10th Indian Position and Extent
I. Fill in the blanks with suitable answers:
1. The
total area of India is 32,87,263 Sq km.
2. The country to the south-east of India is Sri Lanka.
3. The Tropic of cancer latitude passes through the middle of
India.
4. The newly formed state of India is Telangana.
II. Discuss in groups and answer the following questions.
1. Give
the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India.
Ans: The mainland of India extends from 8°.4′ to 37°.6′ North latitude and from
68°.7’ to 97°.25’ East longitude.
2. Which
is the southernmost point of India?
Ans: The Indira Point which is located in the Nicobar island at 6°.45′ N
lattidude is the Southernmost point of India.
3.Name
India’s neighbouring countries situated in north west.
Ans: Pakisthan and Afghanistan are the neighbouring coutries situated in north
west.
4. Write a short note on the frontiers of India.
Ans: India has both land and water frontiers. The land frontiers of the country is about 15,200 k.m. Except in some places India has natural frontiers almost on all side. The Himalayan ranges form a natural frontier in the north between India and China. The mainland of India has water frontier of about 6100 km. the total length of India’s coastline including the Andaman and Nicobar islands as well as Lakshadweep islands is 7516.5 km. The Arabian sea in the west, the Indian ocean in the south and the Bay of Bengal in the east fom the water frontiers. They are also natural frontiers.
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