Question

Match the following:

Channel	Location
a. 10 Degree	I. Separates Little Andaman from Greater Andaman
b. 8 Degree	II. Separates Minicoy from main Lakshadweep
c. 9 Degree	III. Separates Andaman from Nicobar
d. Duncan Passage	IV. Separates Minicoy from Maldives

1. a-III, b-II, c-IV, d-I
2. a-III, b-IV, c-II, d-I
3. a-III, b-IV, c-I, d-II
4. a-IV, b-III, c-I, d-II

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : a-III, b-IV, c-II, d-I

The correct answer is a-III, b-IV, c-II, d-I.

• Andamans are separated from Nicobar by a 10-degree channel (10-degree latitude).
• South Andaman (Greater Andaman) and Little Andaman are separated by Duncan Passage.
• 8 Degree Channel ( 8 degrees north latitude) separates islands of Minicoy and Maldives.
• 9 Degree Channel ( 9 degrees north latitude) separates the island of Minicoy from the main Lakshadweep archipelago.

• The Grand Channel is between the Great Nicobar islands and the Sumatra islands of Indonesia.
• The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are also known as the Emerald Islands.
• The Coco Strait is between the North Andaman islands and the Coco Islands of Myanmar.
• The name Lakshadweep in Malayalam and Sanskrit means 'a hundred thousand islands'.