Question

Social science {class 9}
Topic -Desert,Islands& coastal plains.
Page no-14&15
Practice questions:-
1) name the island groups which has an active volcano.
2) In which habitat the coral polyps flourish?
3) Which island in the lakshadweep Island group has a Bird sanctuary
4) what was the earlier name of lakshadweep?
5) what is the chilika lake?
6) oOn which coastal plain does a deltas of the Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri formed?
7) Name the three divisions of the Western coastal plains?
8) Which is the only largest river in the Indian desert?
9) Name the administrative headquarters of lakshadweep.
10) Differentiate between eastern coastal plain and Western coastal plain (Three points)
NOTE: FIND ON YOUR OWN!





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Answer 1

Answer:

1.Barren Island, one of the most easterly of the Andaman Islands, is the only confirmed active volcano in India. The island along with the rest of the Andamans is the the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and lies some 135 kms northeast of the territory's capital, Port Blair

2. The coral polyps flourish in a habitat consisting of shallow warm water which does not have mud.

3.the pitti island which is uninhabited has, a bird sanctuary

4.The earlier names of Lakshadweep island are :

✔️Laccadive Island

✔️Minicoy Island

✔️Amindivi Island

6.Chilka Lake is a brackish water lake along the eastern coastal plain. It lies in the state of Odisha and stretches to the south of the Mahanadi Delta. Deltas of many of India's rivers form a major portion of these plains. The Mahanadi, Godavari, Kaveri and Krishna rivers drain these plains.

7.konan coast

Canara coast

Malabar coast

8.The largest river in the Indian desert is Luni which originates in the Pushkar valley of the Aravalli Range, near Ajmer and ends in the marshy lands of Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, after travelling a distance of 530 km.

9.➡Kavaratti is the administrative headquarter of Lakshadweep.

10.The differences between Eastern and Western Coastal Plains are:

• The Eastern Coastal plain lies along the east coast of India and is washed by the Bay of Bengal whereas the Western Coastal Plain lies along the west coast of India and is washed by The Arabian Sea.

• The East Coast plain runs smoothly from the north to the south with a broad plain and level surface whereas the West Coast plain also runs from the north to the south and it is in some places intersected by the mountain ridges.

• The large rivers make wide deltas on the Eastern Coastal Plains. But the short swift rivers do not make any deltas on the West Coast.

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