Indian States Situated on the Border :-
Country
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Indian States Situated on the Boarder
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Pakistan
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Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir
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Afghanistan
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Jammu and Kashmir
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China
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Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh
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Nepal
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Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Paschim Bangal, Sikkim
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Bhutan
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Sikkim, Paschim Bagal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
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Bangladesh
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Paschim Banga, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
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Basic Information about India:-
Latitudinal extent
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8°4' North to 37°6' North
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Longitudinal extent
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68°7' East to 97° 25' East
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North - South extent
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3214 km
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East - West extent
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2933 km
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Land Frontiers
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15200 km
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Total Coastline
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7516.6 km
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Number of States
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29
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Number of Union Territories
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7
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Land Neighbors : 7
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(Pakistan,Afghanistan,China,Nepal,Bhutan,Bangladesh ,Myanmar)
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States with Longest Coastline
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Gujarat
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Active Volcano
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Barren Island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Southern most point
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Indira Point or Pigmallion point in Great Nicobar
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Southern most tip of mainland
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Kanyakumari
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Northernmost point
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Indira Col
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Western most point
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West of Ghaur Mota in Gujarat
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Eastern most point
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kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh
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1. One degree of longitude on the equator is equal to a distance of –
(1) 34.5 miles
(2) 50 miles
(3) 60 miles
(4) South pole
2. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of –
(1) Axis of the earth
(2) Equator
(3) North pole
(4) South pole
3. When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the Sun’s rays at the north pole?
(1) March 21
(2) September 21
(3) When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
(4) When the Sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn
4. Which of the following best describes longitude?
(1) A imaginary line joining north and south poles.
(2) The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
(3) The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
(4) The position of a place on earth’s surface with reference to the Prime meridian
5. Latitude of place is indicated of its –
(1) Time
(2) Altitude
(3) Amount of rain
(4) Temperature
6. Which one of the following cities does not have same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?
(1) London (UK)
(2) Lisbon (Portugal)
(3) Accra (Ghana)
(4) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
7. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December, is –
(1) Chennai
(2) Madrid
(3) Melbourne
(4) Moscow
8. Geostationary orbit is at a height of –
(1) 6 km
(2) 1000 km
(3) 3600 km
(4) 36,000 km
9. The earth is at the least distance from the sun (Perihelion) on –
(1) December 22nd
(2) January 3rd
(3) July 4th
(4) June 21st
10. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on –
(1) June 21st
(2) January 3rd
(3) July 4th
(4) September 23rd
(1) 34.5 miles
(2) 50 miles
(3) 60 miles
(4) South pole
2. The latitude of a place expresses its angular position relative to the place of –
(1) Axis of the earth
(2) Equator
(3) North pole
(4) South pole
3. When would you record the maximum angle of incidence of the Sun’s rays at the north pole?
(1) March 21
(2) September 21
(3) When the sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Cancer
(4) When the Sun’s rays fall vertically on the Tropic of Capricorn
4. Which of the following best describes longitude?
(1) A imaginary line joining north and south poles.
(2) The distance between a place east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
(3) The angular distance east or west of the Greenwich Meridian
(4) The position of a place on earth’s surface with reference to the Prime meridian
5. Latitude of place is indicated of its –
(1) Time
(2) Altitude
(3) Amount of rain
(4) Temperature
6. Which one of the following cities does not have same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?
(1) London (UK)
(2) Lisbon (Portugal)
(3) Accra (Ghana)
(4) Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
7. The place which has the longest day and the shortest night on 22nd December, is –
(1) Chennai
(2) Madrid
(3) Melbourne
(4) Moscow
8. Geostationary orbit is at a height of –
(1) 6 km
(2) 1000 km
(3) 3600 km
(4) 36,000 km
9. The earth is at the least distance from the sun (Perihelion) on –
(1) December 22nd
(2) January 3rd
(3) July 4th
(4) June 21st
10. The earth is at the largest distance from the sun (Apehelion) on –
(1) June 21st
(2) January 3rd
(3) July 4th
(4) September 23rd
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