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Question 1:
Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through
(a) Rajasthan (b) Orissa
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Tripura
Answer: (b) Orissa
(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is
(a) 97∘25′E (b) 68∘7′E
(c) 77∘6′E (d) 82∘32′E
Answer: (a) 97∘25′E
(iii) Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(a) China (b) Bhutan
(c) Nepal (d) Myanmar
Answer: (c) Nepal
(iv) If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union
(a) Pondicherry (b) Lakshadweep
(c) Andaman and Nicobar (d) Diu and Daman
Answer: (b) Lakshadweep
(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundaries with India.Identify the country.
(a) Bhutan (b) Tajikistan(c) Bangladesh (d) Nepal
Answer: (b) Tajikistan
Question 2:
Answer 2:
(i) Lakshadweep
(ii) Russia, Canada, China, USA, Brazil and Australia.
(iii) Andaman and Nicobar group of islands.
(iv) Maldives, Sri Lanka.
Question 3:
Answer 3:
Question 4:
The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
Answer 4:
a) It has given India a strategic advantage due to the Trans Indian ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia.
e) No other country has such a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India. It is India’s eminent position in the Indian Ocean which has given the name of an Ocean after it.