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ODISHA ADARSHA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN QUESTION BANK GEOGRAPHY: CLASS –IX CHAPTER: 1, (INDIA – SIZE AND LOCATION) GROUP- A (MCQ) 1. Which parallels of latitude divides India into two equal parts? (a)Tropic of Cancer...

ODISHA ADARSHA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN QUESTION BANK GEOGRAPHY: CLASS –IX CHAPTER: 1, (INDIA – SIZE AND LOCATION) GROUP- A (MCQ) 1. Which parallels of latitude divides India into two equal parts? (a)Tropic of Cancer (b) Tropic of Capricorn (c) Arctic Circle (d) Antarctic Circle 2. When the southernmost point of Indian Union got submerged under the sea water? (a) 2000 (b) 2001 (c) 2002 (d) 2004 3. What is the Standard Meridian of India? (a) 82° 30' E (b) 82° 30' W (c) 82° 30' N (d) 82° 30' S 4. The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through ________________. (a) Rajasthan (b) Odisha (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Tripura 5. What is India’s position with respect to other countries of the world? (a) First (b) Third (c) Fifth (d) Seventh 6. India has a land boundary of about _____________ km. (a) 15000 (b) 15200 (c) 16000 (d) 20000 7. Which narrow channel of sea separates Sri Lanka from India? (a) Palk strait (b) Suez Canal (c) Bering strait (d) None of these 8. India’s total area accounts for about _______________% of the total geographical area of the world. (a) 2 (b) 2.4 (c) 2.5 (d) 3 9. What is the area of India? (a) 3.2 million Sq. Km. (b) 3.5 million Sq. Km. (c) 3.28 million Sq. Km. (d) 4 million Sq. Km. 10. According to area which is the smallest state of India? (a) Odisha (b) Bihar (c) Tripura (d) Goa 11. According to area which is the largest state of India? (a) Odisha (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh 12. India has _____________ Union territories. (a) 5 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9 13. How many states in India? (a) 28 (b) 29 (c) 30 (d)32 GROUP-B (VERY SHORT QUESTIONS) 1. In which Hemisphere is India located? 2. What is the latitudinal extend of India? 3. What is the longitudinal extend of India? 4. Name the southernmost point of India, which was submerged under sea in 2004. 5. What is the total length of coastline in India? 6. What is the time lag between Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh? 7. The Standard Meridian of India passing through_______________. 8. Why there is the duration of day and night as one move from south to north? 9. In which year Suez Canal opened? 10. Which country’s sculpture style influenced India? 11. India has how many states and union territories? 12. Which commodities were exported from India? 13. Before 1947 there were how many types of states in India? 14. Define Princely states. 15. Define Provinces. 16. Name two neighbouring countries sharing land boundaries in northwest of India. 17. Name two countries sharing land boundaries in north part of India. 18. Which two countries sharing land boundaries in east part of India? 19. In south who were the neighbouring countries of India? 20. Name the Island groups of India. GROUP – C (3 MARKS EACH) 1. Explain in details about the location of India. 2. Give a short note on neighbouring countries of India. 3. The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches shows the same time. How does this happen? 4. Why India is called a sub- continent? 5. State the reason for selecting a Standard Meridian of India with odd value of 82° 30' E? GROUP- D (LONG QUESTIONS) 1.Describe the main features of the political division of India. 2.Describe the importance of the geographical location of India. 3.Write an essay about the geographical features of India. GROUP-E (MAP SKILLS) 1.Locate the island groups of India. 2.Locate the smallest state of India. 3.Locate the largest state of India. 4.Locate the place where the standard meridian of India taken. 5.Locate the capital of India.