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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. Eastern Ghats are inside the sea
  2. Long rivers carry much sediment to the Bay of Bengal
  3. No river flows on the eastern coast
  4. Only corals are found along the entire coast
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  1. Coromandel Coast
  2. Northern Circars
  3. Konkan Coast
  4. Malabar Coast
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  1. Kannad Coast
  2. Konkan Coast
  3. Malabar Coast
  4. Coromandel Coast
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  1. Eastern plain is narrow and western plain is wide
  2. Eastern plain is wide and deltaic while western plain is narrow
  3. Both plains are made only of coral
  4. Both plains lie north of the Himalayas
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  1. Volcanic lake in Kerala
  2. Coral island in Gujarat
  3. Lagoon on Odisha coast
  4. Glacial lake in Nicobar
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  1. Coral origin and Arabian Sea
  2. Delta origin and Bay of Bengal
  3. Glacial origin and Himalayas
  4. Lava plateau and Deccan
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  1. They are small coral islands of the Arabian Sea
  2. They are a north south island chain in the Bay of Bengal
  3. They are part of the Kaveri delta
  4. They are a coastal strip of Western Ghats
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  1. Malabar Kannad Konkan
  2. Konkan Kannad Malabar
  3. Kannad Konkan Malabar
  4. Konkan Malabar Kannad
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  1. Konkan and Kannad
  2. Kannad and Malabar
  3. Northern Circars and Coromandel
  4. Malabar and Konkan
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  1. Rivers are short and sediments are quickly carried to the sea due to steep slope
  2. All rivers flow north from Eastern Ghats
  3. There is no sea on the western coast
  4. Only glaciers are found there
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  1. Administrative centre of Lakshadweep
  2. Active volcano of Andaman
  3. Delta of Coromandel Coast
  4. Mountain pass of Kannad Coast
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  1. It is part of the Ganga delta
  2. It is famous for a bird sanctuary
  3. It is a peak of the Western Ghats
  4. It is the mouth of Chilika Lake
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  1. They form extensive deltas
  2. They form coral reefs
  3. They cut the Western Ghats
  4. They connect Lakshadweep
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  1. Malabar Coast Bay of Bengal
  2. Coromandel Coast Bay of Bengal
  3. Konkan Coast Chilika Lake
  4. Northern Circars Arabian Sea
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  1. When large rivers deposit much sediment in slower flow
  2. When no river reaches the sea
  3. When the coast is only coral rings
  4. When the whole region is covered by glaciers
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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 a mountain and a delta is a glacier
  3. Both are only desert landforms
  4. Both have no relation with the sea
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  1. Malabar Coast
  2. Northern Circars
  3. Rann of Kachchh
  4. Nicobar Islands
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  1. Kavaratti Lakshadweep
  2. Chilika Odisha
  3. Coromandel Tamil Nadu
  4. Konkan Bay of Bengal
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  1. Lakshadweep is in the east and Andaman is in the west
  2. Lakshadweep is in the Arabian Sea and Andaman Nicobar are in the Bay of Bengal
  3. Both are north of the Himalayas
  4. Both are in the Kaveri delta
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  1. It is associated with India's active volcano
  2. It is the administrative centre of Lakshadweep
  3. It is another name for Chilika Lake
  4. It is a delta of Konkan Coast
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  1. Division between Andaman and Nicobar
  2. Division between Konkan and Kannad
  3. Division between Eastern and Western Ghats
  4. Division between Chilika and Kaveri delta
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  1. Eastern Ghats are relatively away from the sea and large rivers have spread deposits
  2. Glaciers are more common on the western coast
  3. The eastern coast is entirely coral
  4. There is no plain on the eastern coast
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  1. Northern Circars Coromandel Chilika
  2. Konkan Kannad Malabar
  3. Kavaratti Pitti Lakshadweep
  4. Malabar Konkan Chilika
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  1. Coromandel Northern Circars Chilika
  2. Konkan Kannad Malabar
  3. Kaveri Godavari Mahanadi
  4. Andaman Nicobar Barren
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  1. Deltas are low and level so they can be more sensitive to marine effects
  2. Deltas are always mountain peaks
  3. Cyclones occur only in the Himalayas
  4. The eastern coast is away from the sea so there is no risk

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