Consider the following statements : 1. In India, the Himalayas are spread over five States only. 2. Western Ghats are spread over five States only. 3. Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
- A.1 and 2 only
- B.3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1 and 3 only
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is B, 3 only. Pulicat Lake lies in two states, but the Himalayas and the Western Ghats each spread over more than five states.
The Indian Himalayas run through Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and the hill district of Darjeeling in West Bengal, besides the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and the north-eastern hill ranges add more states. The Western Ghats, or Sahyadri, run parallel to the west coast through six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Pulicat Lake is a brackish-water lagoon on the Coromandel coast shared by Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, the second largest such lagoon in India after Chilika; Sriharikota island separates it from the Bay of Bengal.
A is wrong because statements 1 and 2 are both false. C is wrong because the Western Ghats cover six states, not five. D is wrong because the Himalayas cover more than five states.
Exam tip: Western Ghats: six states, Gujarat to Tamil Nadu; Pulicat: Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
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