Question

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?

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) 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.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

(i) "Lakshadweep islands" lie in the "Arabian sea". They are a group of around a lakh islands, hence the name.

ii) Countries larger than India are "Russia, Canada, China, United States of America, Brazil and Australia" in that order. Hence "India" is the "seventh largest country" in the world.

iii) The "Andaman and Nicobar islands" lie to "south east India "

iv) "Sri lanka and the Maldives" are our "southern Island neighbours". Sri Lanka is nearer and is separated by a 50-80 km long channel of water.