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The Coastal Plains and Islands

In this Class 9 Geography topic from Physical Features of India, students explore how India’s coastal plains and islands were formed and how they differ in location, relief, and physical features. They study the Western Coastal Plain along the Arabian Sea and the broader Eastern Coastal Plain along the Bay of Bengal, including important rivers, deltas, lagoons, and coastal processes. The topic also introduces the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep, highlighting their geographical setting, natural environment, and importance to India.

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  1. Andaman Islands
  2. Nicobar Islands
  3. Lakshadweep Islands
  4. Sundarban Islands
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  1. Kerala
  2. Gujarat
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Odisha
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  1. They affect the width and slope of coastal plains
  2. They turn coastal plains into the Himalayas
  3. They make all islands river deltas
  4. They remove sea water
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  1. It lies between Western Ghats and Arabian Sea
  2. It is a wide plain between Eastern Ghats and Bay of Bengal
  3. It is made only of coral islands
  4. It is part of the Thar Desert
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  1. Because they are sources of all major Indian rivers
  2. Because they are part of Himalayan ice
  3. Because they relate to India's maritime boundary and coral ecology
  4. Because they lie in the middle of the Deccan Plateau
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  1. They are lagoons of the western coast
  2. They are branches of the Ganga delta
  3. They are sand belts of Thar Desert
  4. They are like a mountain island chain extending in the sea
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  1. Northern Circars Coromandel Chilika
  2. Konkan Kannad Malabar
  3. Lakshadweep Kavaratti Pitti
  4. Malabar Kavaratti Chilika
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  1. Northern Circars Coromandel Malabar
  2. Konkan Kannad Malabar
  3. Coromandel Kannad Chilika
  4. Konkan Nicobar Kavaratti
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  1. Western Coastal Plain
  2. Lakshadweep coral region
  3. Eastern Coastal Plain
  4. Himalayan Terai
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  1. Intense mountain glacial erosion
  2. Only a chain of coral reefs
  3. Complete arid desertification
  4. Alluvial deposits and deltas of large rivers
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  1. Konkan is the northern part of the western coast
  2. Konkan is an island in the Bay of Bengal
  3. Konkan is only a Himalayan river
  4. Konkan is another name of Chilika Lake
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  1. Lakshadweep Bay of Bengal
  2. Andaman Nicobar Bay of Bengal
  3. Kavaratti Aravalli Hills
  4. Pitti Chilika Lake
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  1. River bringing sediment
  2. River entering the sea
  3. Very steep slope and rapid removal of sediment
  4. River flowing through a plain
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  1. Both have the same width and river deposition
  2. Eastern plain is narrow and western plain is wide
  3. Both are made only of coral islands
  4. Western plain is narrow while eastern plain is wide and deltaic
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  1. A lagoon is a coastal water body while a delta is a landform made by river deposition
  2. A lagoon is always a mountain peak and a delta is an island capital
  3. Both are formed only by glaciers
  4. Neither has any relation with the sea
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  1. Great Nicobar Konkan Coast
  2. Pitti Bird Sanctuary
  3. Kavaratti Chilika Lagoon
  4. Malabar Coral Island
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  1. Only glacial plains and snowy peaks
  2. Only desert dunes
  3. Deltas lagoons coral islands and narrow coastal plains
  4. Only plateau lava plains
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  1. Where a river starts in the Himalayas and ends in a plain
  2. Where shallow partly separated water bodies linked with the sea are common
  3. Where there is no water body
  4. Where there is only a dry plateau
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  1. Both are parts of the same river delta
  2. Both lie adjacent in the same sea
  3. Their location origin and island structure are different
  4. Both lie inside the Western Ghats
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  1. Western coast of Arabian Sea
  2. Coral coast of Lakshadweep
  3. Coast of Kachchh
  4. Southern part of the Eastern Coastal Plain
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  1. The Eastern Coastal Plain is relatively wide
  2. There is no plain on the eastern coast
  3. The eastern coast is only coral
  4. Eastern Ghats are along the Arabian Sea
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  1. Chilika Odisha
  2. Kavaratti Lakshadweep
  3. Konkan Bay of Bengal
  4. Malabar Kerala
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  1. Because all coastal regions are at the same place
  2. Because many similar names are distinguished by location order and water body
  3. Because location has no importance in geography
  4. Because islands have no relation with sea
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  1. Coastal plains are only mountains and islands are only rivers
  2. Only one type of landform exists along India's coasts
  3. Coastal plains are shaped by river deposition and marine influence while islands show diversity like coral and island chains
  4. There is no difference between eastern and western coasts
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  1. It would become even narrower
  2. Its width would likely increase
  3. It would turn into coral islands
  4. No river would flow over it

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