India - Size And Location
1. Choose the right answer
1 The tropic of cancer does not pass through ?
a) Rajasthan. b) chhattisgarh. c) Odisha. d) Tripura
2. The eastern most longitude of India is ?
a)97°25'E. b) 77°6'E. c)68°7'E. d) 82°32'E
Answer:- a) 97°25'E
3. Uttrakhand, Uttar Pradesh,Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common Frontiers with?
a) China. b) Bhutan. c) Nepal. d) Myanmar
Answer:- c) Nepal
4. If you intend to visit kavarati during your summer vacation , which of the following union territories of India you will be going to ?
a) Puducherry. b) Lakshadweep. c) Andaman and Nicobar. d) Daman and Diu
Answer:- b) Lakshadweep
5. My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India . identify the country.
a) Bhutan. b) Tajikistan.c) Bangladesh. d) Nepal
Answer:- b) Tajikistan
2 . Answer the following questions briefly.
1. Name the group of island lying in the Arabian sea ?
Answer:- Lakshadweep .
2. Name the countries which are larger than India ?
Answer:- Russia , Canada ,China, USA Brazil and Australia .
3. Which island group of India lies to its south-east ?
Answer:- Andaman and Nicobar group of island.
4. Which island countries are our Southern neighbours ?
Answer:- Maldives and Sri Lanka.
3 . The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the West but the watches show the same time. how does this happen ?
Answer:-
The local time of place which lie on different meridians are bound to differ.The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west.This because the time lay of two hours from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh.
To avoid confusion due to time difference and to have a standard time for reference that time along the meridian (82°30'E) passing through Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) has been taken as standard time for the entire country . This is why the watches show the same time .
4 . The Central location of India at head of Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. why ?
Answer:-
Indian landmass has a Central location between the East and West Asia . India is a southward extension of Asian continent. The trans-Indian ocean routes which connect the country of Europe in the west and the countries of East Asia provide a strategic Central location to India. The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean thus helping India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with southern and eastern Asia from Easter cost .
No other country has longer coastline on Indian Ocean as India has and indeed ,it is India's eminent position in in Indian ocean ,which justifies the naming of Ocean after it.