21-12-2017, 05:00 PM
Area and Location
The latitudinal extension of Kerala
- 8° 17' 30"N to 12° 47' 40" N
*The longitudinal extension of Kerala
- 74° 27' 40" E to 77° 27' 12" E
*Total area of Kerala
Ans : 38,863 sq.km
*Length of north-south distance
Ans : 560 km
Length of Kerala coast
Ans : 580 km
*In area, Kerala ranks 22 among Indian states.
*In population, Kerala ranks 13 among Indian States.
*It occupies about 1.18% of the total land
area of India.
Neighbours of Kerala
*The sea that lies on the western part of Kerala
Ans : Arabian sea
*The state that situated on the north and northeast of Kerala
Ans : Karnataka
Boundaries
North - Karnataka
South - Tamil Nadu
West - Arabian sea, Mahe
East - Western Ghat, Tamil Nadu
Western Ghat
*The relief feature that lies on the east of Kerala
Ans : Western Ghat/Sahyadri
*The total length of western ghat
Ans : 1600 km
*Name the states through which the western ghat runs
Ans : Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa,Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala
*The committees which studied about the environmental impact of western ghat
Ans : Madhav Gadgil committee (Western Ghat Ecology Expert Panel) and K. Kasthuri Rangan committee
* The second Indian who got Tyler Prize
International Award in the field of Environment
Ans : Dr. Madhav Gadgil (2015)
(1st Indian - Dr. M.S, Swaminathan)
*Kasturirangan Committee reviewed the Gadgil Committee report and disagreed with
the recommendation of Gadgil Committee
*The expert committee appointed by Kerala
Govt, to review the Kasturirangan report
Ans : Oommen.V. Oommen
*Western Ghat was declared as UNESCO’s World Heritage site on
Ans : 2012 July 1 (at St.
Peter’s Burg, Russia) .
*The number of points in western ghat that
included in World Heritage site
Ans : 39 (out of these 20 are in Kerala)
*The Biological park of Kerala that included in Western Ghat
Ans : Agasthyavanam
