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India- Size & Location

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

India is connected to Europe through the ____.

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

Suez Canal

c)

Gulf of Khambat

d)

Palk Strait

2.

Who built the Suez Canal?

a)

Ferdinand de Lesseps

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Vasco da Gama

d)

Francis Chichester

3.

Which line divides India into approximately two equal parts?

a)

Tropic of Capricorn

b)

Tropic of Cancer

c)

Equator

d)

Artic Circle

4.

Origin of the word ''Tropic'' is?

a)

Sanskrit

b)

Persian

c)

Latin

d)

Greek

5.

A piece of land separated from the main continent by a natural land barrier is called a(n)-

a)

Strait

b)

Peninsula

c)

Subcontinent

d)

Island

6.

Which the largest country in South- Asia?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Japan

d)

New Zealand

7.

The longitude passing approximately centrally through a country is used to record the-

a)

Climate

b)

Local standard time

c)

The cities that are most important

d)

The cities that are the least important

8.

Where is The prime meridian located?

a)

Palampur

b)

Greenwich

c)

Jabalpur

d)

Chelsea

9.

The capital of Orissa is-

a)

Kavaratti

b)

Bhubaneswar

c)

Washington

d)

Bengaluru

10.

My pen-friend hails from a country that is not a part of SAARC. Which of these countries would that be?

a)

Pakistan

b)

Sri Lanka

c)

Maldives

d)

China

11.

Where is the Malabar Coast?

a)

Kerala

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

Karnataka

d)

Andhra Pradesh

12.

Which state lies on the windward side of the Garo-Khasi hills?

a)

Assam

b)

Bhutan

c)

Nepal

d)

Meghalaya

13.

Which geographical feature bounds India’s mainland south of 22°N latitude?

a)

Young Fold Mountains

b)

Sandy Desert

c)

Lava Plateaus

d)

Seas and Ocean

14.

The Standard Meridian of India, 82°30′E passes through which of the following places?

a)

Kachchh in Gujarat

b)

Walong in Arunachal Pradesh

c)

Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu

d)

Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh

15.

When did India gain independence?

a)

1947

b)

1900

c)

2020

d)

2000