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Class 11 India — Location worksheet
CBSE Social Science. Size, standard meridian and Indian Standard Time, local time and longitude, the coastline, islands and territorial waters. Every sheet has 20 questions in three sections and an answer key, and the numbers change every time.
Sample questions
Real questions from this chapter, as the app sets them. Tap Answer to see the answer and working.
Section A · multiple choice
- 1.
India’s standard meridian is:
- 75°30′ E
- 90°30′ E
- 69°30′ E
- 82°30′ E
Answer
(d) 82°30′ E
- 2.
What is India’s share of the world’s land surface?
- about 2.4 per cent
- 82°30′ E
- 5 hours 30 minutes
- 12 nautical miles from the coast
Answer
(a) about 2.4 per cent
- 3.
What is meant by “nautical mile”?
- a narrow passage of water joining two seas
- the local time of the prime meridian, 0°
- the longitude whose local time is used for a whole country
- a sea mile of about 1.852 km
Answer
(d) a sea mile of about 1.852 km
Section B · short answer
- 4.
Why does India need a standard meridian?
Answer
Local time changes with longitude by about two hours across the country; one standard time keeps all clocks the same.
- 5.
Give India’s (a) area (b) standard meridian
Answer
(a) about 3.28 million sq km (b) 82°30′ E
Section C · long answer
- 6.
Does India need more than one standard time? Give your view with reasons.
Answer
Local time varies by nearly two hours across India; one time keeps the country together, though the east gets daylight much earlier, which some say favours a second zone.
Fresh sheets for your child
In the app, every India — Location sheet is new: the app remembers the questions your child has already had and leaves them out. Print the sheet as a PDF, or use notebook mode and write the answers in a notebook.
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