Introduction

Question 1

What is the total area of India?

Answer 1

3,287,263 sq/km. It accounts for 2.42% of world’s total land mass. However, India’s population accounts for 17.5% of world’s population.

Question 2

What is the latitude span of India (main land mass)?

Answer 2

8d4m N to 37d6m N

Question 3

What is the longitude span of India?

Answer 3

68d7m E to 97d25m E

Question 4

What is Indira Point?

Answer 4

Indira point is the southernmost point of Indian territory. It is located at 6d45m N latitude at the Great Nicobar island.

Question 5

What is Indira col?

Answer 5

The Indira Col (altitude 5,764 metres (18,911 ft)) is a col on the Indira Ridge in the Siachen Muztagh in the Karakoram Range. It is within a couple kilometers of a tripoint where territories controlled by India, Pakistan and China meet.
It is also the northernmost point of the Indian territory situated at 37d6m N latitude.

Question 6

What longitude is considered to determine the IST? Where does it pass from?

Answer 6

82d30m E, which passes near Vindyachal near Allahabad.

This corresponds to +5:30 hrs advancement from the GMT.

Question 7

In India, the tropic of Cancer passes through which states?

Answer 7

West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan

Question 8

Which city of India, a capital of a state, is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?

Answer 8

Ranchi

Question 9

Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

Answer 9

Gujarat