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Question 1: The name 'Nicobar' is likely derived from the ________ name for the islands, Nakkavaram (literally, naked man in Tamil) which is inscribed on the Tanjore inscription of 1050AD.
Maurya EmpirePala EmpireGupta EmpireChola Dynasty

Question 2: The Nicobar islands are recognized as a distinct ________, the Nicobar Islands rain forests, with many endemic species.
NatureEcoregionNatural environmentEcosystem

Question 3: The vegetation of the Nicobars is typically divided into the coastal ________ forests and the interior evergreen and deciduous Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.
Montane grasslands and shrublandsMangroveNeotropic ecozoneDeserts and xeric shrublands

Question 4: [4] Danish involvement ended formally on 16 October 1868 when the Danish rights to the Nicobar Islands were sold to Britain,[4] which made them part of ________ by 1869 when the British took possession.
Bengal PresidencyBritish RajPresidencies and provinces of British IndiaBritish Empire

Question 5: Additionally, several islands contain extensive interior ________, though these are thought to result from human intervention.
SteppeGrasslandSavannaPrairie

Question 6: As a result of lower sea levels during the ________, the Andaman Islands were linked to the Southeast Asian mainland, but it is not believed that the Nicobar islands ever had a land bridge to the continent.
Little Ice AgeQuaternary glaciationLast glacial periodIce age

Question 7: On 26 December 2004 the coast of the Nicobar Islands was devastated by a 10-15 m high tsunami following the ________.
Malaysia2004 Indian Ocean earthquakeCountries affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquakeMaldives

Question 8: Between 1778 and 1783, ________ attempted to establish a colony on the islands on the mistaken assumption that Denmark had abandoned its claims to the islands.
HungaryPolandCzech RepublicAustria

Question 9: The Islands are part of the ________, a Union Territory of India.
BiharArunachal PradeshWest BengalAndaman and Nicobar Islands

Question 10: At least 6000 people (possibly a conservative estimate) were believed to have been killed on the ________ during the disaster.
IndiaArunachal PradeshWest BengalAndaman and Nicobar Islands
















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