Himalayas, is the northern most range of the Himalayas. This range is in a single, unbroken line and has the highest  peaks like Mount Everest and Mount Godwin Austin.
• Several glaciers, such as the Gangotri and the Siachen, originate from this range. The Zoji La pass is situated in the Great Himalayan range and serves as the only link between Ladakh and Kashmir.
  

• Rajasthan is India's largest state by area(342,239 square kilometres (132,139 sq mi)
  
• It is located on the north-western side of the country, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar desert.
  

Palk Strait is situated in between the Tamil Nadu and the Mannar district of Northern Sri Lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with the Palk Bay. Then with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. Whereas the Gulf of Kutch is an inlet of the Arabian Sea along the west coast of India and the Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean While the Indian Ocean, the body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. Above information clears the facts that India is separated from Sri Lanka by Palk Strait. So the correct option is D.

• India lies entirely in the Northern Hemisphere.
  
•  India is divided into two almost equal halves by the Tropic of Cancer.
  
• The Tropic of Cancer, also referred to as the Northern Tropic is 23°26′13.6″ (or 23.4371°) north of the Equator.