Question

Why India is called a subcontinent ? Write any three points.

Answer 1

India is called subcontinent because:

1)peninsula as all the three sides of it
are covered by water
2)it has land
towards one side.
3) India consists of people
who belong to different races, castes,
religions, languages and cultures.

India is
considered unique in this aspect also to be
classified as sub continent.

Answer 2

The Indian subcontinent is surrounded by the Indian Ocean; Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Explanation:

• The subcontinent was previously a part of Gongwana, and later by migration and the impact between the Indian tectonic plate and the Eurasian continent, formed Himalayas about 50 million years ago.
• The formation of the Himalayan arc was due to the light rock of the seabed during the migration. About the same time as this migration, the moving plate had caused the Tethys ocean to close completely. this is indicative of the sedimentary rocks found on the ocean floor.

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