NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Social Science (Geography) Chapter 1 India – Size and Location

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Book - Contemporary India-I Ncert Solutions | Chapter-1 Geography

Class : 9th
Subject : Geography
Chapter : 1
Chapter Name : India – Size and Location

Q1 Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Odisha
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Tripura

(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
(a) 97° 25' E
(b) 68° 7' E
(c) 77° 6' E
(d) 82° 32' E

(iii) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers
with
(a) China
(b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal
(d) Myanmar

(iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the
following Union Territories of India you will be going to
(a) Puducherry
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar
(d) Daman and Diu

(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India.
Identify the country.
(a) Bhutan
(b) Tajikistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Nepal

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Answer. (i) (b) Odisha
(ii) (a) 97° 25' E
(iii) (c) Nepal
(iv) (b) Lakshadweep
(v) (c) Bangladesh

Q2 Answer the following questions brie�y.
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?

Answer. (i) Lakshadweep Islands lie in the Arabian Sea.
(ii) Russia, Canada, USA. China, Australia and Brazil are the countries that are larger
than India.
(iii) Andaman and Nicobar Islands lie to the South-East of India.
(iv) Sri Lanka and Maldives are the two island countries that are the Southern neighbours
of India.

Q3 The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the
west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?

Answer. From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh there is a time lag of two hours, but the
watches show the same time because the time along the Standard Meridian of India (82 0
30′ E) passing through Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh is taken as the standard time for the
whole country. Because the same standard time for the whole country has been adopted,
the watches show the same time in Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat and in all parts of the
country.

Q4 The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great
signi�cance. Why?

Answer. The Indian landmass has a central location between East and West Asia. India is
a southward extension of the Asian continent.

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The trans Indian Ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the West to the
countries of East Asia provide a strategic central location to India.
The Deccan peninsula protrudes into the Indian Ocean, thus helping India to establish
close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the Western coast and South-East
and East Asia from the Eastern coast.
No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India has.
Thus, India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean Justi�es the naming of an ocean after
it.

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