RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Geography Chapter 1 India-Size and Location

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Geography Chapter 1 India-Size and Location  Important Questions and Answers. 

RBSE Class 9 Social Science Important Questions Geography Chapter 1 India-Size and Location 

Multiple Choice Questions:

Question 1. 
What is the percentage of India’s total area as compared to the total geographical area of the world?
(a) 6% 
(b) 2.4% 
(c) 4.5% 
(d) 8%
Answer:
(b) 2.4% 

Question 2. 
The Tropic, of Cancer’ does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan 
(b) Chattisgarh 
(c) Orissa 
(d) Tripura
Answer:
(c) Orissa 

Question 3. 
Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
(a) Maldives 
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman & Nicobar island 
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) Andaman & Nicobar island 

Question 4. 
What is the length of the coastline of the mainland?
(a) 8,756 km 
(b) 6,516.6 km 
(c) 6,275 km 
(d) 4,715 km
Answer:
(b) 6,516.6 km 

Question 5. 
In which year ‘Indira Point’ got submberged under the sea?
(a) 2001 
(b) 2005 
(c) 2004 
(d)2003
Answer:
(c) 2004 

Question 6. 
What is the total area under Indian landxnass?
(a) 3.28 million sQuestion km 
(b) 5 million sQuestion km
(c) 2.4 million sQuestion km 
(d) 5.6 million sQuestion km
Answer:
(a) 3.28 million sQuestion km 

Question 7.
Name the smallest state of India areawise
(a) Punjab 
(b) Goa 
(c) Kerala 
(d) Haryana
Answer:
(b) Goa 

Question 8. 
Name the largest state of India areawise
(a) Odisha 
(b) Uttar Pradesh 
(c) Rajasthan 
(d) Punjab
Answer:
(c) Rajasthan 

Question 9. 
Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir have common frontiers with
(a) China
(b) Pakistan 
(c) Myanmar 
(d) Bangladesh
Answer:
(b) Pakistan 

Question 10. 
Through which state the Tropic of Cancer’ passes?
(a) Punjab 
(b) Madhya Pradesh 
(c) Telangana 
(d) Kerala
Answer:
(b) Madhya Pradesh 

Question 11.
Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts
(a) Tropic of Cancer 
(b) Equator
(c) Tropic of Capricorn 
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) Tropic of Cancer 

Question 12. 
Which neighbouring country would you reach if you sail across the Palk Strait?
(a) Bangladesh 
(b) Maldives 
(c) Myanmar 
(d) Sri Lanka
Answer:
(d) Sri Lanka

Question 13. 
Which geographical feature bounds India’s mainland south of 22°N latitudes?
(a) Himalayas 
(b) Plateaus 
(c) Deserts 
(d) Ocean
Answer:
(d) Ocean

Question 14. 
Which of the following is the oldest route of contact between India and other countries
(a) Ocean 
(b)Land
(c) Air 
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b)Land

Question 15. 
Which of the following has reduced India’s distance from Europe by 7000 km
(a) Suez Canal 
(b) Erie Canal
(c) Indira Canal 
(d) Suzhou Canal
Answer:
(a) Suez Canal 

Fill in the blanks:

Question 1.
............ is the latitudinal extent of India.
Answer:
8°4’N and 37°6’N

Question 2.
Standard Meridian of India pass through ............. in Uttar Pradesh.
Answer:
 Mirzapur 

Question 3.
The time lag between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh is ..............
Answer:
2 hours

Question 4.
Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers
with  .............
Answer:
Nepal

Question 5.
Suez canal opened in the year .............
Answer:
1869

Question 6.
 ............. is the place situated on three seas of India.
Answer: 
Kanniyakumari 

True or False

Question 1. 
India shares its border with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest.
Answer: 
True

Question2.
India has 29 states and 7 union territories.
Answer:
False

Question 3.
Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh share border with Myanmar.
Answer:
True

Question 4. 
Before 1947, there were two types of states in India- the provinces and the princely states.
Answer: 
True

Question 5. 
Myanmar and Bangladesh is in the west of India.
Answer: 
False

Question 6. 
Lakshadweep Island is situated in Arabian Sea.
Answer: 
True

Match the column:

Column A	Column B
(1) Southern most point of India	(a) 82°30'E
(2) Standard meridian	(b) Ruled by local, hereditary rulers
(3) Largest country in the world	(c) South of Lakshadweep Island
(4) Princely states	(d) Indira point
(5) Maldives island	(e) Russia

Answer:

Column A	Column B
(1) Southern most point of India	(d) Indira point
(2) Standard meridian	(a) 82°30'E
(3) Largest country in the world	(e) Russia
(4) Princely states	(b) Ruled by local, hereditary rulers
(5) Maldives island	(b) Ruled by local, hereditary rulers

 

Very Short Answer Type Questions :

Question 1. 
Name the states of India through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.
Answer:
The Tropic of Cancer passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.

Question 2.
Describe the location of Indian landmass in Asia.
Answer:
India, is located in southern Asia. It is centrally located between the East and the West Asia.

Question 3. 
Why has the Indian Ocean been named after our country?
Answer:
The Indian Ocean has been named after our country because of India’s longest coastline on the Indian Ocean and its significant position in the Indian Ocean.

Question 4.
Why. are India’s contact with the world through the land routes much older than the maritime routes?
Answer:
The northern mountains of India have many passes through which ancient travel¬lers reached India. However, it was not easy for anyone to cross oceans in those times.

Question 5. 
Name the southern-most point of the Indian Union.
Answer:
Indira Point

Question 6. 
What is India’s rank on the basis of area?
Answer:
Seventh 

Question 7. 
What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland India? 
Answer:
About 30°

Question 8.
Which latitude has been taken as the standard meridian of India?
Answer:
82°30'E

Question 9. 
Which political divisions of India before independence was ruled directly by British officials appointed by the Viceroy?
Answer:
Provinces

Question 10. 
Name India’s neighbouring countries in the North-West.
Answer:
Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Question 11.
Which two neighbouring countries are lying in the east of India?
Answer:
Myanmar and Bangladesh.

Question 12.
Name the Indian states which shares borders with Pakistan.
Answer:

Question 13
Name the southernmost tip of the Indian mainland.
Answer:
Kanniyakumari.

Short Answer Type Questions:

Question 1. 
Describe the location of the mainland of India and its two island groups. 
Answer:
India lies entirely in the northern hemisphere. Its mainland lies between latitudes 8°4’N and 37°6’N and longitudes 68°7’E and 97°25’E. The Tropic of Cancer (23°30’N) di¬vides the country into almost two equal parts. India has two island groups, the Andaman and Nicobar islands and the Lakshadweep islands. The Andaman and Nicobar islands are located to the southeast of the mainland in the Bay of Bengal, the Lakshadweep islands are to the southwest of the mainland in the Arabian Sea.

Question 2. 
Describe the size of India.
Answer:
India is the seventh largest country of the world. The land area of India is 3.28 million square km, which is about 2.4 per cent of the total geographical area of world. The land boundary of India is about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of its mainland including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is 7,516.6 km.

Question 3. 
What is the latitudinal extent of the mainland of India. What are its implications?

Or

How is the latitudinal extent of India advantageous to her?
Or
Name the most important latitude of India and give its significance.
Answer:
The mainland of India extends between 8°4’N and 37°6’N. Its implications are :

1. The sunrays are more direct over the southern part of India than the northern part.
2. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of day and night as one moves from . north to south. The difference between the duration of day and night in the southern part of India is not much as it is closer to the equator. The difference between the duration of day and night keep increasing as we move towards north.
3. The Tropic of Cancer (23°30’N) divides the country into almost two equal parts and distinct climatic zones: the tropical and the subtropical zones.

Question 4. 
What is the longitudinal extent of the mainland of India? What are its implications?
Answer:
 The mainland of India extends between 68°7’E and 97°25’E. Its implications are : 

1. It helps in locating India on maps. India  Size and Location
2. It helps in determining the local times of various places in India.
3. It helps in determining the standard meridian and standard time for India.

Question 5.
Difference between duration of day and night is more significant in Kashmir than in Kanniyakumari.” Analyse the statement.
Answer:
Kanniyakumari lies in the equatorial zone. It is just 8°4’N away from the equator. There the days and nignts are mearly of equal duration .
But Kashmir lies in the sub-tropical zone and it is 37° away from equator. So the differ¬ence between day and night is more there.
Here difference is important in Kashmir.

Question 6. 
Describe the location of the neighbouring countries of India.
Answer:
India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest, China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north and Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east. Sri Lanka and Maldives are the two island neighbours of India.

Question. 7. 
“Ahmedabad and Kolkata are able to see the noon sun exactly overhead in a year but not in Delhi”. Give reason. 
Answer:
All the places which lie within the two tropics \(\left[23 \frac{1}{2}^{\circ} \mathrm{N} \text { and } 23 \frac{1}{2}^{\circ} \mathrm{S}\right]\) can experience the sun overhead. Here Ahnwdabad (23’N) and Kolkata (22.5°N) lie within the Tropic of Cancer and are able to see the noon sun overhead at the time of northern solstice.While Delhi is at latitude  8N lies to the north of the Tropic of Cancer so it does not see the noon sun overhead in a year.

Long Answer Type Questions:

Question 1. 
Write note on India and world.
Or

Explain India’s contact with other countries of the world since ancient time in context of India’s position.
Answer:
India and World : The Indian landmass has a central location between the East and the West Asia. To its south is the Indian Ocean which connects the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia, provide a strategic central location to India. No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India has. India’s contact with other countries of the world since ancient time can be explained through following points:

(i) 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 with Southeast and East Asia from the eastern coast.

(ii) India’s contacts with the World have continued through ages but her relationships through the land routes are much older than her maritime contacts.

(iii) The various passes across the mountains in the north have provided passages to the ancient travelers. These routes have contributed in the exchange of ideas and commodities since ancient times.

(iv) India has a different social, cultural and commercial connection with the neighboring countries of West Central and East Asia and South Asia. 

(v) The ideas of the Upanishads and the Ramayana, the stories of Panchtantra, the Indian numerals and the decimal system reach many parts of the world.

(vi) India has commercial relation too with various countries. The spices, muslin and other merchandise were exported from India to different countries.

(vii) Due to contact with different cultures the influence of Greek sculpture, and the architectural styles of dome and minarets from West Asia can be seen in different parts of our country.
Thus India is having connection with different countries of the world.

Question 2.
Describe briefly about India and its neighboring countries.
Answer:
India is a vast country. It shares its boundaries with many neighboring countries. Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Maidive are India’s neighboring countries. Their positions with India are as follows

1. India shares its land boundaries with Pakistan and Afghanistan in the northwest.
2. India seems to have land boundaries with China (Tibet), Nepal and Bhutan in the north.
3. In the east India shares its land boundaries with Myanmar and Bangladesh.
4. Our southern neighbours across the sea consist of the two island countries, ’ namely Sri Lanka and Maldives. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar, while Maldives Islands are situated to the south of the Lakshadweep Islands. India has had strong geographical and historical links with her neighbours.