The Kannad plain represents which part of the western coastal plain?

Correct answer: The middle part from Goa to Mangaluru

The direct answer is A: the Kannad plain is the middle part of the western coastal plain, extending broadly from Goa to Mangaluru. India’s western coastal plain is commonly divided from north to south into the Konkan coast, the Kannad or Kanara plain, and the Malabar coast. The reasoning is: first locate the western coastal plain between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea; then remember the north-to-south order; Konkan lies in the north, Kannad lies in the middle, and Malabar lies farther south. Option A is correct because Goa to Mangaluru identifies the central Kannada/Kanara coastal section in the school-level division. Option B is wrong because Mumbai to Goa represents the northern Konkan section, not Kannad. Option C is wrong because Mangaluru to Kanniyakumari represents the southern Malabar section. Option D is wrong because the Ganga Delta belongs to the eastern coastal region around the Ganga–Brahmaputra system, not to the western coastal plain. The memory cue is the north-to-south sequence: “Konkan, Kannad, Malabar.”