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Published on: 24/09/2019
India - Size and Location
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1.
State the length of land boundaries and coastline of India.
2.
What is the southernmost tip of the India Union? What happened to this point during the Tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004?
3.
Write down the degree of longitude of the westernmost tip of India lying in Gujarat.
4.
Account for the boundaries of India.
5.
The number of Union Territories along the western and eastern coasts.
6.
Name the countries which are larger that India.
7.
Explain why Ahmedabad and Kolkatta are able to see the noon sun exactly overhead in a year but not Delhi?
8.
Explain the following:
Local Time
9.
Distinguish between Local Time and Standard Time.
10.
Name the most important latitude of India and give its significance.
1.
(i) Land boundaries: 15200 km.
(ii) Coastline including that of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep: 7516.6 km.
2.
1. Indira Point (in Nicobar Island).
2. It got submerged in the sea during the Tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004.
3.
\(68^{ \circ }7'E\)
4.
(i) Northern boundary of India is 15200 kilometers long. It starts from the southernmost tip of the Runn and Kuchchh. This boundary passes along the Himalayas and Myanmar borders and ends at the head of Bay of Bengal. The coast line of India is 7517 kilometers long, including the coast line of Lakshadweep and Andaman and Nnicobar Islands.
(ii) India' north-south length is 3214 kilometers while her east-west breadth is 2933 kilometers. Her total geographical area 32.88 lakh square kilometers.
5.
(i) Western coast - Two
(ii) Daman and Diu
(iii) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(iv) Eastern coast - One
(v) Puducherry
6.
Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil and Australia
7.
(i) At any point, the sun shines perpendicular between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn twice a year.
(ii) At the places lying between these two parallels of latitude, enjoy the overhead sun twice a year
(iii) Ahmedabad has latitude 230N and Kolkata 22034' N latitude
(iv) Ahmedabad and Kolkatta lie between these two parallels. Hence, they enjoy the overhead sun twice a year.
(v) Delhi is the north of Tropic of Cancer so sun cannot be directly overhead.
8.
Local Time:
The time of a place determined by the midday sun is called the local time.
9.
| Local Time | Standard Time |
|
1. Local time is the time of a longitude. |
1. The local time of a central longitude of a country assumed to be of the whole country is termed as Standard Time. 2. Standard Time remains the same throughout the country on all longitudes. 3. The local time is the Standard Time of India. |
10.
The Latitude-The Tropic of Cancer runs almost half-way through India. It divided India into two separate climatic zones.
(i) The southern part gets more heat from the sun that the northern part.
(ii) The difference between the duration of day and night is far more in northern parts than in the southern part.
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