Indira Point, the southernmost point of India, is located on which island?
- A.Car Nicobar
- B.Great Nicobar
- C.Little Andaman
- D.Minicoy
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Great Nicobar. Indira Point lies at the southern tip of Great Nicobar, the largest island of the Nicobar group, and is the southernmost point of the territory of India; it was earlier called Pygmalion Point and was renamed, and it subsided during the earthquake and tsunami of December 2004. Option A is wrong because Car Nicobar is the administrative centre of the Nicobar group but lies well to the north of Great Nicobar. Option C is wrong because Little Andaman belongs to the Andaman group, north of the Ten Degree Channel. Option D is wrong because Minicoy is the southernmost inhabited island of Lakshadweep in the Arabian Sea; the southernmost point of the Indian mainland, by contrast, is Kanyakumari. Candidates should also keep the four extremities of India in mind together: Indira Point in the south, Kibithu area of Arunachal Pradesh in the east, the Guhar Moti area of Kachchh in the west and Indira Col in the north.
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