Swethachalapathi

Samasthanam English Medium School

(The First ISO 9001 : 2008 Certified School in Coastal A.P)
Class Work (Notes)
Class : IV Social Studies

1. Incredible India
I. Let’s learn :
1. magnificent
2. populous
3. Kanyakumari
4. continents
5. government
6. peninsula
7. individual
8. mountain
9. coastal
10. physiographic

II. Answer the following:

1) Where is India located? What is the length and breadth of India?
Ans: 1) India is located in the southern part of Asia.
2) It stretches for about 3,200 kilometers from Jammu and Kashmir in
the north to Kanyakumari ( Tamil Nadu) in the south, and 3,000 kilometers
from Gujarat in the west to Arunachal Pradesh in the east.
2) India shares its borders with various nations; Elaborate.
Ans: India shares its boundaries with some countries. These are the
neighbouring countries of India. To the north - west are Afghanistan and
Pakistan; to the north are China and Nepal; to the north - east lies Bhutan
and to the east are Myanmar and Bangladesh. Across the oceans, India’s
neighbours are Maldives to the south – west ; Srilanka to the south; and
Indonesia and Thailand to the south – east.

3) What type of Government does India have?

Ans: India has a democratic type of Government.

4) Name the physiographic divisions of India.

Ans: India can divided into the following physiographic divisions:
1. The Northern Mountains
2. The Northern Plains
3. The Great Indian Desert
4. The Southern Plateaus
5. The Coastal Plains
6. The Islands

5) What is the southernmost tip of the mainland of India?

Ans. The southernmost tip of the mainland of India is Kanyakumari.

6) What is Indira Point?

Ans. The southernmost tip of the country is Indira Point, in the Andaman and
Nicobar Islands.