This Geography quiz on Location, Extent and Extreme Points of India puts 10 multiple-choice questions to you, the verified MCQs published with GK24's note on the topic, 3 of them asked in real previous-year papers. Every question carries a full explanation of why the correct option is right and why the other options are wrong, so you learn the fact behind the answer rather than the letter. Attempt it right after reading the note, keep to the timer, and use the explanations at the end to mark what needs another look. Sit it again before the exam as a quick revision of the topic.
10 questions with answers and explanations
What is the approximate time lag (in hours) from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh?
The mainland of India extends from about 68 degrees 7 minutes east to about 97 degrees 25 minutes east, a longitudinal spread of roughly 29 degrees.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following water bodies separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands?
The correct answer is B, the Ten Degree Channel, which lies roughly along the parallel of ten degrees north and separates the Andaman group in the north from the Nicobar group in the south; Little Andaman lies to its north and Car Nicobar to its south.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the longest parallel of latitude?
Parallels of latitude are circles drawn parallel to the equator, and they grow shorter as one moves towards the poles, until a pole is a point with no length at all.
Read the full explanation →The southernmost point of the Indian mainland is
The correct answer is B, Kanyakumari, also called Cape Comorin, in Tamil Nadu, which stands at about 8 degrees 4 minutes north and is the southern tip of the Indian mainland, where the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean are said to meet.
Read the full explanation →Indira Point, the southernmost point of India, is situated in which island?
Indira Point lies at the southern end of Great Nicobar, the largest island of the Nicobar group, at about 6 degrees 45 minutes north, and is the southernmost point of the territory of India; it was known as Pygmalion Point before being renamed.
Read the full explanation →Which meridian of longitude is taken as the standard meridian of India?
This meridian, which passes near Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, runs roughly through the middle of the country and was adopted as the standard meridian so that the whole of India could keep one time.
Read the full explanation →The Tropic of Cancer passes through how many Indian states?
The Tropic of Cancer, at 23 degrees 30 minutes north, enters India in Gujarat and leaves it in Mizoram, passing on the way through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram.
Read the full explanation →India shares its longest land border with which country?
The correct answer is C, Bangladesh, with which India shares a border of about 4,096.7 km, the longest of all its land boundaries; it touches five Indian states, West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
Read the full explanation →The latitudinal extent of the Indian mainland lies between
These are the latitudes of the southern tip of the mainland at Kanyakumari and of the northernmost part of the country, and between them lie the 3,214 km of the mainland's north-south extent.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian state has the longest coastline?
The deeply indented coast of Kutch and Saurashtra, with the Gulf of Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambhat, gives Gujarat the longest coastline of any Indian state, ahead of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
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