Question

The water body located to the west of India is:
A. Arabian Sea
B. Bay of Bengal
C. Caspian Sea
D. Dead Sea

Answer 1

Hint: Socotra, Masirah Island, Lakshadweep and Astola Island are the largest islands in this sea. The countries with coastlines on the Arabian Sea other than India are Yemen, Oman, Pakistan, Iran, and the Maldives. The Port of Jawaharlal Nehru in Mumbai is the largest port on the sea.

Complete Answer:
The Arabian Sea is an area of the northern Indian Ocean bordered by Pakistan and Iran to the north, the Gulf of Aden to the west, the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Peninsula, the Laccadive Sea to the southeast, the Somali Sea to the southwest, and India to the east.
The Arabian Sea has been historically and geographically referred to by Arabian and European geographers and travellers with several different names, including the Indian Sea, Sindhu Sagar, Darya, Sindhu Sagar, Arab Samudra etc.. It is referred to in Indian folklore as Darya, Sindhu Sagar, and Arab Samudra.
In the west, the Gulf of Aden links the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea via the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, and in the northwest is the Gulf of Oman, linking it to the Persian Gulf.
Since the 3rd or 2nd millennium BCE, the Arabian Sea has been crossed by many major maritime trade routes.
The options given are as follows:
The body of water situated west of India is the Arabian Sea. Option A is therefore the right answer.
The Bay of Bengal is a water body situated east of India. Option B, therefore is the wrong choice.
Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are bordered by the Caspian Sea. Choice C is also wrong, too.
A salt lake bordering Jordan to the east, and Israel to the west, is the Dead Sea, also called the Salt Sea. Option D is therefore an incorrect option.

Therefore, Option A is the correct answer.

Note: The Arabian Sea, along with the eastern tropical North Pacific and the eastern tropical South Pacific, has one of the world's three main oceanic oxygen minimum zones (OMZ), or "dead zones." On the coast of the Arabian Sea lies the Port of Karachi, Pakistan's largest and busiest seaport. It is situated between the Kiamari and Saddar towns of Karachi. The Oxygen Minimum Zone of the Arabian Sea has the lowest oxygen levels in the world especially in the Gulf of Oman.