40th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1995
Indian Oceanographers discovered a high mountain with a height of 1505 metres at the bottom of the Arabian sea about 455 km west south-west from Bombay, the mountain is called-
aKailash II
bRaman Sagar Mountain✓ Correct
cKanya Sagar Parvat
dBombay Parvat
Explanation
Indian Oceanographers discovered three seamounts—one in the Central Indian Ocean Basin, another in the Eastern Arabian Sea, and the third about 455 kilometres south-west of Bombay. The seamount discovered in the Arabian Sea was named Raman Sagar Parvat (Raman Seamount) after the great scientist C. V. Raman. The other two seamounts were named after Pannikar and Wadia.
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