WBCS Preliminary Examination 2024 — General Studies · Question 152 of 200

Answer: (A) Ten Degree Channel

The Ten Degree Channel, about 150 km wide and lying along $10^\circ$ N latitude, separates the Andaman group (Little Andaman) from the Nicobar group (Car Nicobar). Other channels to remember: Duncan Passage, between South Andaman and Little Andaman; Coco Channel, between North Andaman and Myanmar's Coco Islands; the Great Channel (Six Degree Channel), between Great Nicobar and Sumatra; the Eight Degree Channel, between Minicoy and the Maldives; and the Nine Degree Channel, between Minicoy and the rest of Lakshadweep. Options B and D are not real channels. Related facts: Saddle Peak is the highest point of the islands, Indira Point the southernmost tip of India, and Barren Island India's only active volcano.