Island Groups

The Ten Degree Channel separates the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands.  - The Ten Degree Channel is named so because it lies on the 10th degree of latitude north of the equator. - The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a union territory of India, but they are two distinct island groups separated by this channel.

The correct statement is 1 only. **Statement 1 is correct.** Barren Island is the only confirmed active volcano in India and lies in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. **Statement 2 is incorrect.** Great Nicobar is north of Barren Island, not east. The distance is also more than 140 km. **Statement 3 is incorrect.** Barren Island has erupted multiple times after 1991, including eruptions in 1995, 2005, and 2017.