2. What is an island?
3. Write major ports of the Western Coastal Plain?
4. Which is the highest peak of India?
5. Which are the most prosperous and populated areas of India?
Answers
An island or isle is any piece of subcontinental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island in a river or a lake island may be called an eyot or ait, and a small island off the coast may be called a holm.
On the west coast, there are the ports of Mumbai, Kandla, Mangalore, JNPT, Mormugao, and Cochin. The ones on the east coast are the ports at Chennai, Tuticorin, Visakhapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, and Ennore.
Kangchenjunga lies on the India–Nepal border. It is the highest mountain peak located in India and the third highest mountain peak in the world after Mount Everest and K2. Nanda Devi is the highest peak located entirely within India.
Based on the pattern of ownership of consumer durables across various regions, research firm Crisil has found Punjab as the most prosperous state in India, while Madhya Pradesh is the least.
Answer:
2ans . an island is a piece of ground that is surrounded by a body of water such as a lake,rive and sea . island are smaller than continents
4ans . Kanchenjunga is the highest peak of India located in Nepal border.
5ans .Based on the pattern of ownership of consumer durable across various regions, research firm crisis has found Punjab as the most prosperous state in India, while Madhya Pradesh in the least.