Question

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The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia. India is a southward extension of the Asian continent. 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. Note that the Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean, thus helping India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast. No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India has and indeed, it is India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean, which justifies the naming of an Ocean after it.
i. Which route connects countries of Europe in the west to the countries of east Asia?
ii.What is India’s location in the Asian continent?
iii.What is the significance of Suez canal?
iv. Which latitude passes through the southern-most point of India’s mainland?
(a) 8°4′N
(b) 37°6′N
(c) 8°4′S
(d) 82°30′E

Answer 1

Answer:

I. Trans Indian Ocean Route

II. India is the Southward extension of the Asian continent

III. connect the countries of Europe with India and reduces the distance between them

IV. (a)