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India-Size and Location (Important Assignment 01- For Class 9th)

Posted on June 6, 2023

Answer the following Questions:

  1. What is the longitudinal extent of India?
  2. What is the latitudinal extent of India?
  3. Write down the degree of the Tropic of Cancer line that passes through India.
  4. Name the southernmost point of the Indian Union which got submerged under the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami.
  5. What is the area of the land mass of India?
  6. Which position India occupies in the world in terms of area?
  7. What is the total length of the coastline of India’s mainland, including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep?
  8. Which meridian is chosen as the standard meridian of India and why?
  9. Why does the east-west extent appear to be smaller than the north-south extent?
  10. Which canal reduced the distance between India and Europe by 7,000 km?
  11. Why is the difference between the duration of days and nights hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?
  12. The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?

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