I NDIA – L OCATION C H A P T E R There is a general understanding among the countries of the world to select the standard meridian in multiples of ° ' of longitude. That is why ° ' E has been selected as the ‘standard meridian’ of India. Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by hours and minutes. There are some countries where there are more than one standard meridian due to their vast east-to-west extent.
For example, the USA has seven time zones. INDIA – LOCATION Figure . : India : Administrative Divisions Note: Telangana became the th state of India in June . * INDIA : PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT Figure .
: Location of India in the Eastern World INDIA – LOCATION . Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below. (i) Which one of the following latitudinal extent is relevant for the extent of India’s area? (a) ° 'N - ° 'N (c) ° 'N - ° 'N (b) ° 'N - ° 'N (d) ° 'N - ° 'N (ii) Which one of the following countries shares the longest land frontier with India?
(a) Bangladesh (c) Pakistan (b) China (d) Myanmar EXERCISES Name a few place in India through which the standard meridian passes? India with its area of . million sq. km accounts for .
per cent of the world’s land surface area and stands as the seventh largest country in the world. Find out the names of the countries which are larger than India. S IZE The size of India has endowed her with great physical diversity. Thus, you may appreciate the presence of lofty mountains in the north; large rivers such as Ganga, Brahmaputra, Mahanadi, Krishna, Godavari and Kaveri; green forested hills in northeast and south India; and the vast sandy expanse of Marusthali .
You may further appreciate that bounded by the Himalayas in the north, Hindukush and Sulaiman ranges in the north- west, Purvachal hills in the north-east and by the large expanse of the Indian ocean in the south, it forms a great geographic entity known as the