PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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Question
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Port Blair
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Kanyakumari
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Kavaratti
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -he Kavaratti Island is the headquarters of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. This island is at a distance of 404 km (218 nautical miles) from Kochi and is located between Agatti Island on the west and Andrott Island on the east.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kavaratti /kʌvəˈrʌti/ is the capital of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -The new territory was called Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands before adopting the Lakshadweep name on 1 November 1973. The headquarters of the new union territory remained at Kozhikode for nearly a decade until 1964. In 1964, the seat of administrator of the islands was shifted to Kavaratti.
Detailed explanation-4: -A & N REGION-The Headquarters of Coast Guard Region (Andaman & Nicobar) is located at Port Blair.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lakshadweep, formerly (1956–73) Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands, union territory of India. It is a group of some three dozen islands scattered over some 30, 000 square miles (78, 000 square km) of the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India.