Consider the following statements :
- 1.In India, the Himalayas are spread over five States only.
- 2.Western Ghats are spread over five States only.
- 3.Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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Answer: B. Statement 1 is wrong: the Indian Himalayas spread over more than five states, including Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and the hill parts of West Bengal and Assam (as of 2017; Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh became Union Territories in 2019). Statement 2 is wrong: the Western Ghats run through six states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Statement 3 is correct: Pulicat Lake lies in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu only. So 3 only.
Watch for: Gujarat is often forgotten in the Western Ghats list, which makes 'five' look right.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because the Himalayas cover more than five states and the Western Ghats cover six.
- C. Wrong because the Western Ghats cover six states.
- D. Wrong because the Himalayas cover more than five states.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 India: Physical Environment, Chapter 2 'Structure and Physiography'; Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (Gadgil) Report, 2011, MoEFCC
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