D.A.V.

PUBLIC SCHOOL SAFILGUDA

QUESTION BANK 2018-2019

CLASS: IX SOCIAL SCIENCE

INDIA SIZE AND LOCATION.
ONE MARK QUESTION

1. Name the countries which are larger than India.

1. Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
2. What are the two types of states in India before 1947?
3. What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India?
4. Name the smallest and largest states of India
5. How many states and union territories does India have?
6. In which hemisphere India is located?
7. If you want to visit Lakshadweep during your summer holidays, which water
body would you have to cross?
8. What is the land boundary of India?
9. What is the length of Indian coast line?
10. Name the important latitude of India.
11. Name the narrow channel of sea which separates India and Srilanka
12. Name the canal which reduced the distance between Europe and India by
7000 km
13. What is the Standard meridian of India and from where does it passes
through?
14. What is the percentage of Indian total area in relation with the total
geographical area of the world?
15. What is the southernmost part of the Indian mainland?
16. Name the state through which the Tropic of Cancer pases
17. How much of the world’s total area occupied by India?
18. Why is India called a subcontinent?
19. Define Strait
20. What do you understand by Standard time

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THREE MARKS QUESTION:

1. Why 82.30e has been selected as the standard meridian of India?

2. Why the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at
Kanya kumari not so in Kashmir?
3. The Sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat
in the west but the watches show the same time-why? Give a reason.

FIVE MARKS QUESTION:

1. Write a note on India's central location / The central location of India at the
head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
2. Name the neighbouring countries of India with their location.

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MAP: Mark the following on the political outline map of India

1. Island groups of India

2. The countries constituting Indian subcontinent
3. The northern most and southern most latitude of the Indian mainland in
degrees
4. The eastern most and western most longitudes of the Indian mainland in
degree.
5. The strait separating Sri Lanka from India
6. The union territories of India
7. Standard meridian of India and Tropic of cancer
8. Smallest state of India and Largest state of India
9. Southernmost part of Indian union
10. Northernmost part of India
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