PHYSIOGRAPHIC DIVISION OF INDIA
COASTAL PLAINS
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Question
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Malabar
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North Ciracas Coast
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Konkan
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none of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Lakshadweep Island group is lying close to the Malabar coast of Kerala in the Arabian Sea. It is also known as the Coral Islands. Earlier it was known as Laccadive Minicoyand Amindive. In 1973 these were renamed as Lakshadweep.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lakshadweep Islands are a group of small islands spread near the Malabar Coast. This set of 36 small island groups was earlier known as Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi islands. In 1973, it got changed to a collective name, Lakshadweep.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term Malabar Coast, in historical contexts, refers to India’s southwestern coast, which lies on the narrow coastal plain of Karnataka and Kerala between the Western Ghats range and the Arabian Sea. The coast runs from south of Goa to Kanyakumari on India’s southern tip.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Maldives is a neighbouring country of India, situated to the south of the Lakshadweep islands.