Question

The Palghat gap providing easy access between the west and the east coasts of India lies between _______.
A- The Nilgiris and the Cardamom hills
B- the Nilgiris and the Ana
C- the Animals hills and the Cardamom hills
D- the Cardamom hills and the Palni hills

Answer 1

Hint:
The reasoning relates to the altitude at which all these locations are situated. Height or elevation above mean sea level The height or elevation above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of the position taken as the vertical date in relation to the historical mean sea level. Mean sea levels are influenced over time by climate change and other influences, and by change. For this and other reasons, recorded elevation measurements above sea level can vary at a given time from the actual elevation of a given location above sea level.

Complete answer:
Palghat Gap, a major split in Southwestern India's Western Ghats mountain range. It is about 20 miles (32 km) wide and straddles the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, serving as a major communication route between those two states, situated between the Nilgiri Hills to the north and the Anaimalai Hills to the south. Palghat in Kerala is linked with Coimbatore and Pollachi in Tamil Nadu by highways and rail lines via the gap. Palghat Gap also affects the climate of southern India; through the opening, the rainy southwest monsoons as well as storms from the Bay of Bengal cross the mountains.

The disparity affects the weather patterns of South India as it makes the moisture-laden Southwest monsoon winds into western Tamil Nadu, moderating summer temperatures and generating greater precipitation in the region compared to the rest of the lowlands of Tamil Nadu. Compared to the rest of the state, it also makes it possible for hot winds from Tamil Nadu to warm the eastern part of Kerala and for tropical cyclone winds.

The difference affects South India's weather patterns as it enables the moisture-laden Southwest monsoon winds into western Tamil Nadu, moderating summer temperatures and generating higher rainfall in the area compared to the rest of Tamil Nadu's lowlands. It also makes the hot winds from Tamil Nadu that, compared to the rest of the state, warm the eastern part of Kerala and the tropical cyclone winds from the Bay of Bengal during the summer bearing rain.

Therefore the correct answer is B

Note
It funnels the winds flowing from the west to the districts of Coimbatore and Tirupur in Tamil Nadu, rendering the region one of the major areas of wind power generation. The annual wind speed is 18-22 km/hr on average. In and around Udumalaipettai and Madathukulam, extensive windmill farms can be seen.