Q1. Differentiate between latitudes and longitudes.
Q2. What were three main characteristics of land roots to India in ancient time?
Q3. Name two union territories of western coast and one of eastern coast
Q4. What is meant by IST? Why do we need standard meridian for India? Explain?
Q5. Why do we need Standard Meridian? Where is it located? What is its significance?
Q6. Write a short note on India's size and location.
Q7. The central location of India at the head of Indian Ocean is considered as a great significance. Explain?
Q8. Why there is a difference of 2 hrs in local time between the eastern most part of Arunachal Pradesh and western most part of Gujarat?
Q9. Why do we need to form separate union territories?
Q10. Explain- (a) Tropic of cancer (b) Greenwich meridian (c) Latitudes (d) Equator
Answers
Answer:
1) Latitude implies the geographic coordinates that determine the distance of a point, north-south of the equator. Longitude alludes to the geographic coordinate, which identifies the distance of a point, east-west of the Prime Meridian.
2) Trade flourished through the land trade routes. Land routes enabled the expansion of scientific knowledge; important breakthroughs in science, technology, and mathematics were communicated to far across lands through ancient routes.
3) Three Union Territories, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli are on the on western coast and Pudducherry is on the eastern coast.
4) We need a standard meridian for India because there is a time lag of about 2 hours between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. To avoid confusion of time in different states , India adopted a standard meridian which is 82 degrees 30 E and it passes through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh.
5) The time of a place depends on the longitude that passes through it. Therefore, the standard time for each country is usually taken as the time of the central meridian that passes through it. ... Thus, we need a standard meridian for the country.
6) India is enormous in size, as we discussed it is the 7th largest country in the terms of landmass. The total area of India is 3.28 million square km. India also accounts for 2.4% of the area on the globe, with a land boundary of 15,200 km and the coastal boundary that includes the islands is 7,516 km.
7) The trans-Indian Ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia provide a strategic central location to India.
8) There is a difference of two hours in the Local time between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. This is because there is a 30 degree difference between India's extreme east (Arunachal Pradesh) and extreme west (Guajarat).
9) We need to form separate union territories so that we can govern all the different places easily. In this way no territory is left behind and all the areas are developed equally.
10) (a) The Tropic of Cancer is a parallel of latitude on the Earth, 23.5 degrees north of the equator.
(b) the prime meridian, which passes through the Royal Observatory at Greenwich in London.
(c) Latitude implies the geographic coordinates that determine the distance of a point, north-south of the equator.
(d) An equator is an imaginary line around the middle of a planet or other celestial body.