Question

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 westernmost 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.

Answer 1

(i) Lakshadweep Island and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
(ii) Pakistan, Afghanistan, China (Tibet), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
(iii) Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattlsgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
(iv) ${37}^{\circ }{6}^{\prime }E$
(v) $8^{\circ }{4}^{\prime }E$
(vi) ${68}^{\circ }{7}^{\prime }E$ and ${97}^{\circ }{25}^{\prime }E$
(vii) Kanyakumari
(viii) Palk Strait
(ix) Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Puducherry and Delhi.