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