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1. India is a part of the continent of ................
2. India is seventh largest country and has second largest population in the world.
3. India lies entirely in the............... and .............. hemispheres.
4. The .................. longitude is the Standard Meridian for India.
5. The ................ separate India from the rest of the Asia.
6. .................. is the point in the Himalayas where the boundaries of five countries meet.
7. .............. is referred to as the National Capital Territory of India.
8. The......................... are the source of perennial rivers such as the Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra rivers.
9. The ........................... extend from Punjab in the west to the Brahmaputra Valley in the east.
10. The ................. soil of the river valleys/plains is very fertile.
11. The largest delta in the world built by the Ganga and the Brahmaputra is ......................
12. The Peninsular Plateau of India is ..................... in shape.
13. On either side of the Peninsular Plateau of India are the ................ of India.
14. .................. grow profusely in the Coastal Plains of India.
15. The Thar Desert receives less than ........... cm rain annually.
16. ............. is the only significant river in the Thar desert but carries very little water.
17. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are separated by a wide channel called the ................channel.
18. The ..................... Islands lie at a distance of 200-400 km from the Malabar Coast.
19. ........................... is the smallest union territory of India.
20. The river Indus and river Brahmaputra originate in ........... before entering India.
21. The river Ganga has it source in the ............... glacier.
22. River Brahmaputra enters India in................... from Tibet.
23. The west flowing rivers of the Peninsular rivers drain into the ................
24. The margins of the Deccan Plateau consist of hills called the Eastern Ghats in the east and the .................... in the west.