Question

8. Locate and label the following on the map of India given on the next page. a) The northernmost range of the Himalayas b) Any one of India's island territories c) A river that flows into the Arabian Sea d) The neighbouring country of India that is separated from it by the Palk Strait ​

Answer 1

Explanation:

(i) Lakshadweep Island and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

(ii) Pakistan, Afghanistan, China (Tibet), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh.

(iii) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattlsgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

(iv) 37

∘

6

′

E

(v) 8

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4

′

E

(vi) 68

∘

7

′

E and 97

∘

25

′

E

(vii) Kanyakumari

(viii) Palk Strait

(ix) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Delhi.