GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The southernmost Point of India is:
A
Cape Comorin
B
Point Calimere
C
Indira Point
D
Port Blair
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Indira Point, the southernmost point of India’s territory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India.

Detailed explanation-2: -Complete answer: The southernmost part of India is known as the Indira Point. Before being named as Indira Point, after the Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, this point was known as the Pygmalion Point. This point falls in the nicobar group of Islands in the Bay of Bengal and lies at 8 degrees N latitude.

Detailed explanation-3: -Complete Answer: The southernmost point of India’s territory is the Indira Point, a village formerly known as the Pygmalion Point in the Nicobar district. It was later named as the Indira Point after the name of the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Detailed explanation-4: -The northernmost point of India is located in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The point is known as Indira Col. The Indira Col has an altitude of 5, 764 metres is a mountain pass located on the Indira Ridge in the Siachen Muztagh in the Karakoram Range. There are two Col present in this region.

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