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Which part of India is the oldest and geologically most stable?Read the answer and worked solution →India's coastline is 7,517 km long, and the island chains have 2,094 km of it. How long is the peninsular coast?Read the answer and worked solution →Which coastal plain is a narrow strip between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →The Eastern Coastal Plain stretches from Tamil Nadu in the south to which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which state shares a border with Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →Which line, drawn in 1947 during Partition, fixed the borders with Pakistan and Bangladesh?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1956 India's states were reorganised mainly on the basis of what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which change in the 1970s helped India reverse farm stagnation and reach food security?Read the answer and worked solution →Crown rule, or the British Raj, began in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indus Valley Civilisation belongs to which period?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two religions arose in India and taught social orders not based on birth?Read the answer and worked solution →Which religion emerged in the Punjab during the medieval period?Read the answer and worked solution →Which empire fostered a flourishing South Indian Hindu culture?Read the answer and worked solution →The 2001 earthquake that hit Bhuj was centred in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which union territory is also India's National Capital Territory?Read the answer and worked solution →Which crocodilian is critically endangered in India?Read the answer and worked solution →What does it mean that India is a megadiverse country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tree called Azadirachta indica is widely used in rural herbal medicine?Read the answer and worked solution →The Satpura and Vindhya ranges run east to which coal-rich plateau?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Article of the Constitution makes untouchability illegal?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshadweep Islands lie off the coast of which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Of 572 islands, 325 are in the Andaman group. How many are Nicobar?Read the answer and worked solution →Summer monsoon rain falls across India during which months?Read the answer and worked solution →The marshy Rann of Kutch lies in which part of India?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which part of India is the oldest and geologically most stable?

  1. Peninsular India
  2. The Thar Desert
  3. The Gangetic plain
  4. The Himalayas range
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Correct answer: A. Peninsular India

Peninsular India is the surviving Indian Plate and holds the country's oldest rocks.

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India's coastline is 7,517 km long, and the island chains have 2,094 km of it. How long is the peninsular coast?

  1. 5,523 km
  2. 5,323 km
  3. 5,423 km
  4. 4,423 km
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Correct answer: C. 5,423 km

Subtracting 2,094 from 7,517 gives 5,423 km for peninsular India.

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Which coastal plain is a narrow strip between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea?

  1. Indo-Gangetic Plain
  2. Eastern Coastal Plain
  3. Western Coastal Plain
  4. Thar Desert Plain
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Correct answer: C. Western Coastal Plain

The Western Coastal Plain is only 50 to 100 km wide, squeezed between the Ghats and the sea.

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