India – Location
EXERCISES
1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) Which one of the following latitudinal extent is relevant for the extent of India’s area?
(a) 8°41’N – 35°7’N (c) 8°4’N – 35°6’N
(b) 8°4’N – 37°6’N (d) 6°45’N – 37°6’N
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(ii) Which one of the following countries shares the longest land frontier with India?
(a) Bangladesh (c) Pakistan
(b) China (d) Myanmar
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(iii) Which one of the following countries is larger in area than India?
(a) China (c) France
(b) Egypt (d) Iran
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(iv) Which one of the following longitudes is the standard meridian for India?
(a) 69°30’E (c) 75°30’E
(b) 82°30’E (d) 90°30’E
2. Answer the following questions in about 30 words.
(i) Does India need to have more than one standard time? If yes, why do you think so?
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(ii) What are the implications of India having a long coastline?
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(iii) How is the latitudinal spread of India advantageous to her?
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(iv) While the sun rises earlier in the east, say Nagaland and also sets earlier,
how do the watches at Kohima and New Delhi show the same time?
Project/Activity
Activity based on Appendix I (Teachers may help in the exercises by explaining and getting it done by the students).
(i) On a graph paper, plot the number of districts in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Goa, Kerala, Haryana. Do the number of districts have some relationship with the area of the state?
(ii) Which state amongst Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Gujarat, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and Rajasthan is the most thickly populated and which one is the least densely populated?
(iii) Find out the relationship between the area of the state and the number of districts.
(iv) Identify the states with coastal boundaries.
(v) Arrange the states from west to east which have only land boundary. Activity based on Appendix II
(i) List the Union Territories which have coastal location.
(ii) How do you explain the variation in the area and population of NCT Delhi and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
(iii) On a graph paper, draw a bar diagram to show the area and population of all the Union Territories.