2. Short answer type questions :
(a) How many states of India share the international boundary ? Name them.
(b) What is meant by Indian Subcontinent ?
(c) Discuss the coastline of India.
Answers
Answer:
(a)India shares its border with seven countries- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the North-West, China, Bhutan and Nepal to the north, Myanmar to the far East and Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka (from the south-east) and Maldives (from the south-west) are two countries with water borders.
(b)The Indian subcontinent, or the subcontinent, is a southern region and peninsula of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.
(c)India has a total coastline of 7516.6 km, out of which mainland coastline consists of 6100 km and islands' coastline consists of 1197 km. Indian coastline touches nine states and four union territories. The nine states are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal.