aa 7 Lesson 1 ie india—Our Country jich are the neighbouring ua mesretindiat India is the seventh largest country in the world in « about the physical = a Bae terms of area. The six larger countries, in order of divisions of India ° about states and their size, are Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and uni tori i i ia i inton|territorias|of Australia. In terms of population, India is the_second India largest country in the world, only next to China. Neighbouring _Gountries of India India is situated_in_the southern part_of the continent of Asia. The neighbours of India include: ‘PH Aighanistan and Pakistan in the north-west ‘=China, Bhutan and Nepal in the north \e<=Myanmar and Bangladesh in _ the east Sri Lanka and Maldives in the south States and Union Territories of India We have already read in the previous class that India is divided into ~twenty-nine__ states and__seven A India’s location in Asia union territories. Scanned with CamScannerThe states and their capitals are listed in the Rajasthan _ table. Capital | capital) [runach Pradesh | Itanagar _ Dispur _ Patna | Raipur | Panaji - Gandhinagar | Haryana Chandigarh [Himachal Pradesh | Shimla» [Jammu & ka Srinagar Jharkhand Ranchi | Karnataka Bengaluru [Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Madhya Pradesh Bhopal ___ Mumbai ur Imphal | Meghalaya Shillong | Mi ____ | Aizawl [Nagaland Kohima |Odisha Bhubaneswar (Punjab _| Chandigarh apply:: ise the map to answer the questions, oe Which part of india is with mountains? Mostly covered a e Name the sea that of India. “| Amaravati (proposed ~ lies in the western part PR Sh a ~ [Jaipur ‘Sikkim Gangtok FTamilNadu_ [Chennai | Telangana Hyderabad | Tripura | Agartala | Uttar Pradesh Lucknow ‘Uttarakhand Dehradun | West Bengal Kolkata yo The union territories listed below. Ga . Union Territory Andaman & Nicobar Islands Lakshadweep Puducherry Daman & Diu Dadra & Nagar Haveli Chandigarh Delhi and their capitals are Capital Port Blair Kavaratti Puducherry Daman Silvassa Chandigarh New Delhi ve Scanned with CamScanner4 States and union territories of India Physical Divisions of India India is a land of mountains, plateaus, plains, deserts and islands. They form the physical features of India. Based on the physical features, India is divided into: The Northern Mountains \2:=The Northern Plains 3 The Great Indian Desert or the Thar Desert _Me=The Southern Plateaus ~The Eastern and Western Coastal Plains “6. The Islands ~The mountains in the north and north-eastern parts of India protect us from extreme cold 7 @ winds and guard our borders against enemies. The southern part of India is a peninsula as it is \n three sides, is the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland, while the Indira Point in the Andaman and “Nicobar Islands is the southernmost point of the Indian union. The largest state of India is Rajasthan and the smallest is Goa. © Assess Your Understanding “1. Review Name the capitals of the following states. * Arunachal Pradesh: + Bihar: + Sikkim: 2. Recall Name the neighbours of India in the north. 3. [now know + India is the __ largest - country in the world in terms of. a area. > ss Scanned with CamScannerPeninsula: An area of land surrounded by water oh three sides Island: An area of land, smaller than a continent, completely surrounded by water Plateau: An area of relatively flat land that is higher than the land around it Coastal Plains: A plain which lies next to the coast Desert: A large area of dry land with very little vegetation _-_~ 4 + Indias the seventh largest country in the world. a + India shares its boundary with Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives. + India is divided into twenty-nine states and seven union territories. + Indiais divided into six major physical divisions. A. Choose the correct answer and fill in the blanks. 1. Land surrounded by water on three sides is called a a) island b) peninsula ©) coast d) sea 2. _S lies to the south of India. a) Sri Lanka b) Bhutan. c) Nepal d) Pakistan 3, Indiaisthe__ Seventh __largest country in the world in terms of area. a) second b) seventh eighth d) tenth 4. Indiaisdividedinto__2Q __statesand___7 ___union territories. 7 a) 31/9 b) 28/7 ¢) 29/7 d) 30/4 5. The Great Indian Desert is also called the in Desert, 3 a) Sahara b) Thar c) Ganges d) Atacama B. Answer these questions. 1, Name two neighbouring countries of India in the north. . 2. Name the six physical divisions of India. S be 3, Name the north-eastern states along with their capitals. @ Scanned with CamScannerC. Write T for true and F for false. 1. Afghanistan isa state of India. FE 2. Sri Lanka and Maldives are the neighbours of our country. T 3. The Southern Coastal Plains is an important physical division of India. 4, Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan. , T 5, Dispuris the capital of Assam. v . D. Match the following columns. Column A Column B 1. Kerala a. Gangtok r 2. Punjal Tb. Dehradun 3. Sikkim~ . Agartala 4. Uttarakhand? Sd, Ranchi 5. Jharkhand. =” “ce, Chandigarh 6. Tripura “f. Thiruvananthapuram E. Think and answer. = 1, What are the important physical features according to which India is divided into six physical divisions? 2. Unscramble the words in Column A and match them with the correct options in Column B. Column A Column B i. -enihgobrer a, Punjab 4 i Bee Himalaya Pakistan “moon tat. — -F. Solve the crossword with the help of the clues given below. ACROSS. 2. capital of Goa 3. capital of West Bengal 4. neighbour of India in the north DOWN 1, largest state of India Scanned with CamScanner