NCERT solutions for Social Science - Contemporary India 1 [English] Class 9 chapter 1 - India – Size and Location [Latest edition]

Choose the right answer from the four alternatives given below.
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through

 The easternmost longitude  of India is 

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

If you intend to visit Kavaratti during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to?

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

Answer the following question briefly.
Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian Sea.

Answer the following question briefly.
Name the countries which are larger than India.

Answer the following question briefly.
Which island group of India lies to its south-east?

Answer the following question briefly.
Which island countries are our southern neighbours?

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?

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

Identify the following with the help of map reading.

1. The island groups of India lying in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.
2. The countries constituting the Indian subcontinent.
3. The States through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.
4. The northernmost latitude in degrees.
5. The southernmost latitude of the Indian mainland in degrees.
6. The eastern and the western-most longitude in degrees.
7. The place is situated on the three seas.
8. The strait separating Sri Lanka from India.
9. The Union Territories of India.

Find out the longitudinal and latitudinal extent of your state.

Collect information about the ‘Silk Route’. Also find out the new developments, which are improving communication routes in the regions of high altitude.