Question

The Lakshadweep island lying in the bay of Bengal true or false​

Answer 1

Answer:

The group of island lying in the Bay of Bengal is called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands while the group of islands in the Arabian Sea is called the Lakshadweep. The former consists of cellar jail constructed during the time of the British colonial rule.

Answer 2

The Lakshadweep island lying in the bay of Bengal is FALSE because the Lakshadweep Islands lie in the Arabian Sea.

Some more information on Islands:

• India has two groups of islands- the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea.
• The Lakshadweep Islands lie in the Arabian Sea, about 300 km from the Kerala coast.
• The word Lakshadweep means hundred-thousand islands in Sanskrit.
• Kavaratti is the capital of these islands. These islands are known as coral islands because they are formed on corals.
• These consist of a large number of coral islands.
• Corals are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. They are generally horseshoe-shaped, called atolls.
• Only 11 of the 36 islands are inhabited by the people.

• The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie in the Bay of Bengal. They are a cluster of islands. Most of them are uninhabited.
• The Andaman and Nicobar islands are larger and more numerous than the Lakshadweep islands.
• The northern cluster of islands are the Andaman Islands. They comprise about 233 islands.
• The southern cluster of the island is called the Nicobar Islands. They comprise about 214 islands; some are inhabited.

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