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Port Blair - the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in which one of the following islands?

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  1. North Andaman

  2. Little Andaman

  3. Middle Andaman

  4. South Andaman

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Port Blair is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is located in South Andaman. They belongs to the South Andaman administrative district, part of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Port Blair ( pronunciation (help. info)) is the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a union territory of India situated in the Bay of Bengal and separated by it by over 1188 km from the closest point in the Mainland India.

Lakshadweep Islands are situated in ______.

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  1. Arabian Sea

  2. Palk Strait

  3. Indian Ocean

  4. Bay of Bengal

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Arabian sea
Lakshadweep, formerly the Laccadives, is a group of islands situated some 400 km off India's west coast in the Arabian sea. They are India's only coral atolls and geologically a part of the same chain as the Maldives. Lakshadweep is India's smallest union territory.

The southernmost point of India is located in ___________.

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  1. Kerala

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Little Andaman

  4. Great Nicobar

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The southernmost point of Indian Union called Indira point. Indira Point is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the great Nicobar Tehsil.

The capital of Lakshadweep is ___________.

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  1. Port Blair

  2. Silvassa

  3. Aizawl

  4. Kavaratti

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Kavaratti
Kavaratti serves as the capital of the Union Territory and the region comes under the jurisdiction of Kerala High Court. The islands are the northernmost of the Lakshadweep-Maldives-Chagos group of islands, which are the tops of a vast undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Laccadive Ridge.

The southern most point of Indian territory is in _____________.

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  1. Tamil Nadu

  2. Lakshadweep

  3. Trivandrum

  4. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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Correct Option: D
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Indira Point (Andaman and Nicobar Island)
The southernmost point of the Indian territory is Indira Point in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. It's Cape Comorin or Kanyakumari that is the southernmost point in mainland India.

The largest island in India in terms of area is ________.

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  1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

  2. Daman and Diu

  3. Andaman and Nicobar

  4. Lakshadweep.

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Correct Option: C

Which of the following island is the smallest in terms of area?

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  1. Dadra and Nagar Haveli

  2. Andaman and Nicobar

  3. Lakshadweep

  4. Daman and Diu

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Correct Option: C

In which of the following territories of India is Kavaratti located?

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  1. Puducherry

  2. Andaman and Nicobar

  3. Lakshadwep

  4. Diu and Daman

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

  • Kavaratti is the capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India.
  • Kavaratti is a census town as well as the name of the atoll upon which the town stands.
  •  It is well known for its pristine white sand beaches and calm lagoons, which makes it a popular tourist destination.
  •  It has a distance of 404 km (251 mi) west of the city of Kochi.

Example of an Union Territory is ______.

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  1. Banda

  2. Garhwal

  3. Rudraprayag

  4. Lakshadweep

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
  • Lakshadweep Islands, also known as Laccadives islands, formerly is the smallest Union Territory of Indian government. 
  • The capital of this Union Territory is Kavaratti. 
  • The Union territory is majorly ruled by Islamic principles followed up by many other religions as well.
  •  After India got her independence, in 1956, Lakshadweep was marked as a separate Union territory in India. 
  • There are around 40 islands which together make the Lakshadweep islands. 

Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindive are together known as the ____________.

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  1. Lakshadweep.

  2. Malabar.

  3. Kannad.

  4. Konkan.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Lakshadweep Islands, also known as the Laccadives islands, formerly is the smallest Union Territory of the Indian government. 
  • Lakshadweep formerly known as the Laccadive, Minicoy, amindivi  is a group of islands 
  • The capital of this Union Territory is Kavaratti. 
  • The Union territory is majorly ruled by Islamic principles followed up by many other religions as well.
  •  After India got her independence, in 1956, Lakshadweep was marked as a separate Union territory in India. 
  • There are around 40 islands that together make the Lakshadweep islands.