Question 1: Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura
Answer:
(b) Odisha
(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) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar
Answer:
© Nepal
(iv) If you intend to visit Kavaratti during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to
(a) Puducherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Daman and Diu
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
Question 2: Answer the following questions briefly.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
Answer:
(i) Lakshadweep islands.
(ii) Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, and Australia.
(iii) Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(iv) Srilanka and Maldives
Question 3: 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:
“In India, watches display the same time across different states, even though there’s a two-hour time difference between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh. This consistency is because the entire country follows the standard time set along the 82° 30’E meridian passing through Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh.”
Question 4: The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
Answer:
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.
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