This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > Geography > India Size And Location > Class 9 Geography Chapter 1 India Size And Location – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 Geography Chapter 1 India Size And Location Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. India has a land boundary of about ..... km A) 16, 900. B) 14, 750. C) 15, 200. D) 17, 890. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15, 200. 2. What is a distinct feature of Peninsular plateau containing black soil known as? A) Central highlands. B) Deccan trap. C) Deccan plateau. D) Alluvial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deccan trap. 3. The Standard Meridian of India, 82$^\circ$30'E passes through which of the following places? A) In Tamil Nadu. B) (C) Kutch in Gujarat. C) (b) eight in arunachal pradesh. D) (D) Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (D) Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. 4. India is in the western hemisphere. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. I am known as the manchester of India.Who am I? A) Gujarat. B) Andhra Pradesh. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gujarat. 6. Which one of the following straits separates India from Sri Lanka? A) Cook Strait. B) Bass Strait. C) Palk Strait. D) Bering Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palk Strait. 7. The ..... of India (82$^\circ$30'E) passing through Mirzapur (in Uttar Pradesh) is taken as the standard time for the whole country A) Tropic of Cancer. B) National Time Keeper. C) Standard Meridian. D) Indian Central Time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standard Meridian. 8. When was the Seuz Canal opened? A) In 1859. B) In 1858. C) In 1868. D) In 1869. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In 1869. 9. India's total area accounts for what percentage of the geographical area of the world? A) 2.7%. B) 2.6%. C) 2.8%. D) 2.4%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2.4%. 10. Name the easternmost longitude of India. A) 37$^\circ$6'E. B) 8$^\circ$4'E. C) 97$^\circ$25'E. D) 68.7'E. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 97$^\circ$25'E. 11. Which channel separates India and Sri Lanka A) Jawahar channel. B) Panama. C) Palk Strait. D) Suez Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Palk Strait. 12. Which of the country does not share boundary with Sikkim A) Bangladesh. B) China. C) Bhutan. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bangladesh. 13. WHAT IS AN AREA OF LANDMASS OF INDIA A) 3.82 Million sq.km. B) 3.27 Million sq.km. C) 3.33 Million sq.km. D) 3.28 Million sq.km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3.28 Million sq.km. 14. Maldives islands are situated to which direction of lakshadweep island A) North. B) East. C) West. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) South. 15. The ..... is a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides, yet attached to the mainland. A) Island. B) Peninsula. C) Gulf. D) Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peninsula. 16. Indian Standard Time or I.S.T. is how many hours ahead or behind of G.M.T. or Universal Time? A) 5 hrs 30 min behind G.M.T. B) 15 hrs ahead of G.M.T. C) 5 hrs 30 min ahead of G.M.T. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5 hrs 30 min ahead of G.M.T. 17. The Indian Ocean is named after India because- A) No other country has a long coastline on Indian Ocean as India. B) India has southward extension towards Indian Ocean. C) India's eminent position in the Indian Ocean. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 18. The neighbouring countries that share their boundaries with India are: A) China and Nepal. B) Myanmar and Bangladesh. C) Pakistan and Afghanistan. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 19. My friend hails from a country which is India's neighboring country and is situated to the south of Lakshadweep Island. Which of the following can it most possibly be? A) Myanmar. B) Sri Lanka. C) Maldives. D) None of thesee. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maldives. 20. Which country occupies an important strategic position in South Asia? A) India. B) Korea. C) Pakistan. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India. 21. Which of the following states does not share any international boundary A) Madhya pradesh. B) West Bengal. C) Uttarakhand. D) Rajasthan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Madhya pradesh. 22. India is located in ..... hemisphere? A) Southern. B) Northern. C) Western. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern. 23. How many states and Union Territories does India have? A) India has 28 States and 9 Union Territories. B) India has 25 States and 7 Union Territories. C) India has 28 States and 6 Union Territories. D) India has 29 States and 7 Union Territories. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) India has 28 States and 9 Union Territories. 24. Which one of the following is not a land locked country with India? A) Sri Lanka. B) Bhutan. C) Pakistan. D) Nepal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sri Lanka. 25. Which of the following is the standard meridian of India A) 82 degree 30 minutes East. B) 82 degree 20 minute East. C) 81 degree 30 minutes East. D) 84 degree 25 minute East. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 82 degree 30 minutes East. 26. What is located to the west of India? A) Arabian sea. B) Indian Ocean. C) Himalayas. D) Bay of Bengal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Arabian sea. 27. Which longitude is taken as the Standard Meridian of India A) 80$^\circ$39' E. B) 92$^\circ$25'E. C) 94$^\circ$7' E. D) 82$^\circ$30' E. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 82$^\circ$30' E. 28. Approximately what is the latitudinal and longitudinal extent of the mainland of India? A) 30$^\circ$. B) 68$^\circ$. C) 97$^\circ$. D) 8$^\circ$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30$^\circ$. 29. Read carefully after that Identify the incorrect characteristics features of India. A) The tropic of Cancer divides the country into almost two equal parts. B) India is the six largest country of the word. C) India lies in the northern hemisphere. D) India has India has an important strategic position in South Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India is the six largest country of the word. 30. Which one of the following groups of Union territories has common frontiers with China? A) (C) Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh. B) (b) Rajasthan, Punjab, Jammu and kashmir, and Arunachal Pradesh. C) (C) Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Jammu and Kashmir. D) Bihar, West Bengal, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (C) Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh. 31. India is bounded by ..... in the north A) Bangladesh. B) Myanmar. C) China. D) Pakistan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) China. 32. Which is the largest and smallest state of India area? Which is the largest and smallest state in India region? A) Rajasthan & Sikkim. B) Rajasthan & Goa. C) Maharashtra & Sikkim. D) Madhya Pradesh & Goa. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rajasthan & Goa. 33. The sedimentary rocks which gave rise to himalayas were accumulated in the geosyncline known as? A) Tethys sea. B) Himalayas. C) Pangea. D) Gondwana land. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tethys sea. 34. Pick the country that is larger than India. A) Nigeria. B) Canada. C) Argentina. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canada. 35. The east-west extent of India is ..... km A) 2933. B) 7516. C) 15200. D) 3214. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2933. 36. Which of the following parallels of latitude divides India into two almost equal parts? A) Prime Meridian. B) Tropic of Capricorn. C) Equator. D) Tropic of Cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tropic of Cancer. 37. HOW MANY UNION TERRITORIES IN INDIA A) 7. B) 9. C) 11. D) NONE OF ABOVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NONE OF ABOVE. 38. Which is the sea which lies to the southwest of the country and has the Lakshadweep islands? A) Bay Of Bengal. B) Arabian Sea. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arabian Sea. 39. India's relationships with the world through ..... are much older than her ..... A) Land routes, maritime contacts. B) Maritime contacts, land routes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Land routes, maritime contacts. 40. Which of these seas/oceans do not have a coastal boundary with India? A) Pacific Ocean. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Indian Ocean. D) Arabian sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pacific Ocean. 41. Number of states & Union Territories in India at present? A) 27 & 8. B) 28 & 9. C) 28 & 7. D) 26 & 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28 & 9. 42. If you intend to visit Kavarati during your summer vacations, which one of the following Union Territories of India you will be going to? A) Puducherry. B) Lakshadweep. C) Andaman & Nicobar. D) Diu and Daman. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lakshadweep. 43. Which the 1$^{st}$ largest country of the World? A) Canada. B) Russia. C) Brazil. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Russia. 44. In which water body is Lakshadweep islands located? A) Indian Ocean. B) Bay of Bengal. C) Arabian Sea. D) Gulf of Mannar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arabian Sea. 45. Which two Island countries are India's neighbours? A) Sri Lanka and Maldives. B) Arabian sea and Maldives. C) Both A and B. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sri Lanka and Maldives. 46. Capital of Tamilnadu is A) Chennai. B) Mumbai. C) Kolkata. D) Patna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chennai. 47. When did Indira Point get submerged under sea water during a Tsunami? A) 2008. B) 2004. C) 2001. D) 2007. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2004. 48. Which is the Southmost Tip of Indian Mainland? A) Kanyakumari. B) BIGGEST. C) Bulandshahr. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kanyakumari. 49. Which of the following International line separate India from China? A) Durand line. B) Red cliff line. C) MacMohan line. D) Stuart line. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) MacMohan line. 50. Which of the following Hill not in the Purvanchal? A) Midsi. B) Mizo. C) Satpura. D) Patkai. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Satpura. 51. Which is the largest country (area wise) in the world? A) USA. B) Canada. C) Russia. D) India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 52. Which of the following has reduced India's distance from Europe by 7000 km? A) Suez Canal. B) Panama Canal. C) Indira Gandhi Canal. D) Buckingham Canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suez Canal. 53. Number of states in our country A) 29. B) 28. C) 30. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 28. 54. What is the Standard Meridian of India and from where does it pass through? A) 82$^\circ$30'W, Uttar Pradesh. B) 82 $^\circ$ 30'w, uttarakhand. C) 82 $^\circ$ 30'e, uttar pradesh. D) 82 $^\circ$ 30'e, uttarakhand. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 82 $^\circ$ 30'e, uttar pradesh. 55. What is the landmass of India? A) 3.29 million sq.km. B) 4.28 million sq.km. C) 3.28 million sq.km. D) 3.30 million sq.km. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.28 million sq.km. 56. Which of the following state does not have the sea boundary A) Telangana. B) Orissa. C) West Bengal. D) Gujarat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Telangana. 57. Name island group of india lies to its south east? A) Lakshadweep. B) Maldives. C) Sri Lanka. D) Andaman & nicobar island. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Andaman & nicobar island. 58. The area of India is about- A) 3.82 million sq. kilometres. B) 3.16 million sq. kilometres. C) 3.28 million sq. kilometres. D) 3.61 million sq. kilometres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 3.28 million sq. kilometres. 59. Which Indian state shares its border with Nepal, Bhutan and China? A) Sikkim. B) West Bengal. C) Arunachal Pradesh. D) Assam. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sikkim. 60. The Suez Canal has reduced the distance between India and Europe by ..... A) 1500 km. 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