Consider the following statements:1. The Barren Island volcano is an active volcano located in the Indian territory.2. Barren Island lies about 140 km east of Great Nicobar.3. The last time the Barren Island volcano erupted was in 1991 and it has remained inactive since then.How many of the statements given above are correct?
✓ Correct answer: a) Only one
ExplanationAns: A Exp:Statement 1 is correct: Barren Island Volcano is a part of Indian Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is an active volcano in South Asia (along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar).Statement 2 is incorrect: Barren Island is located at about 140 km from Port Blair, in Andaman Sea.The distance between Barren Island to Great Nicobar is more than the given distance and Great Nicobar is the southernmost and largest of the Nicobar Islands of India.Indira Point (6°45’10″N and 93°49’36″E) is the southernmost point of the Great Nicobar Island and India itself.Indira Point subsided 4.25 m in the 26 December 2004 tsunami and the lighthouse there was damaged.Statement 3 is incorrect: Barren Island is the only confirmed active volcano in the Indian subcontinent, and the only active volcano along a chain of volcanoes from Sumatra to Myanmar.The first recorded eruption of the volcano dates back to 1787. The last eruption on Barren Island was recorded in 2018; however there have been instances where smoke and ash has billowed from the mouth of the volcano, covering the sky as recently as 2022.
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