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