Question

The Western Ghats runs up to _____ district in Tamil Nadu
A. Theni
B. Virudhunagar
C. Tirunelveli
D. Kanyakumari

Answer 1

Hint: Nilgiri district is from where the western ghats enter Tamil Nadu. From there it goes upto to the southernmost tip of the Indian subcontinent, a place where a tsunami occurred in 2004.

Complete answer: Western Ghats ends in Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Western Ghats are also called ‘Sahyadri’ which means the Mountain of Patience.
-The western coast of the Indian peninsula runs parallel to the western ghats. The states covered by the western ghats are - Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
-When it comes to biological diversity it is one of the eight hotspots in the entire world. It has also been assigned the tag of UNESCO World Heritage Site and according to UNESCO the Himalayas are younger than the western ghats.
-In the year 2012 a total of thirty nine sites were given the designation of world heritage sites. Of these 20 were in Kerala, 10 in Karnataka, 6 in Tamil Nadu and 4 in Maharashtra.
-Mahabaleshwar, Agumbe, Tamhini in the western ghats are termed as the ‘Cherrapunji of southwest India’ or the ‘rain capital of southwest India’.

Therefore the correct answer is option D.

Note: The range starts from Gujarat near a town called Songadh. Western Ghats has a plethora of flora and fauna. Around 325 threatened species are found in the western ghats and it is said that many undiscovered species live here.