Malabar Coast is part of which larger coastal plain?

Correct answer: Western Coastal Plain

India’s coastal plains lie on two sides of the peninsula. The western coastal plain is a relatively narrow strip between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea. Its southern section, along the Kerala coast, is known as the Malabar Coast. The eastern coastal plain lies beside the Bay of Bengal and includes different regional sections, so it is not the location meant here.

Option A is correct because Malabar is the southern part of the Western Coastal Plain. A useful memory link is Malabar with Kerala and the Arabian Sea side of the peninsula. The Ganga and Brahmaputra plains are inland river plains, not coastal divisions. Therefore, the physical location of the Malabar Coast directly identifies the Western Coastal Plain as the appropriate larger region.