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NCERT Solutions Class 9, Social Science, Geography, Chapter- 1, India – Size and  Location.

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Concepts covered in Class 9 Social Science Geography chapter- 1 India – Size and  Location, are :

• Indian - Location
• Size and Extent
• India and the World
• India’s Land and Water Frontiers
• India: a Subcontinent.

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Answer 1

NCERT Solutions Class 9, Social Science, Geography, Chapter- 1, India – Size and  Location.

1. Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.

(i) The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

(a) Rajasthan (c) Chhattisgarh (b) Odisha (d) Tripura

The correct option is : (b) Odisha

(ii) The easternmost longitude of India is

(a) 97° 25' E (c) 77° 6' E (b) 68° 7' E (d) 82° 32' E

The correct option is : (a) 97° 25' E

(iii) Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with

(a) China (c) Nepal (b) Bhutan (d) Myanmar

The correct option is : (c) Nepal

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

(a) Puducherry (c) Andaman and Nicobar (b) Lakshadweep (d) Daman and Diu

The correct option is : (b) Lakshadweep

(v) My friend hails from a country which does not share land boundary with India. Identify the country.

(a) Bhutan (c) Bangladesh (b) Tajikistan (d) Nepal

The correct option is : (b) Tajikistan

2. Answer the following questions briefly.

(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.

Solution: Lakshadweep

(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.

Solution: Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, and Australia.

(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?

Solution: Andaman and Nicobar group of islands.

(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?

Solution: Maldives, Sri Lanka.

3. The sun rises two hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?

Solution:

The longitudinal gap between Arunachal Pradesh and Gujarat is about 30°. Due to this, there is time lag of about two hours between these states. Since Arunachal Pradesh is in the east hence the sun rises earlier here compared to in Gujarat. The Indian Standard Time is taken from the time of Standard Meridian of India and hence, the watches show the same time in both the states.

4. The central location of India at the head of the Indian Ocean is considered of great significance. Why?

Solution:

The Indian landmass is centrally located between east and west Asia. The part that is attached to the Asian continent connects India (through land routes and mountain passes) to the various countries lying to its north, west and east. The part that protrudes into the Indian Ocean connects India (through the trans Indian Ocean routes) to Europe, west Asia and Africa in the west and the countries of east Asia. The strategic location of India has contributed to the exchange of ideas and commodities, through land and sea, since ancient times. This is the reason why its location at the head of the Indian Ocean is significant.

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1. Identify the following with the help of map reading.

(i) The island groups of India lying in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

(ii) The countries constituting Indian subcontinent.

(iii) The States through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.

(iv) The northernmost latitude in degrees.

(v) The southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland in degrees.

(vi) The eastern and the western-most longitude in degrees.

(vii) The place situated on the three seas.

(viii) The strait separating Sri Lanka from India.

(ix) The Union Territories of India.

Solution:

(i) Lakshadweep
(ii) Countries which make the Indian subcontinent are Pakistan in the north-west, India at the core, Nepal in the north, Bhutan in the north-east and Bangladesh in the east.
(iii) Tropic of Cancer passes through the states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
(iv) 37°6' N
(v) 8°4' N
(vi) Western - 68°7' E, Eastern - 97°25' E
(vii) Kanyakumari
(viii) The Palk Strait.
(ix) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, Puducherry (Pondicherry).

Answer 2

find out?

1. Why 82°30'E has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India?

Solution:

82°30' E has been selected as the Standard Meridian of India because it is situated in the centre of all longitudes and latitudes in which our country is located.

2. Why is the difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanniyakumari but not so in Kashmir?

Solution:

The difference between the durations of day and night hardly felt at Kanyakumari because it is near equator. As equator receives the direct Sun rays, there won't be hardly any difference between the day & night. But the Kashmir is far away from the equator.

3. The number of Union Territories along the western and eastern coasts.

Solution:

Union Territories on the western coast of India are — Diu and Daman, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mahe (Pondicherry) and Lakshadweep. 
Union Territories on the eastern coast of India are — Pondicherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. 

4. Area-wise which is the smallest and which is the largest state?

Solution:

Largest Sate: Rajasthan
Smallest State: Goa

5. The states which do not have an international border or lie on the coast.

Solution:

Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana.

6. Classify the states into four groups each having common frontiers with

(i) Pakistan, (ii) China, (iii) Myanmar, and (iv) Bangladesh.

Solution:

(i) States having common frontiers with Pakistan are Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat.
(ii) States having common frontiers with China are Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.
(iii) States having common frontiers with Myanmar are Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram.
(iv) States having common frontiers with Bangladesh are Meghalaya, Assam. West Bengal, Tripura.