CHAPTER 1 India – Size and Location

Question 1: Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

  1. (i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
    1. (a) Rajasthan
    2. (b) Odisha
    3. (c) Chhattisgarh
    4. (d) Tripura
  2. (ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
    1. (a) 97° 25' E
    2. (b) 68° 71' E
    3. (c) 77° 6' E
    4. (d) 82° 32' E
  3. (iii) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Sikkim have common frontiers with
    1. (a) China
    2. (b) Bhutan
    3. (c) Nepal
    4. (d) Myanmar
  4. (iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India will you be going to
    1. (a) Puducherry
    2. (b) Lakshadweep
    3. (c) Andaman and Nicobar
    4. (d) Daman and Diu
  5. (v) My friend hails from a country that does not share a land boundary with India. Identify the country.
    1. (a) Bhutan
    2. (b) Tajikistan
    3. (c) Bangladesh
    4. (d) Nepal

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

Question 2: Answer the following questions briefly.

  1. (i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.
  2. (ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
  3. (iii) Which island group of India lies to its southeast?
  4. (iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbors?

(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 southeast of India. (iv) Sri Lanka and Maldives are the two island countries that are the southern neighbors of India.

Question 3: The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh compared to Gujarat in the west, but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?

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° 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.

Question 4: The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?

The Indian landmass has a central location between East and West Asia. India is a southward extension of the Asian continent. The trans Indian Ocean routes that 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 establish close contact with West Asia, Africa, and Europe from the Western coast and Southeast 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 justifies the naming of an ocean after it.

Question 5: What would happen if the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down?

Plasma membrane provides a container for the cell organelles and cytoplasm. Moreover, plasma membrane also protects the contents of a cell from external environment. In case the plasma membrane ruptures or breaks down, the cell contents would be exposed to the external environment. This would prove lethal for the cell, and the cell would cease to exist.

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