Question

Give one way in which Kerala and Ladakh are different.

Answer 1

Hint: The geographical location, the climate, cultivated crops are the differences between the two locations. The art and culture of the two areas can also be given as a difference. They both also differ in their speaking languages.

Complete answer: Ladakh is located in the north of the country while Kerala is located in the south. Ladakh is surrounded by the Himalayas and has a cold climate. Whereas Kerala lies close to the Indian ocean and the Arab sea hence has a hot and humid climate.
Ladakh is a cold desert and is one of the union territories of India. It has snow-covered mountains and deep valleys. It remains frozen for almost the entire year and the temperature falls below zero after sunset. The rainfall is scanty, usually below 10 cm annually. Owing to extreme dryness, the vegetation in the region is sparse. However, during the summer season, various trees like apple, walnut, and apricot bloom. Yak and wild goats are reared for their wool. Bhoti or classical Tibetan is the language spoken in Ladakh.
Kerala is an Indian state and has a tropical wet climate. The weather is hot and humid around the year. It experiences torrential rainfall accompanied by gale storms during the summer season. It has tropical evergreen and tropical deciduous forests. Kerala receives a higher amount of annual rainfall- 3107mm. Various trees and shrubs like coconut, cashew, babob, devil tree, etc are found in abundance. The forests of Kerala have animals like elephants, Indian Bison, tiger, panther, Nilgiri tahr, etc. Malayalam is the language that is spoken in Kerala.

Note: Kerala is known for its spices. A wide variety of spices like pepper, cardamom, clove, cinnamon, turmeric, etc are cultivated in Kerala. Ladakh is famous for its Pashmina wool. Ladakh is also known as Little Tibet.