Question

2 Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
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?
4 The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of
great significance. Why?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.

Ans: Group of islands lying in the Arabian sea is Lakshadweep.

(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.

Ans: Countries which are larger than India are- China, Russia, Canada, USA, Brazil, Australia.

(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?

Ans: Group of island lying to South east of India are Andaman and Nicobar.

(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?

Ans: Island countries which are our southern neighbours are Srilanka and maldives.

3.The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is about 30°. The east-west extent is smaller than the north-south extent. There is a time lag of two hours from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. As Arunachal Pradesh lies to the eastern side of India, the sun rises here earlier when compared to Gujarat. The time along the Standard Meridian of India (82°30’E) passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for the whole country. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night, as one moves from south to north. Therefore, the watches show the same time in all the parts of the country.

4.India is a southward extension of the Asian continent and is located in a central position between the East and West Asia. The Indian Ocean provides a strategic central location to India, as it connects the East Asian countries with the country of Europe in the West. The Deccan Peninsula also protrudes into the Indian Ocean, thus helping India establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast. There is no other country like India in the world, which has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean and thus, justifying the naming of an ocean after it.

Answer 2

Answer:

i) Lakshadweep Islands

ii) USA, China, Russia

iii) Andaman & Nicobar Islands

iv) Sri Lanka, Maldives

Explanation:

3. India has adopted a Standard Time which is the time along the longitude 82*30'E (* = degree)that goes roughly through the middle of India vertically. This time is set to avoid confusion since India is a big country.

4. - India has a long coastline (in fact the longest coastline than any other country in the Indian Ocean) which can be made use of by the government for trade with others in the region with effective control over it.

   - The Indian Ocean can also be used to extract useful minerals found in the oceanbed.