Question

Which one is the lowest point in India?
a.Lonar crater Lake
b.Chilika Lake
c.Kuttanad
d.Wular Lake

Answer 1

Hint: The main occupation of the people of the lowest region of India is farming and the farmers are famous for Biosaline Farming techniques, recognised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation of India.

Complete Step by Step answer: Let’s take a look at the depression of each point mentioned in the question one by one.
a. Lonar crater Lake – The Lonar crater Lake is not a depression of a region but made up due to the impact of a crater about 50000 years ago. It is almost 150 metres deep but located at an altitude of 563 meters above the sea level. So, it is an incorrect option.
b. Chilika Lake – The Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon formed along the coast of Odisha. It is almost 2 metres deep but located at a height of about 4.2 metres from the mean sea level. Hence, the net depth of the Chilika Lake is only 2.2 metres. So, it is an incorrect option.
c. Kuttanad – Kuttanad is a village in the Kottayam district of Kerala and is famous for being the peculiar place in India to practice farming 3 metres below the mean sea level. It is well known for its paddy cultivation techniques and is recognised by the Food and Agricultural Organisation for the same. So, it is the correct option.
d. Wular Lake – The Wular Lake is in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and is almost 14 metres deep. However, it is located at an altitude of 1580 metres above the mean sea level and hence it is considered to be above the mean sea level. So, it is an incorrect option.

Note: The depth of a place is always taken from the mean sea level. This is the reason why the Dead Sea has the lowest point and not Lake Baikal, which is the deepest lake in the world.