GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Lakshadweep island is known as a coral island because it has been made up of coral, which are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps. When they die their skeletal remains accumulate on the sea bed which grows higher and higher to form coral islands.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Coral reefs in India are mainly restricted to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Mannar, Gulf of Kutch, Palk Strait and the Lakshadweep islands.

Detailed explanation-3: -Thus, it is said that Lakshadweep is formed from the skeletons of these polyps, called corals. These coral islands were formed due to the accumulation of corals on the volcanic tops of the ridge of the Indian Ocean, which then sank below the surface many millions of years ago supposedly because of a rise in sea levels.