Question

India has ________ main islands groups.

• A. 2
• B. 3
• C. 4
• D. 5

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

• India has 2 main island groups, namely Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nicobar island.
  
• The Lakshadweep consists of many small islands located opposite the Kerala coast in the
  
• Arabian Sea. The islands of this group are formed of coral deposits called ‘atolls’ in Malayalam which refer to their ring or ‘horse-shoe’ shape.
  
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• The Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
  
• on the other hand, are larger in size. They are more in number and more widely scattered.
  
• There are about 200 islands in the Andaman group and 19 islands in the Nicobar group.