In this Chapter
We shall focus on
1. The location of India
2. India's states and union territories
3. India's neighbouring countries
4. Major physical divisions of India
Answers
Answer:
1. India lies to the north of the equator between 6° 44' and 35° 30' north latitude and 68° 7' and 97° 25' east longitude. The country of India is in the Asia continent and the latitude and longitude for the country are 21.7679° N, 78.8718° E.
2. There are 28 states and 8 Union territories in the country.
3.it shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal,Afghanistan and Pakistan in the north or north-west, and with Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east.
Answer:
1.India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world
2.At Present India now has 28 States and 8 Union Territories.
3.India shares borders with several sovereign countries; it shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal,Afghanistan and Pakistan in the north or north-west, and with Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east.
4.The Indian subcontinent can be divided into four geographical divisions. In this paper, we characterize three of the four divisions; the Northern Plains, the Deccan Plateau, and the Northern Mountains or the Himalayan as regions with dissimilar climatic and physical resources.