Social Science Class IX- Assignment
INDIA – SIZE AND LOCATION
ASSIGNMENTS
MULTIPLE CHOICE
QUESTIONS
1. Indian Standard Time or I.S.T. is how many hours ahead or behind of G.M.T. or
Universal Time?
(a)
5 hrs 30 min behind G.M.T. (b) 15 hrs ahead of G.M.T. (c) 5 hrs 30 min ahead of
G.M.T. (d) None of the above
2. Which of the following has reduced India’s distance from Europe by 7000 km?
(a)
Suez Canal (b) Panama Canal (c) Indira Gandhi Canal (d) Buckingham Canal
3. Which of the following influences the duration of the day and night, as one
moves from south to north?
(a)
Longitudinal extent (b) Latitudinal extent (c) Standard Meridian (d) All the
above
4. The Standard Meridian of India, 82°30′E passes through which
of the following places?
(a)
Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu (b) Walong in Arunachal Pradesh (c) Kachchh in
Gujarat (d) Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh
5. The Sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat.
What time will the watch show in Gujarat if it is 6 am in Arunachal Pradesh?
(a)
4.16 am (b) 7.44 am (c) 6 am (d) 5.44 am
6. If the local time at Dwarka (69°01′E) in Gujarat to the
west of India is 6 am, what will be the local time at Dibrugarh (94°58′E
approximately 95°), Assam, in the east?
(a)
4.16 am (b) 6 am (c) 7.44 am (d) 7.44 pm
7. From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a time lag of :
(a)
24 hours (b) 12 hours (c) 2 hours (d) 30 minutes
8. Both the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India’s mainland is about
30°. But on looking at the map of India, which of the following alternatives do
you observe about India’s size?
(a)
East-west extent appears to be smaller than north-south extent
(b)
East-west extent appears to be larger than north-south extent
(c)
East-west and north-south extent appears equal
(d)
North-south extent appears to be smaller than east-west extent
9. Approximately what is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland
of India?
(a)
97° (b) 68° (c) 30° (d) 8°
10. Which geographical feature bounds India’s mainland south of 22°N latitude?
(a)
Young Fold Mountains (b) Sandy Desert (c) Lava Palteaus (d) Seas and Ocean
11. By which geographical feature is India bounded in the north-west, north and
northeast?
(a)
Seas (b) Lava Plateau (c) Young Fold Mountains (d) Sandy Desert
12. What is India’s size with respect to other countries of the world?
(a)
First (b) Third (c) Fourth (d) Seventh
13. Which of the following figures shows the total area of India’s landmass?
(a)
2.4 million square km (b) 3.28 million square km (c) 32.8 million square km (d)
3.28 million km
14. Which of the following group of islands belonging to Indian territory lies
in the Arabian Sea?
(a)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Sri Lanka (c) Lakshdweep (d) Maldives
15. Which of the following groups of islands belonging to Indian territory lies
in the Bay of Bengal?
(a)
Andaman and Nicobar islands (b) Sri Lanka (c) Lakshadweep (d) Maldives
16. Which latitude passes through the southernmost point of India’s mainland?
(a)
8°4′N
(b) 37°6′N
(c) 8°4′S
(d) 82°30′E
17. Which of the following is the western-most longitude of India?
(a)
97°25′E
(b) 68°7′E
(c) 68°7′E
(d) 82°32′E
18. The eastern-most longitude of India is
(a)
97°25′E
(b) 68°7′E
(c) 77°6′E
(d) 82°32′E
19. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following states?
(a)
Rajasthan (b) Orissa (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Tripura
20. Which of the following parallels of latitude divides India into almost two
equal parts?
(a)
Equator (b) Tropic of Capricorn (c) Tropic of Cancer (d) Prime Meridian
21. Which of the following is the longitudinal extent of India?
(a)
8°4′N
and 37°6′N
(b) 68°7′N
and 97°25′E
(c) 68°7′E
and 97°25′W
(d) 8°4′E
and 37°6′E
22. Which of the following places of India is located on the three seas?
(a)
Port Blair (b) Kavaratti (c) Kanniyakumari (d) Kochi
23. India has achieved multi-faceted socioeconomic progress during which of the
following periods?
(a)
Since ancient times (b) During medieval period (c) In the 21st century (d)
During the last five decades
24. Which of the following Union Territories is located along the west coast of
India?
(a)
Andaman and Nicobar Islands (b) Chandigarh (c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (d)
Puducherry
25. How many states and Union Territories are there in India?
(a)
28 states and 7 Union Territories including Delhi (b) 23 States and 12 Union
Territories
(c)
26 states and 9 Union Territories (d) 30 States and 5 Union Territories
26. Which of the following ports of India is closest to the Suez Canal route?
(a)
Kolkata (b) Chennai (c) Kochi (d) Mumbai
27. Which of the following is the oldest route of contact between India and
other countries of the world?
(a)
Ocean routes (b) Maritime contact (c) Land routes (d) Air routes
28. Due to which of the following reasons is the Indian Ocean named after India?
(a)
India has a strategic location along the trans-Indian Ocean routes
(b)
No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India
(c)
India is centrally located at the head of the Indian Ocean (d) All of the above
29. Which of the following longitudes is selected as the Standard Meridian for
India?
(a)
68°7′E
(b) 82°30′E
(c) 97°25′E
(d) 23°30′N
30. In which of the following places, would you find the least difference in the
duration between day-time and night-time?
(a)
Kanniyakumari (b) Leh (b) Srinagar (d) Itanagar
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1. Tropic of cancer passes through which of these states
(a)
Orissa (b) Tripura (c) Bihar (d) Punjab
2. Which one of the following is the southernmost Latitude of India?
(a)
8° 4′
North (b) 8° 4′
South (c) 6° 4′
South (d) 6° 4′
North
3. The latitudinal extendt of India lies between
(a)
7° 5′
N
and 26° 5′
N
(b) 8° 4′
N
and 37° 6′
N
(c)
12° 5′
N
and 27° 5′
N
(d) 12° 5′
N
and 37° 6′
N
4. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a)
Rajasthan (b) Tripura (c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar
5. Which meridian is fixed as a standard Meridian of India?
(a)
82½° E (b) 84½° E (c) 86° E (d) 81° E
6. The eastern-most longitude of India is :
(a)
97° 25′
E
(b) 77° 6′
E
(c) 68° 7′
E
(d) 82° 32′
E
7. What is the position of India in respect of area of the world?
(a)
8th position (b) 7th position (c) 6th position (d) 2nd position
8. Which one of the following forms the southern-most tip of the Indian
mainland?
(a)
Indira Point (b) Kanniyakumari (c) Palk Strait (d) Kavaratti
9. Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts?
(a)
Equator (b) Tropic of Cancer (c) Tropic of capricorn (d) None of these
10. Which country among the India’s neighbours is the smallest?
(a)
Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh
11. How many states and Union Territories does India have?
(a)
India has 26 States and 7 Union Territories (b) India has 25 States and 7 Union
Territories
(c)
India has 28 States and 7 Union Territories (d) India has 28 States and 6 Union
Territories
12. India’s total area accounts for what percentage of the geographical area of
the world?
(a)
2.9% (b) 3.2% (c) 2.4% (d) 4.2%
13. Which one of the following routes are the oldest and provided India
relationships with other countries?
(a)
Land routes (b) Sea routes (c) Air routes (d) Rail routes
14. India has land boundary of about
(a)
18,200 km (b)7516.6 km (c) 15,200 km (d)2458 km
15. Which one of the following straits separates India from Sri Lanka?
(a)
Sunda Strait (b) Johor Strait (c) Bering Strait (d) Palk Strait
16. Which neighbouring country would you reach if you were to sail across the
Palk Strait?
(a)
Myanmar (b) Maldives (c) Bangladesh (d) Sri Lanka
17. The neighbouring countries that share their boundaries with India are :
(a)
Pakistan and Afghanistan (b) Myanmar and Bangladesh (c) China and Nepal (d) All
the above
18. Which one of the following Indian states does not share its boundary with
Pakistan?
(a)
Jammu and Kashmir (b) Rajasthan (c) Gujarat (d) Haryana
19. A narrow channel of sea separating two landmasses is called :
(a)
Gulf (b) Strait (c) Isthmus (d) Bay
20. The western-most Union Territory of India is
(a)
Lakshwadeep (b) Daman and Diu (c) Puducherry (d) Dadar and Nagar Haveli
21. Which of the following states does not share any international boundary?
(a)
Rajasthan (b) West Bengal (c) Uttarakhand (d) Madhya Pradesh
22. The four states which are situated near Himalayas are :
(a)
Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh (b) Gujarat,
Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan
(c)
Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand (d) Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Uttar
Pradesh
23. What is the length of Indian coastline?
(a)
8716 km (b) 7165 km (c) 9515 km (d) 7516 km
24. Which of these countries do not share land borders with India?
(a)
Russia (b) Bhutan (c) Myanmar (d) Pakistan
25. Which one of the following water bodies separate Sri Lanka from India?
(a)
Palk Strait and Gulf of Khambhat (b) Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar
(c)
Gulf of Mannar and 10° Channel (d) 10° Channel and Gulf of Khambhat
SHORT ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (3 marks)
1.
What is the longitudinal extent of India? State its two implications.
2.
Describe briefly the geographic location of India in Asia. What is
the significance of India’s geographic location?
3.
What is the latitudinal extent of India? How does it affect India?
4.
What is the southernmost point of the Indian Union called? Describe
its location in India and its current situation?
5.
Why is the difference in the duration of day and night very little in
Kanniyakumari while it is not so in the Northern part of the country? Give
specific reasons with your answer.
6.
How have mountain passes been helpful to India since historic times?
7.
How has the long coastline been beneficial to India?
8.
Which ocean is named after India? Give two reasons as to why it was
named after India.
QUESTIONS FROM CBSE
EXAMINATION PAPERS
1.
What is the Standard Meridian of India? From where does it pass?
2.
What was the contribution of land routes to India in ancient times?
Explain any three.
3.
Which meridian has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India?
Why?
4.
Why India is called a subcontinent? Write any three points.
5.
What is latitude? What is the latitudinal extent of India?
6.
Name the southern-most point of Indian Union. Is it visible today?
7.
Do you think naming the Indian Ocean after a country is justified.
Why?
8.
How does India occupy an important strategic position in South Asia?
Illustrate your answer by explaining three suitable points.
9.
What is latitudinal extent of India? How is the latitudinal spread in
India advantageous to her? State two points.
10.
What is the Standard Meridian of India? Why it has been so selected?
11.
What is the longitudinal extent of India? What is its implication?
12.
Give a reason for the following statement :
(a)
82°30 E Latitude has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India
(b)
The distance between India and Europe has been reduced by 7000 Km. with opening
of Suez Canal
(c)
Days and night are almost of equal duration at Kanniyakumari
13.
What is the significance of India’s location?
14.
Why is there a difference of 2 hours in local time between the
eastern-most part of Arunachal Pradesh and western-most part of Gujarat?
Explain.
15.
Explain why Ahmedabad and Kolkata are able to see the noon sun
exactly overhead in a year but not Delhi.
16.
Land routes were very important for cultural and economic development
of ancient India. Explain.
17.
Why do we need a Standard Meridian for India? Explain.
18.
Which meridian passing though Indian is taken as Standard Meridian of
India. Why?
19.
Why do we need a Standard Meridian for India? From which city in
Uttar Pradesh does the Standard Meridian pass and how is the time (IST)
calculated?
20.
How have the ancient and much older land routes contributed to
exchange of ideas and goods?
21.
Why is Indian called a subcontinent? Name the countries which form
part of Indian subcontinent.
22.
“India has a long coastline which is advantageous.” Explain.
23.
Why do we need a Standard Meridian to India? Where is it located?
What is its significance?
24.
Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly
felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?
25.
What was the contribution of land routes to India in ancient times?
26.
(a) Mention the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India.
(b)
What is the significance of Tropic of Cancer to India?
27.
Why is difference between duration of day and night more prominent in
Kashmir than in Kanniyakumari? Explain.
LONG ANSWER TYPE
QUESTIONS (4 marks)
1.
Which are the countries that India shares land boundaries? Write a
short note about India’s position among its neighbours.
2.
Write a note on the location and size of India?
3.
Write a note on the Indian Standard Time? Why is there a time
difference of almost 2 hours from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujarat?
4.
How many states form the Union of India? Write a note on the smallest
and the largest Indian states.
5.
What are the two groups of Indian islands? Write a note on each
describing its geographic position with relation to India.
6.
How has India’s geographic location aided the Nation?
7.
The Tropic of Cancer passes half-way through the country. What does
this imply?
8.
What are the implications of the great north-south extent of India?
MAP WORK (4 marks)
1. In an outline map of India, locate and label the following:
(a)
The Tropic of Cancer (b) The Standard Meridian of India
(c)
The Lakshadweep Islands (d) The Palk Strait
2. In an outline map of India, locate and label the following:
(a)
Nation of Nepal (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c)
State of Sikkim (d) State of Tripura
3. In an outline map of India locate and label the following.
(a)
State of Goa (b) State of Assam (c) State of Kerala (d) State of Tripura