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India's land boundary is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The total coastline of India including the islands is:Read the answer and worked solution →South of about which latitude does India begin to taper towards the Indian Ocean?Read the answer and worked solution →The time lag between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh is about:Read the answer and worked solution →The Standard Meridian of India, 82°30'E, passes through:Read the answer and worked solution →Mirzapur, on the Standard Meridian, is in:Read the answer and worked solution →Since the Suez Canal opened in 1869, India's distance from Europe has fallen by:Read the answer and worked solution →India's contacts with the world through land routes are older than:Read the answer and worked solution →The architectural styles of dome and minarets came to India from:Read the answer and worked solution →India has how many states and Union Territories?Read the answer and worked solution →India shares its northwest land boundary with Pakistan and:Read the answer and worked solution →Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait and the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Maldives Islands lie to the south of:Read the answer and worked solution →Before 1947, provinces were ruled directly by British officials appointed by the:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the land neighboursRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the sea wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the India numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the location wordsRead the answer and worked solution →North or south neighbourRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the coordinatesRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →India size and location bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The term geography was first coined by the Greek scholar:Read the answer and worked solution →Eratosthenes lived during:Read the answer and worked solution →Geography comes from Greek roots geo and graphos, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Early scholars defined geography as the description of the earth as the:Read the answer and worked solution →Because phenomena vary over space, geography was perceived as the study of:Read the answer and worked solution →Geography attempts spatial synthesis, while history attempts:Read the answer and worked solution →The questions what and where inventoried features. Geography became scientific with the question:Read the answer and worked solution →In geography, time is treated as the:Read the answer and worked solution →

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India's land boundary is about:

  1. 10,200 km
  2. 20,200 km
  3. 15,200 km
  4. 7,516 km
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Correct answer: C. 15,200 km

1. The coastline is 7,516.6 km. 2. The land boundary is about 15,200 km. 3. Young fold mountains bound the north. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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The total coastline of India including the islands is:

  1. 15,200 km
  2. 6,100 km
  3. 9,516 km
  4. 7,516.6 km
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Correct answer: D. 7,516.6 km

1. It includes Andaman, Nicobar and Lakshadweep. 2. The coastline is 7,516.6 km. 3. No other country has such a long Indian Ocean coast. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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South of about which latitude does India begin to taper towards the Indian Ocean?

  1. 22°N
  2. 28°N
  3. 18°N
  4. 12°N
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Correct answer: A. 22°N

1. The peninsula divides the ocean into two seas. 2. Tapering begins south of about 22 degrees north. 3. Arabian Sea lies west, Bay of Bengal east. _Source: syllabus Contemporary India I, Chapter 1, India Size and Location._

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