Question

The Arabian sea lies to the ----?
a. Northeast of india
b. Southwest of india
c. Southeast of india
d. Northwest of india

Answer 1

Hint:
 The Arabian Sea is located in the southwest of India. The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean that is bounded on the north-east and by Somalia on the west by the Indian Peninsula and on the east by the Arabian Peninsula and on the north by Pakistan and Iran and on the south by the Maldives.

Complete solution:
The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman in the north, the Gulf of Aden in the west, the Guardafui Channel and the south of the Arabian Peninsula, formed by the Lakeside Sea the Somali Sea South-west of India and east by India. It has a total area of ​​3,862,000 km and a maximum depth of 4,652 m. The Gulf of Aden to the west connects the Arabian Sea to the waters of the Bab-al-Mandab in the Red Sea, and the Gulf of Oman is to the northwest, connecting it to the Persian Gulf.

The Arabian Sea has been crossed by several important sea trade routes since the third or second millennium BCE. Major ports include Kandla Port, Okha Port, Mumbai Port, Nhava Sheva Port (Navi Mumbai), Mormugao Port (Goa), New Mangalore Port, Vizhinjam International Seaport and Kochi Port, Karachi Port, Port Qasim and Gwadar in India. Port in Pakistan, Chabahar Port in Iran and Salalah Port in Salah in Oman. The largest islands in the Arabian Sea include Socotra (Yemen), Masirah Island (Oman), Lakshadweep (India) and Astola Island (Pakistan).

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the boundaries of the Arabian Sea as follows:

- To the west: the eastern boundary of the Gulf of Aden.

- To the north: a line connecting the Arabian Peninsula (22 ° 32'N) and the eastern point of Ràs Jiyùni (61 ° 43'E) to Ràs al Hadd off the coast of Pakistan.

- To the south: A line running from the southern end of the Addu atoll in the Maldives, to the eastern end of RAS Hafun (the easternmost point in Africa, 10 ° 26'N).

- To the East: The western boundary of Lacsidiv C, a line running from Sadashivgarh (14 ° 48 (N 74 ° 07′E) to Koraha Dih (13 ° 42′N 72 ° 10′E) on the west coast of India to Malu in Abu Laccadive at the oldest point of the atoll and down the west side of the Maldives Island.

Hence, the correct answer is option B.

Note:
The Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai is the largest port in the Arabian Sea, and the largest container port in India. Major Indian ports in the Arabian Sea are Mundra Port, Kandla Port, Nhava Sheva, Vizhinjam International Seaport The Vizhinjam International Deepwater Multipurpose Seaport, also known as Vizhinjam International Seaport and Port of Trivandrum. Kochi Port, Mumbai Port, and Mormugao.