1. What is the area and size of India in respect to the world?
2. Which countries form Indian sub-continent? Why is it called so?
3. What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India?
4. Name the three major rivers which form the Great Northern Plains of India
5. Name the newly formed 29th state of India. When was it formed?
Answers
Answer:
- It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west.
- Borders: Total land borders: 15,200 km (9,400 mi); Bangladesh: 4,096.70 km (2,545....
- Largest lake: Wular Lake; 30 to 260 km2 (12 to 100 sq mi)
- Area: Ranked 7th
2.Answer. India is known as a subcontinent because India stands out distinct unlike other countries. It's just like a continent but smaller than that, and Indian subcontinent is not just our country but also including: Pakistan
3.20.5937° N, 78.9629° E
4.The northern plain of India is formed by three river systems, i.e. the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra; along with their tributaries. The northern plains are the largest alluvial tract of the world. These plains extend approximately 3200 km from west to east.
5.The Telugu-speaking state of Andhra Pradesh was formed in 1956 when the government decided to merge the land-locked Telangana and Seemandhra regions. This marked the beginning of the reorganization of Indian states on the grounds of shared language.
1. It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west.
2. The Indian subcontinent, consisting variably of India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, with over 1.7 billion people, is the largest such entity in the world.
3. The latitudinal extent of India from the north end Kashmir to south end Kanniyakumari is 37°6′N to 8°4′N. The longitudinal extent of India from west end Gujarat to east end Arunachal Pradesh is 68°7′E to 97°25′E. On calculating both of these extents we get to that these are approximately of 30°.
4. The northern plain of India is formed by three river systems, i.e. the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra; along with their tributaries.
5. The state of Telangana was officially formed on 2 June 2014. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao was elected as the first chief minister of Telangana, following elections in which the Telangana Rashtra Samithi party secured majority.