D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. What is the area and size of India in respect to the world?
Answer:
India has an area of about 3.28 million square kilometres.
It is the seventh largest country in the world.
2. Which countries form the Indian sub-continent? Why is it called so?
Answer:
The Indian sub-continent includes:
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka.
It is called a sub-continent because it is a large landmass separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas and has distinct geographical features.
3. What is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of India?
Answer:
Latitudinal extent: 8°4′N to 37°6′N
Longitudinal extent: 68°7′E to 97°25′E
4. Name the three major rivers which form the Great Northern Plains of India.
Answer:
The three major rivers are:
Indus
Ganga
Brahmaputra
5. Name the newly formed 29th state of India. When was it formed?
Answer:
Telangana is the 29th state of India.
It was formed on 2 June 2014.
E. Answer the following questions.
1. State any four main features of the Himalayan Mountains.
Answer:
They are the youngest fold mountains in the world.
They form a natural boundary in the north of India.
They are very high and snow-covered throughout the year.
Many important rivers originate from the Himalayas.
2. Where is the Sundarban Delta? How is it formed? What makes it special in the world?
Answer:
The Sundarban Delta is located in West Bengal near the Bay of Bengal.
It is formed by the deposition of silt by the rivers Ganga and Brahmaputra.
It is special because it is the largest delta in the world and is famous for mangrove forests and Royal Bengal Tigers.
3. Describe the Peninsular Plateau of India.
Answer:
The Peninsular Plateau is a triangular-shaped landmass lying south of the Northern Plains.
It is one of the oldest landforms of India and is rich in minerals and natural resources.
4. How do the Eastern Coastal Plains differ from the Western Coastal Plains?
Answer:
Eastern Coastal Plains :
Wider and flatter
Large deltas are formed
Rivers flow into Bay of Bengal
Western Coastal Plains:
Narrow and uneven
No large deltas
Rivers flow into Arabian Sea
5. Distinguish between Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands.
Answer:
Andaman & Nicobar Islands:
Located in Bay of Bengal
Larger in size
Made of volcanic origin
Lakshadweep Islands:
Located in Arabian Sea
Smaller in size
Made of coral origin
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