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Which pair of rivers flows west into the Arabian Sea?Read the answer and worked solution →The Lakshadweep Islands lie off the coast of which state?Read the answer and worked solution →The Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of how many islands?Read the answer and worked solution →India's only active volcano, Barren Island, lies in which group?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ten Degree Channel separates which two island groups?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strait separates India from Sri Lanka?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is India's most populous island, home to Mumbai?Read the answer and worked solution →Majuli is a river island of which river?Read the answer and worked solution →Sriharikota is a barrier island in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do Himalayan rivers have a perennial supply of water?Read the answer and worked solution →The Ganges originates from which glacier in Uttarakhand?Read the answer and worked solution →By what name is the Brahmaputra known in Tibet?Read the answer and worked solution →The Chambal, a Yamuna tributary, rises in which watershed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which delta holds the largest mangrove forest in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which marshy region of northwestern Gujarat floods to knee depth in monsoon and turns dry afterwards?Read the answer and worked solution →The now-defunct Kolar Gold Fields are in which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Which soil is moisture-retentive and preferred for dry farming of cotton and linseed?Read the answer and worked solution →Tea and coffee plantations are mostly linked with which soil type?Read the answer and worked solution →Which offshore field region holds much of India's oil reserves, along with upper Assam and Cambay?Read the answer and worked solution →Which months form the monsoon season in the four-season division of India?Read the answer and worked solution →Western disturbances that bring winter rain and snow to north India originate in which region?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the strong, hot, dry afternoon wind of north India's summer called?Read the answer and worked solution →Near which coast does the southwest monsoon strike the Indian mainland around 1 June?Read the answer and worked solution →Which branch of the southwest monsoon is roughly three times stronger?Read the answer and worked solution →The northeast monsoon brings significant post-monsoon rain mainly to which state?Read the answer and worked solution →Mawsynram, the wettest place in the world, lies near which town?Read the answer and worked solution →Which range in Ladakh is the most heavily glaciated part of the world outside the polar regions?Read the answer and worked solution →The Patkai ranges lie near India's eastern border with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the lowest and southernmost of the four parallel Himalayan ranges?Read the answer and worked solution →Nanda Devi lies in which Himalayan sub-region?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which pair of rivers flows west into the Arabian Sea?

  1. Godavari and Krishna
  2. Mahanadi and Kaveri
  3. Ganga and Yamuna
  4. Narmada and Tapi
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Correct answer: D. Narmada and Tapi

The Narmada and Tapi flow westward from the Vindhya-Satpura watershed to the Arabian Sea.

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The Lakshadweep Islands lie off the coast of which state?

  1. Kerala
  2. Gujarat
  3. Karnataka
  4. Tamil Nadu
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Correct answer: A. Kerala

They lie 200 to 440 km off Kerala in the Arabian Sea.

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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands consist of how many islands?

  1. 325
  2. 247
  3. 572
  4. 1,200
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Correct answer: C. 572

The territory has 572 islands, of which 325 are Andaman and 247 are Nicobar.

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