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Geography Practice Quiz 88
10 questions · 12 minutes
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Q1.What is the total area of India?
Explanation: India has an area of 3.28 million sq. km.
Q2.What is the southernmost latitude of India's territorial boundary in the Bay of Bengal?
Explanation: Our southern boundary extends upto 6°45' N latitude in the Bay of Bengal.
Q3.What is the distance of India's territorial limit from the coast into the sea?
Explanation: India’s territorial limit further extends towards the sea upto 12 nautical miles (about 21.9 km) from the coast.
Q4.What is the conversion factor for 1 nautical mile in kilometers?
Explanation: 1 Nautical mile = about 1.8 km (1.852 km).
Q5.What is the north-south extent of India in kilometers?
Explanation: The actual distance measured from north to south extremity is 3,214 km.
Q6.What is the east-west extent of India in kilometers?
Explanation: That from east to west is only 2,933 km.
Q7.Why is the north-south distance greater than the east-west distance despite similar angular extents?
Explanation: This difference is based on the fact that the distance between two longitudes decreases towards the poles whereas the distance between two latitudes remains the same everywhere.
Q8.What is the time difference between the easternmost and westernmost parts of India?
Explanation: There is a variation of nearly 30 degrees, which causes a time difference of nearly two hours between the easternmost and the westernmost parts of our country.
Q9.What is the standard meridian of India?
Explanation: 82°30' E has been selected as the ‘standard meridian’ of India.
Q10.How many hours ahead is Indian Standard Time (IST) from Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)?
Explanation: Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by 5 hours and 30 minutes.
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