The Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India

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1. In what body of water, itself a part of the Indian Ocean, are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located? Gulf of Mannar Arabian Sea Bay of Bengal Lakshadweep Sea

2. What line of latitude separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands? 10° N The equator 20° N 30° N

3. In what time zone of the Coordinated Universal Time system (UTC) are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? UTC+5:30 UTC+6:00 UTC+5:00 UTC+6:30

4. What type of sub-national administrative division within India are the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? State Territorial autonomous district Division Union Territory

5. What town is both the capital and the most populous city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? Port Blair Silvassa Port Arthur Kavaratti

6. From what language are the names of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands derived? Malay Punjabi Hindu Tamil

7. What chain of islands, belonging to Myanmar, is separated by a narrow 40 kilometer channel from the northernmost Andaman island? Mergui Archipelago Coco Islands Cheduba Islands Ramree Islands

8. There are a total of 576 islands in the Andaman Islands. Twenty-six of these are inhabited and five of these 26 are considered major islands. Of the following, which is NOT one of the five major Andaman Islands? Baratang Middle Andaman Rutland Island West Andaman

9. The Andaman Islands are separated from the Nicobar Islands by this waterway that has a width of about 150 kilometers. Strait of Malacca Bab-el-Mandeb Palk Strait Ten Degree Channel

10. The Nicobar Islands comprise an area about one-fourth of that of the Andaman Islands. How many islands are there in total in the Nicobar Islands? 22 40 9 61

11. In the 1850s, the indigenous populations of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands came into direct contact with Europeans for the first time. Which of the following ethnic groups became extinct before India achieved its independence in 1947? Shompen Jangil Jarawa Sentinelese

12. What nation invaded the Andaman Islands in 1942 and established a military base at Port Blair that lasted for over three years? China Germany Russia Japan

13. On December 26th of what year did an earthquake in the Indian Ocean cause a tsunami that reached heights of 10 meters and took the lives 7,000 people of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? 1994 1981 2004 2007

14. With a height of 732 meters above sea level, this mountain is the highest point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Narcondam Indira Point Mount Thullier Saddle Peak

15. An airport located in Port Blair with an IATA airport code of IXZ provides transportation from the Andaman Islands to two major cities of mainland India. What two mainland cities of India does IXZ serve? Kolkata (Calcutta) and Chennai (Madras) New Delhi and Thiruvananthapuram Mumbai (Bombay) and Bangalore Jaipur and Hyderabad