VASISHTHA GENESIS SCHOOL, BARDOLI.

Academic Session: 2020-21

SOCIAL SCIENCE
Geography Chapter-1 India- Size and Location
GRADE: 9 Study material Date: 15/05/2020
Worksheet-1
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 Very Short Answer Type Questions:

1. Write down the easternmost longitude of India?

Ans. 97°25’ E.

2. Write down the western most longitude of India?

Ans. 68°7’ E.

3. Write down the northern most latitude of India?

Ans. 37°4’ N.

4. Write down the southernmost latitude of India?

Ans. 8°4’ 4.

5. Which is Southern most point of India?

Ans. Indira Point.

6. Which is the southern most tip of main land of India?

Ans. Kanyakumari

7. Which is the area wise largest state of India?

Ans. Rajasthan.

8. Which is the area wise smallest state of India?

Ans. Goa.

9. What is the length of Indian coastline?

Ans. 7516 Km.

10. What percent of world’s land area is with India?

Ans. 2.4%.
11. Name the water body that separate Sri Lanka from India?

Ans. Palk Strait.

12. India is located in which hemisphere?

Ans. Northern Hemisphere.

13. What is Standard Time?

Ans. The official time of a country is called as Standard Time.

14. Define Indian Union?

Ans. Several states are under the central government but independent in state affairs. Indian
Union consists of all states and union territories.

15. What is Strait?

Ans. A narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies.

16. Define Subcontinent?

Ans. A part of continent, separated from the rest of the continent by natural features such as
mountains and rivers. It has its own specific climatic features and a distinct cultural identity.

17. What is the difference between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh?

Ans. Two hours.

 Short Answer Type Questions:

1. Which is most important Longitude of the country? Give reason.

Ans. 82°30’ E, longitude is the most important longitude of our country.

To avoid confusion and chaos in all activities to be caused by having a different local time
for different places.

The central Meridian 82°30’ E is taken as the Indian Standard Time.

It is accepted all over the country for uniformity of time.

2. Why countries of the world selected their own Standard Meridians?

Ans. Every country has a Standard Time to avoid confusion of time.

It is time of its Central or Standard Meridian.

Each Meridian has its own local time which is the sun time or local time of that particular
place.
To avoid confusion and chaos in all activities to be caused by having a different local time
for different places the central meridian is selected as Standard Time.

Some Countries whose size is very large they have their different time zones.

3. What is size of India? What is its rank with respect to the world in terms of size?

Ans. The landmass of India has an area of 3.28 million square km.

India’s total area accounts for 2.4 percent of the total geographical area of the world.

India is the seventh largest country of the world.

4. Write a short note on the location of India?

Ans. The landmass of India has an area of 3.28 million sq. km.

India has a land boundary of about 15200 km and length of coastline including island is

7516.6 km.

India is seventh largest country of the world.

5. In which hemisphere does India lie with reference to the Prime meridian? Mention the
value of the standard Meridian of India.

Ans. India lies in the eastern hemisphere with reference to the Prime meridian.

India lies in the east of the Prime Meridian, between 68°7’ E and 97°25’E.

India has accepted 82°30’ E longitude as the Standard Meridian of India.

 Long Answer Type Questions:

1. Highlight the significance of geographical location of India?

Ans. The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia.

India is a southward extension of the Asian Continent.

India has an area of 3.28 million square km which accounts for about 2.4 percent of the total
geographical area of the world.

India is seventh largest country of the world.

The easternmost longitudinal extent of India is 97°25’E and the westernmost longitudinal
extent of India is 68°7’E.

India is bounded by the young fold mountains in the northwest, north and north east.

2. Describe India’s location with reference to her neighbors.

Ans. The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia.

India is a southward extension of the Asian Continent.

India occupies an important strategic position in South Asia.

India Shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the North West china and

Nepal and Bhutan in the North.

Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east.

Our Southern neighbors across the sea consist of the two island countries namely Sri Lanka
and Maldives.

3. India occupies an important strategic position in south Asia. Discuss. [HOTS]

Answer:

(a) The Indian landmass has a central location between the east and the west Asia. India is a
southward extension of the Asian continent.

(b) The trans Indian Ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the west and the
countries of east Asia provide a strategic central location to India.

(c) The part that is attached to the Asian continent connects India through the land routes and
mountain passes to the various countries lying to its north, west and east.

(d) The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean, 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.