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Q. Shiva Crater is located near which of the following places in India ?
Answer: Mumbai
Notes: Shiva Crater, discovered by Sankar Chatterjee and colleagues is a 500-kilometre diameter asteroid impact structure located in Arabian sea west of Mumbai. This crater was formed around 65 million years ago due to a comet or asteroid 40 kilometers wide. Due to this impact, hot material from Earth's mantle flooded south Indian region with vast amount of lava, creating a plateau known as the Deccan Traps.

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