Class 9 Social Science Ch-1
Class 9 Social Science Ch-1
- India’s location.
- Its’s size.
- India and the World.
- It’s neighbours.
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Introduction:-
-> After Independence from British economy ruled, it achieved multi-faceted socio-economic progress. Also made a remarkable progress in the field of agriculture, industry, technology and overall economic development.
India’s location:-
-> Lies entirely in Northern Hemisphere between latitudes 8’4N , 37’6’N and longitudes 68’7’E , 97’25’E.
-> Divided by Tropic of Cancer (23’30’N) in almost 2 equal parts.
-> In the south-east Andaman and Nicobar lies in Bay of Bengal.
-> In the south-west Lakshadweep island lies in Arabian sea.
It’s size:-
-> Total area of India is 3.28 million sq. km. which is 2.4% of the total area of the World.
-> It is the 7th largest country in the World.
-> It has land boundary of about 15,200 km. and the total length of the coast line of the mainland.
-> Including Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep island is 7516.6 km.
-> The latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the main land is about 30॰.
-> The time along the standard meridian (82’30’E) passing through Mirzapur in U.P. is taken as Indian standard time for whole country.
-> The time gap between Arunachal Pradesh present in the west is about 2 hours. The latitudinal extent influences the duration of the day and night, as one move to south and north.
Class 9 CBSE GEO. Chapter-1 India-Size and Location Notes and Solutions
Class 9 Social Science Ch-1
India and the World:-
-> India is located in the center if the World between East and the West Asia.
-> The routes across the Indian ocean which connect to the countries of Europe in the West and the countries of East Asia provide a strategic central, location to India.
-> The Deccan peninsula helps India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast with south coast and East Asia from the from the eastern coast.
-> The ocean which is south of India given name Indian ocean as no other country has a long coastline on the Indian ocean as India has.
-> The land routes of India are much older than sea route. Various passes across mountain in the north have provided passages to the ancient travelled as ocean limited such interaction for a long time.
-> The land routes helped India the exchange of ideas and commodities since ancient time.
-> India has propagated ideas of the Upanishad and the Ramayana, the stories of Panchtantra. The Indian numerals and the decimal system as well as given spices, muslim etc. to different countries.
India’s neighbours:-
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Class 9 CBSE GEO. Chapter-1 India-Size and Location Notes and Solutions
-> India is comprised 29 states and 7 union territories and share its land with:-
-> North-West -> Pakistan and Afghanistan.
-> North -> China, Nepal, Bhutan.
-> East -> Myanmar, Bangladesh.
-> South -> Sri Lanka and Maldives.
-> Sri Lanka is separated from India by a narrow channel of sea formed by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of mannar.
-> Maldives islands are situated to the south of Lakshadweep islands.
Peninsula:-
-> A peninsula is a piece of land that is a piece of land that is bordered by water on 3 sides but connected to mainland on 1 side.
Continent:-
-> A continent is commonly defined as a large land mass separated from other land masses by oceans.
Islands:-
-> A piece of land that is surrounded by water is called island.
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Class 9 Social Science Ch-1
-> The southern most point of the Indian Union ‘Indira Point’ got submerged under the sea water in 2004 during the Tsunami.
-> Since the opening of ‘Suez Canal’ in 1869, India’s distance from Europe has been reduced by 700 km.
- Before 1947, there was 2 types of states in India the Provinces and the Princely states.
- Provinces were ruled directly by British officials who were appointed by the viceroy.
- Princely states were ruled by local herediatery rulers.
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Class 9 CBSE Geo. Chapter 1 Question/Answers:-
Question 1.: Answer the following groups briefly:
(i) Name the group of islands lying in the Arabian sea.
Answer: Lakshadweep.
(ii) Name the countries which are larger than India.
Answer: Russia, Canada, China, U.S.A., Brazil and Australia.
(iii) Which island group of India lies to its south-east?
Answer: Andaman and Nicobar group of islands.
(iv) Which island countries are our southern neighbours?
Answer: Maldives, Sri Lanka.
Class 9 CBSE GEO. Chapter-1 India-Size and Location Notes and Solutions
Question 2.: The sun rises 2 hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time. How does this happen?
Answer: From the longitudinal extent of India it is observed that the longitudinal expanse is about 30॰ from west to east. This means that there would be a time-lag of 2 hours approximately from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh. To avoid such differences in local time. Indian standard time has been fixed to give the whole country a uniform time. The local time of the standard meridian of 82’30’E is observed as the standard time by the whole country. Because of this reason we find that the sun rises 2 hours earlier in Arunachal Pradesh as compared to Gujarat in the west but the watches show the same time.
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Question 3.: The central location of India at the head of the Indian ocean is considered of great significance. Why?
Answer: (a) It has given a strategic advantages due to the Trans Indian ocean routes which connect the countries of Europe in the west and the countries of East Asia.
(b) This helps India to establish close contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the Western coast and with the South east and East Asia from the Eastern coast.
(c) The vast coastline and the natural harbours have benefited India in carrying out trade and commerce with its neighbouring and distant countries since ancient times.
(d) It has given India a distant climate than the rest of the Asian Continent.
(e) No other country has such a long coastline on the Indian ocean as India has. It is India’s eminent position in the Indian ocean which has given the name of ocean after it.
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