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1.
Give short notes on the two groups of Islands of India.
2.
Give short notes on the coastal plains of India.
3.
Why are Lakshadweep islands known as coral islands?
4.
How many States and Union Territories are there in India? Which states have a common capital?
5.
Name the delta formed by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra.
6.
What is the north-south extent from Kashmir to Kanyakumari?
About 5,400 km
About 2,900 km
About 3,200 km
About 16,990 km
7.
What is the local time of longitude that has been taken as the Indian Standard Time?
82°30'E
23°30'N
68°7'E
97°25'E
8.
The tropic of cancer is located at ________________
23°30' N
26°30' N
30°30' S
23°30' S
9.
The oldest mountain range in India is the
Aravali mountains
Western Ghats
Himalayas
10.
The southern most Himalayas are known as
Shivaliks
Himadri
Himachal
11.
There are ___________ countries that share land boundaries with India.
12.
The ___________ passes almost halfway through the country.
13.
The _____________ is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
14.
The latitude that runs almost halfway through India is ______________
15.
The Greater Himalayas are also known as ______________
16.
Write the name of the two important peninsular plateau hill ranges?
17.
What do you understand by the term 'desert'?
18.
What do you understand by peninsula?
19.
On which part of Himalaya are the highest peaks located?
20.
How does local time vary?
21.
Explain the political, administrative as well as physical division of India.
22.
The Northern Indian plains lie to the north of the Himalayas.
23.
Lakshadweep islands are coral islands.
24.
Corals are skeletons of tiny marine animals called reef.
25.
The Andaman and the Nicobar Islands lie to the southeast of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.
26.
Lakshadweep Islands are located in the Indian Sea.
27.
On an outline map of India, mark the following
(a) Tropic of Cancer
(b) Standard Meridian of India
(c) Andaman Islands and Lakshadweep Islands
(d) Western Ghat and Eastern Ghats.
1.
Two groups of islands also form part of India. Lakshadweep Islands are located in the Arabian Sea.
These are coral islands located off the coast of Kerala. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.
2.
To the West of the Western Ghats and the East of the Eastern Ghats lie the Coastal plains.
The Western coastal plains are very narrow. While, the Eastern coastal plains are much broader.
There are a number of East flowing rivers. The rivers Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri drain into the Bay of Bengal.
3.
Lakshadweep islands are known as coral Islands because these are made up of coral reefs which are skeletons of tiny marine animals called polyps.
4.
There are 29 stares and 7 Union Territories in India. Punjab and Haryana have common capital, i.e. Chandigarh.
5.
The Sunderbans Delta.
6.
(c)
About 3,200 km
7.
8.
9.
(a)
Aravali mountains
10.
(a)
Shivaliks
11.
( )
seven
12.
( )
Tropic of Cancer
13.
( )
Peeninsula
14.
( )
the Tropic of Cancer
15.
( )
Himadri
16.
( )
The Vindhyas and the Satpuras.
17.
( )
A desert is a dry, hot and sandy stretch of land with very little vegetation.
18.
( )
The peninsula is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
19.
( )
The world's highest peaks are located in the Great Himalayas or Himadari.
20.
( )
The local time varies by four minutes for one degree of longitude.
21.
India is a vast country and also marked by a diversity of physical features:
Political and administrative division The country is divided into 28 States and 7 Union Territories. The States are further divided into districts.
Physical division such as mountains, plateaus plains, coasts and islands.
The Himalayan Mountains are standing as sentinels in the North. The Northern Indian plains lie to the South of the Himalayas.
The Great Indian Desert lies in the Western part of India. To the South of the Northern plains lies the Peninsular.
The Western Ghats border the plateau in the West and the Eastern Ghats provide the eastern boundary for the plateau plateau.
Two groups of lslands Lakshadweep Islands are located in the Arabian Sea whereas Andaman and the Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of the Indian mainland in the Bay of Bengal.
22.
(b)
23.
(a)
24.
(b)
25.
(a)
26.
(b)
27.
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