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Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Human geography bingoRead the answer and worked solution →A fishing boat is 10 nautical miles off Gujarat. Up to how many nautical miles from the coast does India's territorial limit extend?Read the answer and worked solution →One nautical mile equals roughly how many kilometres?Read the answer and worked solution →India's southern boundary in the Bay of Bengal extends up to which latitude?Read the answer and worked solution →India's north-south distance is 3,214 km. What is the east-west distance?Read the answer and worked solution →Why is India's east-west distance less than its north-south distance though both span about 30 degrees?Read the answer and worked solution →The southern part of India lies within the tropics. In which zone does the northern part lie?Read the answer and worked solution →The sun rises in the northeastern States about how much earlier than in Jaisalmer?Read the answer and worked solution →Which longitude is India's standard meridian?Read the answer and worked solution →Indian Standard Time is ahead of Greenwich Mean Time by how much?Read the answer and worked solution →Because of its vast east-west extent, how many time zones does the USA have?Read the answer and worked solution →India's area of 3.28 million sq km is what share of the world's land surface?Read the answer and worked solution →By area, India ranks as which largest country in the world?Read the answer and worked solution →The vast sandy expanse in western India is known by which name?Read the answer and worked solution →Which ranges bound the Indian subcontinent in the north-west?Read the answer and worked solution →Khyber, Bolan, Shipkila, Nathula and Bomdila are all examples of what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Indian subcontinent includes India and which set of countries?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the length of India's mainland coastline?Read the answer and worked solution →Including Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, India's total coastline is how long?Read the answer and worked solution →In which part of the continent of Asia is India located?Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar and which strait?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two island countries in the Indian Ocean are India's neighbours?Read the answer and worked solution →School Bhuvan, a map-based learning portal, is an initiative of which agency?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the passesRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the subcontinentRead the answer and worked solution →Run the numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the riversRead the answer and worked solution →Land or seaRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the measuresRead the answer and worked solution →

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Questions
  1. Answer
    1970
    Question
    Decade the three new schools emerged (e.g. 1970)
  2. Answer
    23
    Question
    Temperature in Celsius of Kari's heated office
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    1930
    Question
    Decade of areal differentiation (e.g. 1930)
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    3
    Question
    Number of 1970s schools of thought
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_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._

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Human geography bingo

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Clues and terms
  1. Clue
    Synthetic study of society and earth.
    Item
    Ratzel
  2. Clue
    Unresting man, unstable earth.
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    Semple
  3. Clue
    Nature dictates, humans adapt.
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    Determinism
  4. Clue
    Nature offers, humans choose.
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    Possibilism
  5. Clue
    Gave stop and go determinism.
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    Taylor
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    Marks a society's cultural level.
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    Technology
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    Computers and statistics era.
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    Quant. revol.
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    School using Marxian theory.
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    Radical
  9. Clue
    Partner of electoral geography.
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    Psephology
Instructions
Read each clue and tap the term it describes.
_Source: syllabus Fundamentals of Human Geography, Chapter 1, Human Geography: Nature and Scope._

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A fishing boat is 10 nautical miles off Gujarat. Up to how many nautical miles from the coast does India's territorial limit extend?

  1. 12
  2. 24
  3. 36
  4. 48
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Correct answer: A. 12

1. Territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles. 2. That is about 21.9 km. 3. The boat is inside Indian waters. _Source: syllabus India Physical Environment, Chapter 1, India Location._

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