2020 · Q84
Which one of the following lakes in India has a large quantity of a substance found in the Moon?
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- ALonar Lake, Maharashtra
- BPangong Lake, Ladakh
- CChilika Lake, Odisha
- DLoktak Lake, Manipur
Explanation
Lonar Lake in Maharashtra's Buldhana district occupies a meteor-impact crater, and a 2019 IIT Bombay study found maskelynite glass in its basalt matching Apollo lunar samples — a substance also found on the Moon. Pangong Tso, Chilika Lake and Loktak Lake have no such association. The correct answer is Lonar Lake.