Sunday 3 February 2013

Geography CBSE-NCERT 9th class 1st Lesson India size and location

                                     India Size and Location

Q1.The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujrat in the west but the watches show the same time.How does this happen ?
Ans.India's longitudinal extent of east-west extent covers a distance of about 3,000 km. So from Arunachal Pradesh to Gujrat there is a time lag of two hours. Hence time along the standard Meridian of India (82 degree 30 minutes east) passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh ) is taken as the standard time for the whole country to avoid the mess created by different regional times. This time is accepted for the whole country.That is why the watches show the same time.

Q2.Which Island countries are our southern neighbours ?
Ans.Srilanka And Maldives.

Q3.Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian sea ?
Ans.Lakshadeep,Pondicherr and Diu and Daman.

Q4.Name the countries which are larger than India ?
       Country : Area in sq.km
Ans.Russia : 1,70,75,200
       Canada : 9,97,84,670
       China : 95,96,960
       USA : 96,31,418
       Brazil : 85,11,965
       Australlia : 76,86,850


 

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