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RAS question

Chilika Lake, India's largest coastal lagoon, is in:

Correct answer: (A) Odisha.

Chilika Lake, India's largest coastal lagoon, is in Odisha.

  1. (A)

    Odisha

  2. (B)

    Kerala

  3. (C)

    Goa

  4. (D)

    AP

Explanation

Chilika Lake is in Odisha: the Government of Odisha's tourism page describes it as a brackish-water lagoon spread over Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts of Odisha, on India's east coast. This directly fixes the state asked in the MCQ. The exam-relevant identifiers are that Chilika was designated a Ramsar site in 1981, is India's largest coastal lagoon, and is associated with the Irrawaddy dolphin and large numbers of migratory birds. For RAS, those clues often appear together, but the location hinge is simple: Chilika belongs to Odisha, not to the west-coast states or Andhra Pradesh.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (B) Kerala is wrong because the Government of Odisha places Chilika Lake in Odisha's Puri, Khurda and Ganjam districts.
  • (C) Goa is wrong because the Government of Odisha identifies Chilika as an Odisha lagoon, not a Goan feature.
  • (D) Andhra Pradesh is wrong because the Government of Odisha locates Chilika within Odisha, even though the question uses a coastal-lagoon clue that can tempt confusion with other coastal states.

Concept

This tests map-based Indian geography, especially wetlands and Ramsar-site locations. It recurs in RAS because major lakes, lagoons and biodiversity-linked wetlands are standard static-GK hooks.

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