NCERT Solutions for Chapter 1 India Size and Location Class 9 Geography
Book Solutions1(i)
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura
Answer
(c) Odisha
Exercise
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1(ii)
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
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
Exercise
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1(iii)
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar
Answer
(c) Nepal
Exercise
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1(iv)
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
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) Puducherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Daman and Diu
Answer
(b) Lakshadweep
Exercise
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1(v)
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
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
Exercise
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2(i)
Answer the following questions briefly.
Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
Answer
Lakshadweep
Exercise
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2(ii)
Answer the following questions briefly.
Name the countries which are larger than India.
Answer
Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia.
Exercise
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2(iii)
Answer the following questions briefly.
Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
Answer
Andaman and Nicobar group of islands.
Exercise
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2(iv)
Answer the following questions briefly.
Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
Answer
Maldives, Sri Lanka.
Exercise
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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
The longitudinal gap between Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat is about 30°. Due to this, there is time lag of about two hours between these states. Since Arunachal Pradesh is in the east hence the sun rises earlier here compared to in Gujarat. The Indian Standard Time is taken from the time of Standard Meridian of India and hence, the watches show the same time in both the states.
Exercise
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4
The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
Answer
The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance because:
• It has given India a strategic advantage due to the Trans Indian ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia.
• The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean helps India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the Western coast and with the Southeast and East Asia from the Eastern coast.
• The vast coastline and the natural harbours have benefitted India in carrying out trade and commerce with its neighbouring and distant countries.
• It has given India a distinct climate than the rest of the Asian Continent.
• The Deccan Peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean helps India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the Western coast and with the Southeast and East Asia from the Eastern coast.
• The vast coastline and the natural harbours have benefitted India in carrying out trade and commerce with its neighbouring and distant countries.
• It has given India a distinct climate than the rest of the Asian Continent.
Exercise
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1
Identify the following with the help of map reading.
(i) The island groups of India lying in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
(ii) The countries constituting Indian subcontinent.
(iii) The States through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.
(iv) The northernmost latitude in degrees.
(v) The southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland in degrees.
(vi) The eastern and the western-most longitude in degrees.
(vii) The place situated on the three seas.
(viii) The strait separating Sri Lanka from India.
(ix) The Union Territories of India.
Answer
(i) Lakshadweep
(ii) Countries which make the Indian subcontinent are Pakistan in the north-west, India at the core, Nepal in the north, Bhutan in the north-east and Bangladesh in the east.
(iii) Tropic of Cancer passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
(iv) 37°6' N
(v) 8°4' N
(vi) Western - 68°7' E, Eastern - 97°25' E
(vii) Kanyakumari
(viii) The Palk Strait.
(ix) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Puducherry (Pondicherry).
Map Skills
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