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SSC CGL Geography – India – Location, Size & Physiography – Tier II Level · Marathon – 10 questions, subject: Geography – India & World. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Through how many states does India's standard meridian (82°30′E) pass?

Correct Answer: C [5]

Explanation:

UP, MP, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh.

2.  
Local time at India's eastern end (97°25′E) is about how much ahead of IST (82°30′E)?

Correct Answer: D [1 hour]

Explanation:

97°25′ − 82°30′ = 14°55′ ≈ 14.9°; × 4 ≈ 60 min.

3.  
Two-quantity comparison
Quantity I: India's north–south length (km)
Quantity II: India's east–west width (km)

Correct Answer: A [Quantity I > Quantity II]

Explanation:

3,214 km > 2,933 km.

4.  
Of the eight states crossed by the Tropic of Cancer, which is the easternmost?

Correct Answer: B [Mizoram]

Explanation:

West to east: Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram.

5.  
Near the Tropic of Cancer 1° of longitude is about 102 km. With India's longitudinal span of about 29.3°, its east–west width works out to about:

Correct Answer: D [3,000 km]

Explanation:

29.3 × 102 ≈ 2,990 km (the textbook width is 2,933 km).

6.  
According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences re-assessment (PIB, December 2025), the length of India's coastline is about:

Correct Answer: A [11,098.81 km]

Explanation:

7,516.6 km is the older figure; 15,200 km (NCERT) is the land boundary, whose MHA sum is 15,106.70 km.

7.  
According to the same re-assessment, the state with the longest coastline is:

Correct Answer: C [Gujarat]

Explanation:

Gujarat – 2,340.62 km.

8.  
Two-quantity comparison
Quantity I: coastline of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands (re-assessed)
Quantity II: coastline of Gujarat (re-assessed)

Correct Answer: A [Quantity I > Quantity II]

Explanation:

3,083.50 km > 2,340.62 km.

9.  
The Sun sets at 6:00 p.m. by IST at a point in western Gujarat (68°7′E). At about what IST does it set at the same latitude on the same day in eastern Arunachal Pradesh (97°25′E)?

Correct Answer: C [4:03 p.m.]

Explanation:

The east sees sunset 117 min earlier (seasonal effects ignored).

10.  
Two-quantity comparison
Quantity I: width of the Himalaya in Kashmir
Quantity II: twice the width of the Himalaya in Arunachal Pradesh

Correct Answer: A [Quantity I > Quantity II]

Explanation:

400 km > 300 km.

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