Geography of India: Questions
CBSE Class 9 - Geography - CH1 - INDIA – SIZE AND LOCATION
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Q1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Orissa
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura
Answer: Orissa
(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
(a) 97° 25' E
(b) 68° 7' E
(c) 77° 6' E
(d) 82° 32' E
Answer: (a) 97° 25' E
(iii) Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar
Answer: (a) China
(iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Diu and Daman
Answer: (b) Lakshadweep
(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
Answer: (b) Tajikistan
Q2 Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian sea.
Answer: Lakshadweep
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
Answer: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and USA
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
Answer: Srilanka and Maldives
Q3 The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?
Answer:
The earth in its rotation covers a distance of 1° longitude in 4 minutes. The places located on different longitudes have different local times. To keep uniform system of time, the world has been divided into 24 times zones.
India has a longitudinal extent of 30 from
NCERT Chapter Solutions and Q & A asked in examinations.
| India by INSAT
(source: India Meteorological Department) |
Q1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Orissa
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura
Answer: Orissa
(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
(a) 97° 25' E
(b) 68° 7' E
(c) 77° 6' E
(d) 82° 32' E
Answer: (a) 97° 25' E
(iii) Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar
Answer: (a) China
(iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Diu and Daman
Answer: (b) Lakshadweep
(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal
Answer: (b) Tajikistan
Q2 Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian sea.
Answer: Lakshadweep
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
Answer: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Russia and USA
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
Answer: Srilanka and Maldives
Q3 The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?
Answer:
The earth in its rotation covers a distance of 1° longitude in 4 minutes. The places located on different longitudes have different local times. To keep uniform system of time, the world has been divided into 24 times zones.
India has a longitudinal extent of 30 from