Question

Which Indian State is connected to Sri Lanka by the Palk Strait?
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh

Answer 1

Hint: The Palk Strait is a waterway between the Tamil Nadu territory of India and the Jaffna District of the Northern Province of the island country of Sri Lanka.Palk Strait is a waterway between the Tamil Nadu province of India and the Mannar region of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka.

Complete answer:
Palk strait interfaces the Bay of Bengal in the upper east with the Palk Bay and afterwards with the Gulf of Mannar in the southwest. The extraordinary component around Palk Strait is that the waves around it, to its North and South are of high differentiation. Toward the north, the floods of Bay of Bengal are generally expanding waves while that on the south, in Palk Bay are generally ocean waves. In spite of being an ocean ruled zone, the huge wave statures in Palk Bay areas are moderately low. The normal huge wave tallness in Palk Bay near Adam's Bridge is around 0.5m. Palk Bay is studded at its southern end with a chain of low islands and reef sandbars that are all things considered called Adam's Bridge,[6] it has generally been referred to in Hindu Mythology as "Slam Setu" for example The Bridge of Rama.[7] This chain reaches out between Dhanushkodi on Pamban Island (otherwise called Rameswaram Island) in Tamil Nadu and Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. The island of Rameswaram is connected to the Indian terrain by the Pamban Bridge. As from 1914, there used to be customary trains from Madras/Chennai to Dhanushkodi, a ship to Talaimannar on Mannar Island, and afterwards a train to Colombo.

Hence, the correct answer is option (a).

Note:
 In 1964, a typhoon crushed Dhanushkodi and the railroad and caused serious harm along the shores of Palk Strait and Palk Bay. Dhanushkodi was not modified and the rail line from Talaimannar to Mahawilachchiya in Sri Lanka was surrendered because of the common war (It was later totally remade). There was a ship between little wharfs in Rameswaram and Talaimannar, however, this was ceased till date.