GEOGRAPHY WORKSHEET

CLASS -9
Ch-1 INDIA-LOCATION AND SIZE

1. What is a sub continent? Name the countries forming Indian Subcontinent.

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2. What is a Strait? What do you mean by ‘peninsula’? Give examples.
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3. What is the latitudinal extent of India? How is the latitudinal spread in India
advantageous to her?
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4. How does India occupy an important strategic position in South Asia ?

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5. Which ocean is named after India ? Give two reasons as to why it was
named after India.
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6. How have been mountain passes been helpful in India since historic times?
Explain.
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7. Why do the days and nights are almost of equal duration at Kanniyakumari?
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8. What was the contribution of land routes to India in ancient times? Explain.
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NUMERICALS BASED ON LONGITUDES AND TIME

1. It is 3:00 PM on Tuesday at a place ‘P’ located at 350 E. What time is it at ‘Q’
located at 1500W?
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2. It is 10:22 AM on Monday in Australia, 1200 E. What time is it at London 00?
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3. An important program was to be broadcast from Mumbai at 7:30 p.m. This
was heard by some Indian sailors near Ivory Coast in West Africa at 200W
longitude. What was the local time there?
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4. What is the local time in Canada 79oW longitude, when it is 4.54 a.m. at
Chicago (880 W)?
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5. Calculate the time at Durban (longitude 300 E) when the time is 7:00 a.m. at
New York (750 W).
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6. Calculate the local time at Singapore (1040 E) when it is 6:23 p.m. at
Greenwich.
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7. Calculate the local time of a place located at 45oE when it is 00:40hrs at
Tokyo (140oE).
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