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India:Size and Location

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately what is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland of India?

a)

97°

b)

68°

c)

30°

d)

2.

What is India’s size with respect to other countries of the world?

a)

First

b)

Third

c)

Fourth

d)

Seventh

3.

Which of the following is the southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland?

a)

8°4' North

b)

8°4' South

c)

6°4' South

d)

6°4' North

4.

The total area of India’s landmass is

a)

3.28 million square km

b)

32.8 million square km

5.

Which of the following is the longitudinal extent of India?

a)

8°4 N and 37°6 N

b)

68°7 E and 97°25’E

c)

68°7’E and 97°25 W

d)

8°4’E and 37°6’E

6.

Which of the following places of India is located on the three seas?

a)

Port Blair

b)

Kavaratti

c)

Kannyakumari

d)

Kochi

7.

Due to which of the following reasons is the Indian Ocean named after India?

a)

India has a strategic location along the trans-Indian Ocean routes

b)

No other country has a long coastline on the Indian Ocean as India

c)

India is centrally located at the head of the Indian Ocean

d)

All the above

8.

In which of the following places, would you find the least difference in the duration between day time and night time?

a)

Kanniyakumari

b)

Leh

c)

Srinagar

d)

Itanagar

9.

Which one of the following is the southern-most Latitude of Union of India?

a)

8° 4′ North

b)

8° 4′ South

c)

6° 4′ South

d)

6° 4′ North

10.

Which neighbouring country would you reach if you were to sail across the Palk Strait?

a)

Myanmar

b)

Bangladesh

c)

Maldives

d)

Sri Lanka

11.

A narrow channel of sea separating two land-masses is called

(a)  

12.

The four states/UTs which are situated along the Himalayas are :

a)

Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh

b)

Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan

c)

Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand

d)

Bihar, West Bengal, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh

13.

From Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh the time lag is?

a)

2 hrs 35 min.

b)

2 hrs 10 min.

c)

2 hrs

d)

2 hrs 15 min

14.

What is the North-South extent of India?

a)

3214 kms

b)

3241 kms

c)

3213 kms

d)

2933 kms

15.

India lies in which of the hemisphere?

a)

Southern & Eastern

b)

Northern & Eastern

c)

Northern & Western

d)

Southern & Western