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The Peninsular Plateau is flanked by stretches of narrow coastal strips, running along the Arabian Sea in the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. The western coast, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, is a narrow plain. It consists of three sections. The northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai - Goa), the central stretch is called the Kannad Plain, while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar Coast. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are wide and level. In the northern part, it is referred to as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandel Coast. Large rivers, such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have formed extensive deltas on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast.


The Southern part of the Western Coast is called


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a

The Konkan Coast

b

The Malabar Coast

c

Kannad Plains

d

Coromandel Coast 

answer is B.

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The Malabar coast is the name given to the Southern portion of the Western Coast.
Malabar is India's southwestern coast, located between the Western Ghats range and the Arabian Sea on the narrow coastal plains of Karnataka and Kerala. The Malabar coast stretches from Goa to Kanyakumari on India's southernmost tip. The coastline is made up of a continuous belt of dunes. Many lagoons line the Malabar coast and are joined by canals to form inland waterways.
 
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Read the source given below and answer the question that follows.The Peninsular Plateau is flanked by stretches of narrow coastal strips, running along the Arabian Sea in the west and the Bay of Bengal in the east. The western coast, sandwiched between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea, is a narrow plain. It consists of three sections. The northern part of the coast is called the Konkan (Mumbai - Goa), the central stretch is called the Kannad Plain, while the southern stretch is referred to as the Malabar Coast. The plains along the Bay of Bengal are wide and level. In the northern part, it is referred to as the Northern Circar, while the southern part is known as the Coromandel Coast. Large rivers, such as the Mahanadi, the Godavari, the Krishna and the Kaveri have formed extensive deltas on this coast. Lake Chilika is an important feature along the eastern coast.The Southern part of the Western Coast is called