Question

Match the items in Column ‘A’ with those in Column ‘B’

List A	List B
Oldest Landmass	A hill station
Kayals	Sambhar lake
Saputara	Peninsular plateau
	Malabar Coast

Answer 1

Hint:
- The Oldest Landmass, which stretches across the southern half of India, covers about half of the country's landmass, or about 16 lakh $km^2$.
- Kayal is a brackish lagoon and lake network that runs parallel to the Arabian Sea coast.
- Saputara is known for having an incredibly gorgeous and lush green alcohol-free zone. There is no pollution and the environment is extremely clean.

Complete answer:
Oldest Landmass:
- The Peninsular Plateau is one of the world's oldest landforms. It's a block with a lot of stability. Since its inception, it has remained a stable shield that has undergone few alterations.
- The Peninsular plateau is a tableland made up of crystalline, igneous, and metamorphic rocks from the past. It was produced by the breakup and drifting of the Gondwana landmass, making it the oldest landmass on the planet. The plateau is characterized by vast and shallow valleys, as well as rounded hills.

Kayals:
- Kayals are shallow lagoons or inlets of the sea that run parallel to the shoreline.
- The Kerala backwaters, also known as the Kayals, are a series of brackish lakes and lagoons that run parallel to Kerala's Malabar Coast. Low barrier islands were formed by the action of waves and shore currents across the mouths of rivers coming from the Western Ghats range.

Saputara:
- Saputara is located in the Sahyadri range at an elevation of 1000 metres.
- Saputara is a hill town in Gujarat, India's westernmost state. Tribal artwork and crafts are on display and for sale in the Artist Village cultural centre. At the Saputara Tribal Museum, artefacts, particularly ritual objects, trace the Dang tribe's history. The Step Garden and the Lake Garden, both located on Lake Saputara, include picnic areas. Views of the neighbouring rivers and valleys can be found on the Governor's Hill Trail.

Therefore, the correct answer will be

List A	List B
Oldest Landmass	Peninsular plateau
Kayals	Malabar Coast
Saputara	A hill station

Note:
- The Deccan Plateau, also known as the Peninsular Plateau or the Great Peninsular Plateau, is a huge plateau in India that covers much of the country's southern region, with elevations varying from 100 metres in the north to 1000 metres in the south.
- Freshwater from rivers meets seawater from the Arabian Sea in the Kerala backwaters, creating a unique ecosystem.