Class 9 Geography Chapter 1 India - Size and Location
Question - 1 In which hemisphere is India located?
Answer: India is located in the northern hemisphere. India is located entirely in the northern and eastern hemispheres.
Question – 2 In which continent is India located?
Answer: It is spread between the Himalayas and the Indian Ocean in the south central of the world's largest continent Asia.
Question – 3 What is the latitudinal extension of India?
Answer: The mainland of India extends up to 8°4' north latitude 37°6' north latitude.
Question – 4 What is the longitudinal extent of India?
Answer: India extends from 68°7' East longitude to 97°25' East longitude.
Question – 5 Which is the southernmost point of India? What was its ancient name?
Answer: The southernmost point of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands located in the Bay of Bengal, 'Indira Point' (6°45' North Latitude) which was earlier called 'Pygmalion Point', is the southernmost part of India.
Question – 6 Which latitude line passes in the middle of India from east to west? Which latitude line passes almost through the middle of India?
Answer: Tropics of Cancer (23½°N) passes through the center of India in west-east direction.
Question – 7 Tropics of Cancer, how many and through which states of India does it pass?
Answer: Tropic of Cancer passes through 8 states of India. In which Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram are included.
Question – 8 What is the latitude of the Tropics of Cancer?
Answer: The latitude of the Tropic of Cancer is 23½° north latitude.
Question – 9 What is the geographical significance of the Tropics of Cancer?
Answer: Tropic of Cancer divides India into two distinct climatic regions. The sun's rays fall vertically throughout the year in the south from the Tropic of Cancer. That is why the climate of South India is tropical (hot) throughout the year. To the north from the Tropic of Cancer, a temperate or sub-tropical climate is found.
Question – 10 What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India?
Answer: The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India is about 30 degrees. Its width is 2933 km and length is 3214 km.
Question – 11 Describe the length and breadth of India.
Answer: The length of India from Kashmir in the north to Kanyakumari in the south is 3214 km and the width of India is 2933 km from Saurashtra situated in the Rann of Kutch in the west to the eastern tip of Arunachal Pradesh in the east.
Question – 12 How far is the Territorial Limit of India spread in the sea?
Answer: The Territorial Limit of India extends up to 12 nautical miles (about 21.9 km) in the sea.
Question – 13 What is the area of India?
Answer: The area of India is 32.8 lakh square kilometer i.e. 32,87,263 square kilometer.
Question – 14 Which neighboring countries are in the west or north-west direction of India?
Answer: Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Question – 15 Which are the neighboring countries to the north of India?
Answer: China, Nepal and Bhutan.
Question – 16 Which are the neighboring countries to the east of India?
Answer: Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma)
Question – 16 Which two island neighboring countries are located in the south direction of India?
Answer: Sri Lanka and Maldives
Question – 17 Which sea is situated in the western part of India?
Answer: Arabian Sea
Question – 18 Which water area is located in the east of India?
Answer: Bay of Bengal
Question – 19 Which ocean is located in the south of India?
Answer: Indian Ocean
Question – 20 Before 1947 (before) how many types of states were there in India?
Answer: Before 1947 (before) there were two types of states in India - provinces and princely states.
Question – 21 Which meridian is considered as the standard meridian of India?
Answer: 82½° E longitude line is considered to be the certified or standard time of India, which is called IST (Indian Standard Time). India's Standard Time is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of GMT i.e. when it is 6:30 in the morning in Greenwich, London, then it will be 12:00 in the afternoon in India.
Question – 22 Name the countries bigger than India in terms of area.
Answer: There are 6 countries bigger than India in terms of area, which includes Russia, Canada, United States of America, China, Brazil and Australia.
Question – 23 What is the rank of India in the world in terms of area?
Answer: Seventh
Question – 24 How many states and union territories are there in India?
Answer: There are 28 states and 8 union territories in India.
Question – 25 Which is the largest state of India in terms of area?
Answer: Rajasthan
Question – 26 Which is the smallest state of India in terms of area?
Answer: Goa
Question – 27 How long is the terrestrial border of India?
Answer: 15200 kms
Question – 28 How long is the coastline or maritime boundary or water boundary of India?
Answer: The length of the coast line of India is about 6100 km from Gujarat to Bengal via Kanyakumari. The length of the Indian coastline around the islands is 1416.6 kilometres. Thus the total length of the water front of India is 7516.6 km i.e. 7517 km. The coastline of the state of Gujarat is the longest, while the coastline of Andhra Pradesh is the second longest.
Question – 29 The total area of India is what percentage of the world?
Answer: 2.4%
Question – 30 Which are the landlocked states of India?
Answer: Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Telangana are landlocked states of India, which do not touch any international border or water area.