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NCERT QUESTIONS
Exercises Answerthe owing
) Name the group of
questions briely
Choose the right answer from the four
Arabian Sea. islands Iyi
alternatives given below.
Ans. shadweep islands lie in
in
)The Tropic of Cancer does not pass
the
through Sea. Ara
(a) Rajasthan (i') Name the countri
ch are
(b) Odisha than India.
larg
(c) Chhattisgarh Ans. Russia, Canada, U.S.A, Chi
d Tripura
Ans. (b) Odisha
andAustralia.are the China,thatBra
countries
larger than India.
(i) The easternmost
longitude of India is (ii) Which island group of India li.
(a) 97 25E south-east? to t
(b) 68°7 E Ans. Andaman and Nicobar
(c) 776 E to the south-east of
island gro
island group ie
India.
(d) 82°32' E (iv) Which island countries are our
Ans. (a) 97°25' E
neighbours? southen
(i) Uttarakhand, Uttar Ans. Sri Lanka and Maldives
Pradesh, Bihar, are the h
West Bengal and Sikkim have island countries that
common are our
frontiers with southem
neighbours.
(a) China
3The sunrises two hours earlier in
b) Bhutan
Pradesh as compared to Arunachal
c) Nepal Gujarat in the west
but the watches show the
(d) Myanmar same time. How
does this happen?
Ans. (c) Nepal
Ans. From Gujarat to Arunachal
(ir) If you intend Pradesh, there is
to visit Kavarati during a time
your summer vacations, which
lag of two hours, but the watches show
one of the same time
the following Union because the time along the
Territories of India Standard Meridian of India
you will be going to (82° 30' E)
(a) Puducherry through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh ispassing
taken
as the
(b) Lakshadweep standard time for the whole
Because the same country
c) Andaman and Nicobar standard time for the whoke
(d) Daman and Diu cOuntry has been adopted, the
the watches show
Ans. (b) Lakshadweep same
time in Arunachal
and in all Pradesh, Gujaral
(v) My friend hails from parts of the country.
a
country which 4. The
does not share land
boundary with India. central location of
of the India at the neead
Identify the country. Indian Ocean is
(a) Bhutan significance. Why? considered ot great
Ans. The
(b) Tajikistan location of India at the
Ocean has head of the Inudian
(c) Bangladesh helped India in establishing ose
(d) Nepal contacts with west crope
from the Asia, Africa and bue
Ans. (b) Tajikistan western coast and an Acio froM
 42. With which country Jammu and Kashmir
asthan, Punjab Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat hare
international boundary?
Ans. Pakistan
h have common
43. Name the states of India which lie along
the
hmir, Himachal eastern coast of India from North to
South.
and Arunachal Ans. The states lying along the eastern coast aro
West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and
have common Tamil Nadu.
44. Name the two states of India which are parts
-sh. Nagaland of Indian desert.
Ans. Gujarat and Rajasthan are parts of Indian

borders with Desert.

Short Answer Type Questions [3 Marks]
Afghanistan
). Nepal and 43. Write the size and extent of India.
Ans. (a) India is the 7" largest country in the
dBangladesh
world. It has an area of 3.28 million
square km. It accounts for 2.4% of the
are India's
world's total area.
[CBSE 2016]
(b) India has a land frontier of 15,200 km.
e two island
(c) India has a coastline of 7516.6 km
including the Andaman and Nicobar
ndia present islands and the Lakshadweep islands.
6. Explain why 82°30' E an odd value has been
were chosen as the standard meridian of India.

HOTS
Ans. The odd value has been chosen as the standard
meridian because the longitudinal extent of
y the local India is 68°7 E to 97 25' E and this meridian
passes through the centre of India.
nmon land It passes through Mirzapur i.e. the centre of
hand, Uttaar India. Then there is an understanding amongthe
Sikkim. countries of the world that the degrees of the
1
ie Tropic of
meridian should be divisible by 7ie. 82° 30' E.
This enables us to overcome the difference
of 2 hours of time between Arunachal Pradesn
Pradesh,
and Gujarat. The time is Indian Standaru
st Bengal,
Time.
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India Size and Location

difference between the duratior and her

is the dif about India
Why
. What do you know
[HOTSI
47. and nigi hardly felt at Kanyakumari neighbours?
of day strategic
in Kashmir? an important
but not
so Ans, (a) India occupies has
Asia. India
in the durations of
day and position in
south-east
The difference Territories and
one
Ans.

and Kanyakumari and Kashmir are 29 states, 6 Union

night
National Capital Territory.
respectivel duc to their latitudinal
locations.
land borders with
anyakumari is located closer to the cquator (b) India shares her
in the north-
a maximum difference of 45 Pakistan and Afghanistan
and experiences Bhutan in
west.
Nepal and
China (Tibet).
minutes
between day and night. However. and Bangladesh
the north, and Myanmar
Kashmir lies further away from the equator southern neighbours
in the east. Our
a significant gap between the two island
and experience consists of
across the sea
and night that can extend to
duration of day
Maldives.
and
countries i.e. Sri Lanka
much as 3-5 hours. from India by Palk
as
(c) Sri Lanka is separated Maldives
Name the countries Mannar while
What is a subcontinent? Strait and Gulfof
8. the
the Indian subcontinent. How to the south of
that constitute islands a r e situated
different from other countries of Lakshadweep islands.
is India
since
have been important
Asia?
81. India's land routes
is a distinctive geographical ancient times. Explain.
HOTS
Ans. A subcontinent world
out distinctively from rest with the outside
unit which stands Ans. (a) India's contacts
but her
because of its large size, varied throughthe ages,
of the region have continued
routes a r e
the land
climates, varied
relief etc. relationships through
maritime contacts.
make the Indian subcontinent much older than her
Countries that up
mountains
a c r o s s the
Pakistan in the west, The various passes
are-India at the centre, (b) passages
in the north, Bhutan inthe north have provided
Nepal and China (Tibet) travellers. These
routes

in the east. to the ancient

and Bangladesh a c r o s s the
from other countries
of
(Kyber and Bolan pass)
India is different contributed in the
have
vegetation and mountains
Asia regarding climate, and commodities
exchange of ideas
culture. since ancient times.
after
of Indian Ocean and the
I. Justify the naming The ideas of Upanishads
(c) Panchatantra,
India. Ramayana,the stories of
India because:
is named after the decimal system
India the Indian numerals,
ocean
Ans.
the Indian
India has long coastline
on
of the world
could reach many parts
a
a)
routes. The spices
Ocean. east through the land
location between with other
(b) India has a central
and muslin cloth along
to
and west Asia. commodities were
taken from India
extension, the
India's southernmost countries. The Greek sculpture
c) into the
other
Peninsula, protrudes architectural of dome and
style
Deccan and the
significant in
which makes it minarets from west
Asia can be seen
Indian Ocean
the is the
international trade done through of our country. This
to many parts
commodities
Indian Ocean. result of the exchange of
destination of
the favourite and ideas movement of people.
(d) India was

world. (any three)

the traders of the
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Long Answer Type Questions [5 Marks) (a) T

S. Why are Ahmedabad
and Kolkata able to see
the noon seen
exactly overhead twice a year
but not Delhi?
Ans. The sun's
apparent movement towards north
and south of the
(a) All the
equator is within two tropics. (b)
places located within the tropics
have overhead sun twice
a
b)Both Ahmedabad year.
south of the
and Kolkata
lie to the
Tropic of Cancer. That is
why these two stations see the
noon sun
overhead Ctwice
e a year.
Delhi is located atyear.
(c) Delhi
29°N latitude much
tothe north of (c)
(d) The sun's Tropic of Cancer.
rays are near
overhead in sub-
tropical zone. It will never see
overhead, at anytime of the noon sun (d
. India occupies an year.
in south Asia. important strategic position
Ans. (a) The Discuss.
Indian landmass has HOTS e
locationbetween the east and the
a
central
Asia. India is west
a
southward
the Asian continent. extension of
(b) The trans
Indian Ocean routes
connect the countries which
of
the west and the
countries
Europe in
of east Asia
provide a strategic central
India. location to Case B
(c) The part that is attached 55.
to the Asian
continent connects India
land routes and through the
mountain passes to the
various countries
and east.
lying to its north, west
(d) The Deccan Peninsula
the Indian Occan, protrudes into
thus helping India to
establish close contact with
west Asia,
Africa and Europe
from the western
coast and southeast and east Asia from
the eastern coast.
54. Describe how the georonhig