Class IX - India -Size and Location

Questions within the Lesson

Q.1. Why 82°30′E has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India?

Ans. A globe has 24 time zones, each of 15 longitudes. Local time in each zone at the middle

longitude (divided by 7°30′) is taken as Standard Time. As 82°30'E is divisible by 7°30', a

standard by all countries, India selected this odd value.

Q.2. Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanyakumari

but not so in Kashmir? (page 2)

Ans. (i) Places near the Equator experience almost equal duration of day and night as the Sun shines

overhead throughout the year.

(ii) Going away from Equator towards the Poles, the durations of day and night go on

differing.

Q.3. Find out the number of Union Territories along the western and eastern coasts.

Ans. Union Territories on the western coast of India are four in number — Diu and Daman, Dadra

and Nagar Haveli, Mahe (Pondicherry) and Lakshadweep. Union Territories on the eastern

coast of India are two — Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Q.4. Areawise which is the smallest and which is the largest state?

Ans. Smallest State in India (areawise) — Goa

Largest State in India (areawise) — Rajasthan

Q.5. Find out the States which do not have an international border or lie on the coast.

Ans. Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand.

Q.6. Classify the states into four groups each having common frontiers with  (i) Pakistan

(ii) China (iii) Myanmar and (iv) Bangladesh. (page 4)

Ans. (i) States having common frontiers with Pakistan are Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan

and Gujarat.

(ii) States having common frontiers with China are Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,

Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

(iii)States having common frontiers with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur

and Mizoram.

(iv) States having common frontiers with Bangladesh are West Bengal, Meghalaya, Assam and

Tripura.