India: Size and Location

India is the ____ largest country in the world.

• seventh
• Sixth

• Second

• Fourth

IST stands for ____

• INDIAN STANDARD TIME
• INTERNATIONAL STANDARD TIME

• INDIAN SEQUENCE TIME

• INDIAN STATE TIME

The land mass of India has an area of ____

million square km.

• 3.28
• 5.68

• 2.55

• 7.9

The southernmost point of the Indian Union ____ got submerged under the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami.

• Kanyakumari

• Indira Point

• Rameshwaram

• Lakshadweep Islands

Since the opening of the Suez Canal in ____, India’s distance from Europe has been reduced by 7,000 km

• 1947

• 1869

• 1915

• 2000

Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by

• The Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar

• The Lakshadweep Islands

• The Indian Ocean

• Gulf of Kutch

The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

• Chhattisgarh

• Tripura

• Odisha

• Rajasthan

The westernnmost longitude of India is

• 97° 25' E

• 77° 6' E

• 68° 7' E

• 82° 32' E

The total length of the coastline of the mainland, including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is

• 7,516.6 km

• 15,200 km

• 2933 km

• 3214 km

If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to

• Puducherry

• Andaman and Nicobar

• Lakshadweep

• Daman and Diu