geography india: size and location

Kavita Mehta

CLASS I X   Geography India: Size and Location                                                                                                  

1.     In which period India has made progress in every field.  Ans -During the last fifty yrs

2.     State the latitude of the northern tip of the Indian mainland. Ans - 8 º 4’ N.

3.     State the degree of longitude of the westernmost tip of India.  Ans- 68 º 7’ E.

4.     State the total north-south extent in kilometres of India. Ans- 3214 km

5.     State the degree of longitude of the eastern tip of India. Ans- 97 º 25’ E.

6.     State the parallel of latitude that divides India into two halves. Ans- Tropic of Cancer 23 1/2̊ N

7.     Name the place situated on the three seas, also name the seas. Ans- Kanyakumari. Seas – (i) The Arabian Sea, (ii) The Indian Ocean,(iii) The Bay of Bengal.

8.      Name the Island groups of India lying in the Arabian sea with their longitudinal and latitudinal extent. Ans- Lakshadweep. 8 º to 12 º 3’ N and 71 º to 74 º E.

9.      Name the island groups of India lying in the Bay of Bengal with their longitudinal and latitudinal extent. Ans- Andaman and Nicobar Island. 6 º to 14 º N, and 92 º to 94 º E.

10.   State the southernmost tip of the Indian Union. Ans- Indira Point in Nicobar Island. 

11.   What is the geographical area of India? Ans - 32.8 Lakh Sq. Km. It is 2.4% of the world area.

12.   What is the length of land boundaries and coastline of India? Ans- Land boundaries = 15200 Km Coastline including that of Andaman& Nicobar and Lakshdweep = 7516.6 Km.

13.   Why Ahmedabad in the west and Kolkata in the east are able to see the noon sun exactly overhead twice a year but not Delhi being in the north? Ans- i) The sun shines overhead between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn twice a year.(ii) The places lying between these two parallels of latitude, enjoy the overhead sun twice a year. (iii) Ahmedabad and Kolkata lie between these two parallels, hence they enjoy the overhead sun twice a year.

14.   State the reasons of the difference between the duration of day and night hardly felt at Kanyakumari but it is not so in Kashmir. Ans - I) The places near the equator experience almost equal duration of day and night.(ii) Going toward the pole from the equator, the duration of day and night differs. (iii) Kanyakumari is near the equator and difference in time is 45 minutes while Kashmir being away from equator experiences difference of duration in time of 5 hours in day and night.

15.    What distance has been reduced between India and Europe by opening Suez canal? Ans- 7000 Km.

16.   State the types of states India had before 1947. Ans- Before 1947 there were two types of states in India : (i) Provinces : - Ruled by Viceroy appointed by the British authority. (ii) Primary States : - Ruled by the local kings/princes based on heredity as the had accepted the sovereignty of British and were autonomous.

17.   The number of Union territories situated on the Western and Eastern coasts.  (i) Western Coast – Daman and Diu, Dadra – Nagar – Haveli, Mahe (Pondicherry) = 03.  Eastern Coast – Yonama Karikal (Pondicherry ) = 01.

18.   Which is the largest and the smallest state of India in respect of Area?  Largest State – Rajasthan. Smallest State – Goa.

19.   Which state do not touch international boundaries or coasts? Ans- Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand.

20.   Divide the states of India in four catogories which touch the boundaries of (a) Pakistan – Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir. (b) China – Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh. (c) Myanmar – Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram. (d) Bangladesh – Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, West Bengal. 

21.   How is Sri Lanka separated from India? Ans- by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.

22.   Differentiate between local time and standard time. Ans-

Local Time	Standard Time
1. Local time is the time of a longitude.	1. Local time of a central longitude of a country is called Standard Time.
2. Local time of a country varies from place to place within the country.	2. Standard Time remains the same throughout the country.
3. The local time of the westernmost tip to the easternmost tip of India varies by 2 hours.	3. The local time of 82 º 30’ E is the Standard Time of India (IST).