A) Very short answer type questions of 1 marks each:
1. Describe the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India.
2. Tropic of Cancer divides the country in almost two equal parts. Find out the name of the Indian states through which it passes?
3. Find the southernmost point of Indian union?
Does it still exist?
4. Find out the countries which are the part of Indian subcontinent?
5. How many hours is the Indian standard time (IST) ahead or behind of Greenwich mean time (GMT).
6. Which Indian states have common borders with our neighbouring country Bhutan?
7. What is the east west extension of India in kilometres?
8. What is the length of Indian land boundary with its coastline?
9. Which latitudinal and longitudinal line divides India into approximately two equal parts?
10. Which neighbour country lies to the south east of the Nicobar Islands?
B) Short answer type questions of 3 marks each:
1. Why is Indian ocean named after our country? Give three reasons.
2. When was the Suez Canal opened? How it has benefited India?
3. India accounts for about 2.4 % of the total geographical area of the world but supports the second largest population of the world. What are its three implications?
3. Why is India called a subcontinent? Name the countries which form a part of Indian subcontinent?
4. Why does the latitudinal extent influence the duration of the day and night as one moves from north to south?
5. Just before the independence,how were the provinces and states in India organised?
C) Long answer type questions of 5 marks each:
1. Describe the location and size of India in three points each?
2. India has a long coastline which is advantageous. Explain?
3. Explain the importance of India's location on the globe?
Answers
Answer:
1.The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is about 30o. The North-South extent is 3214 km and East-West extent is 2933 km. The longitudinal extent of India is 68 degrees 7′ E and 97 degrees 25′ E whereas the latitudinal extent of India is 8 degree 4′ N and 36 degrees 7′ N.
2.Those two halves are known as Sub tropical zone and Tropical Zone. This also helps India in experiencing two types of climate i.e sub tropical climate and tropical climate.It passes through Mizoram,Tripura,West Bengal,Jharkhand,Chattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan and Gujarat.
3.Indira Point, southernmost point of India's territory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. It is located in the Great Nicobar tehsil.
4.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.
5.India has only one time zone. *IST is ahead of GMT by 5:30 Hours.
6.The Bhutan–India border is the international border separating Bhutan and India. The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal (183 km; 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m).
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A)
1) The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is about 30o.
2) Those two halves are known as Sub tropical zone and Tropical Zone.
3) Indira Point, southernmost point of India'sterritory, is a village in the Nicobar district at Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. no it dose not exist still
4) 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.
5) The Indian standard time is five hours and thirty minutes ahead of Greenwich mean time.
6) The Bhutan–India border is the international border separating Bhutan and India. The border is 699 km (434 m) long, and adjoins the Indian states of Assam (267 km; 166 m), Arunachal Pradesh (217 km; 135 m), West Bengal(183 km 114 m), and Sikkim (32 km; 20 m
7 )and 8) India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km(1,822 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,516.6 km (4,671 mi).
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9) 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. It has a land frontier of 15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a coastline of 7,516.6 km (4,671 mi).
10 ) Srilanka and Maldives are the countries lies in the south east ofAndaman and Nicobar island.
B)
1) Indian Ocean is named after Indiabecause (i) India has the longest coastline on the Indian Ocean. (ii)India has a central location between East and West Asia. (iii) India'sSouthernmost extension Deccan Peninsula protrudes into Indian Oceanthat makes it significant to international trade done through Indian Ocean.
2) In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened, greatly reducing the distance between Britain and India by some 4,500 miles as ships no longer needed to travel round southern Africa. The Suez Canaltogether with the reliable service of steam-powered liners led to an increase in merchant and passenger shipping.
3) India is sometimes referred to as asubcontinent because it is a separate landmass, not just a country. It is not as large as one, but it has certain characteristics of a continent, so it is not considered a continent. - India was once a continent (or a very big island at least).
4) Sunrays walls directly on the places located on the equator while it falls slanting on the poles. Thus as the latitudes increases, the chances of change in day and nightfrom place to place increases. That is why latitydnal extent influences the duration of day and night as one moves from south to north.
5) Just before independence in 1947, there were two types of states in India? the Provinces and the Princelystates. Provinces were ruled directly by British officials who were appointed by the Viceroy. ... Examples of the rulers of Princely states are the Nizam of Hyderabad and Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir.
C)
1)
(i) The landmass of India has an areaof 3.28 million sq. km. (ii) India's totalarea accounts for about 2.4 % of the total geographical area of the world. (iii) India has a land boundary of about 15200 km and the total length of coastline including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands is about 7516.6 km.
2) India's central location at the head of the Indian Ocean and its long coastlinehave much helped in its interaction through sea. The sea routes passing through the Indian Ocean provides easy connectivity to India with the West and the East.
3) India is strategically located at the centre of the trans- Indian Ocean routes which connect the European countries in the west and the countries of East Asia. India could establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.