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SAI International School
Grade-IX- Home Assignment

Geography Ch 1- India: Size And Location
Sub Topic 2- Impacts of Latitude and Longitude

Objective Questions

1. Both the latitudinal and the longitudinal extent of India is-
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(a) 40 (b) 30
(c) 22 (d) 23
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2. Indian peninsula tapers towards __________ and divides Indian Ocean into Arabian
Sea and Bay of Bengal.
(a) East (b) West
(b) North (d) South
3. Which of the following factors influence the duration of day and night?
(a) The latitudinal extent (b) The longitudinal extent
(c) Coastal boundary (d) Land boundary
4. Which of the following statement is true?
(a) The gap between latitudes decreases towards pole.
(b) The gap between latitudes increases towards poles
(c) The gap between latitudes remains same everywhere.
(d) The gap between longitudes increases towards poles.
5. Which of the following places the Standard Meridian of India passes through
(a) Ahmedabad (b) Bhubaneswar
(c)Lucknow (d) Mirzapur
6. What is the maximum difference between the local time and the standard time in India?
(a) 2 hrs 35 min. (b) 2 hrs 10 min.
(c) 1 hr (d) 2 hrs 15 min.
7. Which of the following places has the maximum difference between the local time and
the standard time?
(a) Delhi (b) Bhubaneswar
(c ) Kolkata (d) Itanagar
8. Which of the following is a country of two continents?
(a) Canada. (b) Russia
(c) Brazil (d) Australia.
9. Which of the following places has the least difference between the local time and the
standard time from among the places given below?
(a) Delhi (b) Bhubaneswar
(c ) Kolkata (d) Itanagar
10. Which of the following place has no difference between the local time and the standard
time?
(a) Srinagar. (b) Kanyakumari
(c) Mirzapur (d) Mumbai