SSC MTS EXAM

SSC

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
MARINA BEACH IS THE ____ LONGEST BEACH IN THE WORLD
A
2nd
B
3rd
C
4th
D
5th
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Marina beach in Chennai along the Bay of Bengal is India’s longest and world’s second longest beach. This predominantly sandy of nearly 12 kilometers extends from Beasant Nagar in the south to Fort St. George in the north.

Detailed explanation-2: -Praia do Cassino, Brazil The world’s longest beach, Praia do Cassino is located in Brazil near the city of Pelotas, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Detailed explanation-3: -Stretching for about 13 kms, the Marina Beach in Chennai is the ‘second longest beach in the world’. Marina Beach was given pride of place by the then Governor Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff in the early 1880s.

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