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1st PUC Geography India Text Book Questions and Answers
I. Answer the following in a word or a sentence each.
Question 1.
State the geographical lacation of India.
Answer:
India is situated in the south Part of Asian continent and lies to the northern tip of the Indian ocean. The main land of India extends between 8°4’ to 37°6’N latitude and 68°7’E to 97° 25’E longitude.
Question 2.
Name the southernmost and northernmost points of main land of India.
Answer:
- ‘Indira col’ – is recognized as the northern tip of India and is situated in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Kanyakumari – Or ‘Cape Comorin’ in Tamilnadu is recognized as the soutem most tip of main land India.
Question 3.
In which Island of India, is ‘Indira Point’ situated?
Answer:
Great Nicobar Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Question 4.
What is the total geographical area of India?
Answer:
The total geographical area of India is 32,87,263 sq. km
Question 5.
Mention the International boundary between India and China.
Answer:
The Me Mohan line.
II. Answer the following in two or three sentences each.
Question 1.
Write the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India.
Answer:
Tahe Main land of India extends between 8°4’N to 37°6’N latitude and 68°7’E to 97°25’E longitude.
Question 2.
Name the water bodies that surround India.
Answer:
India is surrounded by the Arabian sea in the west, Indian ocean in the south and Bay Bengal in the east.
Question 3.
Which latitude and longitude passes in the centre of the Coutry?
Answer:
- Latitude – Tropic of cancer \(23 1 / 2^{0} \mathrm{N}\)
- Longitude – \(82 1 / 2^{0} \mathrm{N}\) longitude (1ST Longitude)
Question 4.
According to 2011 census, what is the total population of India and what is its percentage to total Word’s population?
Answer:
The total population of India according to the 2011 census was 121-6 caore or 1216 million or 1.21 billion. It accounts for 17.45% of the total worlds population.
Question 5.
Name the international boundaries between India & Pakistan and India & Afghanistan.
Answer:
- The Radcliff line between India and pakistan (2910 km) by sir Cyril Radcliff.
- The Mc Mohan line between India and China (PRC) (3488 km) by Henry Me Mohan.
III. Answer the following.
Question 1.
Explain the location, size and frontiers of India.
Answer:
Location:
The main land of India extends between 8°4’N to 37°6’N latitude and 68°7’E to 97° 25’E longitude. The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is around 30°. The country stretches to 3214 km from North to South and 2933 km from West to East.
The northern tip of India is recognized as ‘Indira Col’ in Jammu & Kashmir while, the southern tip (main land) is ‘Kanyakumari’ or ‘Cape Cameron’ in Tamilnadu. In the same way the western and eastern tips of the country are ‘Sir Creek’ or ‘Rann of Kutch’ in Gujarat and ‘Luhit’ in Arunachal Pradesh respectively.
The territorial limit of India extends up to 6° 45 ’ North latitude. ‘Indira point’ situated at this latitude in Great Nicobar Islands of the Andaman and Nicobar group is recognized asthe Southernmost point (territorial boundary) of India. The main land If India has 6100 km of coastline while the total length of coastline including islands (Lakshadweep and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands) is 751 km.
The territorial water extendsinto the sea to a distance of 12 nautical miles (22.2km) from the coastal baseline. India is a peninsula, located at the north tip of the Indian Ocean. It is bordered by the Arabian sea in the west, Indian ocean in the south and Bay of Bengal in the east and covered by land in the north-China, Nepal, Bhutan etc.,
Size:
India is the seventh-largest country (area) in the world next to Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia. It has a total geographical area of32,87,263 sq.km. This constituted about 2.4% of the total land area of the Earth. India is the second most populous country in world next to China.
According to 2011 billion, which accounts for about 17.45% of the total world’s population. India has 28 States, 6 Union territories and 1 National Capital Region (New Delhi). Among the State, Rajasthan is the largest state and Goa is the smallest state in the area. In terms of population, UP ranks first and Sikkim occupies the last position.
Frontiers:
India has 15,200 km of long land frontier extending from west to east running from Gujarat in the west to West Bengal in the east. The Himalayas form a natural boundary in the north, between India and China, Similarly, Thar desert in the west & northwest and eastern hills acts as boundary between India & Pakistan and India & Myanmar respectively.
India share land frontier with seven countries, they are Pakistan and Afghanistan to the Northwest, China, Nepal and Bhutan to the North and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the East. Sri Lanka, an island country, Situated to the southeast, is separated by Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar.
The important international boundary lines demarcated between India and neighboring countries are.
- The Durand line-India and Afghanistan (80 km) by Mortimer Durand.
- The Me Mahon line- India and China (PRC) (3488 km) by Henry Me Mahon.
- The Radcliffline – India and Pakistan (2910km) by Sir Cyril Radcliff
- India and Bangladesh (4097 km).
In addition to the above NepalO 1751 km, Myanmar- 1643 km and Bhutan- 699 km also have land boundaries with India.