Class 6 Chapter 7 Our Country India NCERT Notes + MCQ

This is the second last chapter of Class VI NCERT- 

1. The Earth in the Solar System
2. Globe: Latitudes and Longitude
3. The Motions of the Earth: Rotation and Revolution
4. Maps
5. Major Domains of The Earth
6. Major Landforms of the Earth

• India is geographically diverse. India has –
  1. the lofty Himalayas in the north
  2. the Arabian Sea in the west
  3. the Bay of Bengal in the East
  4. the Indian ocean in the south.
• Area: About 3.28 million square kilometres.
• the north to south extent ~ 3200 km
• the east-west extent ~ 2900 kilometre.
• India is the second-most populous country
• Tropic of Cancer divides India into two parts
• India is located in the Northern hemisphere.
• Seven countries share a land boundary with India
• Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait.
• there are 29 states and 7 union territories. This number will change to 9 after recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir.
• the states have been formed mainly on the basis of languages.
• Rajasthan is the largest state and Goa is the smallest state in terms of area

Physical Division of India – NCERT Notes

• The Himalayan Mountains
  1. The Greater Himalayas: Himadri + Highest peaks
  2. The Middle Himalayas: Himachal + popular hill stations. 
  3. The Lesser Himalayas: Shiwaliks 
• The Northern Plains
  1. Indus Plain: Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana 
  2. Gangetic Plain: UP, Bihar, West Bengal
  3. Brahmaputra Plain: Assam, Bangladesh
  4. Sundarban Delta: Triangular in shape
• The Peninsular Plateau
  1. Western Ghats: Continuous 
  2. Eastern Ghats: Broken. Godavari + Krishna + Cavery
  3. The Aravalis: Oldest
  4. Vindhyan Range: Block Mountain
  5. Satpura Range: Block Mountain
• The Coastal Plains
  1. Eastern Coastal Plain: Godavari + Krishna + Cauvery delta
  2. Western Coastal Plain: Narrower.
• The Islands
  1. Lakshadweep Islands: Coral islands
  2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Archipelago 

Q. Which of the following rivers does not drain into the Arabian Sea?

1. Sabarmati
2. Tungabhadra
3. Mandovi
4. Narmada

Q. Which of the following mountain range is a dividing line between the Gangetic Plain and the Deccan Plateau?

1. Aravalli
2. Vindhya
3. Satpura
4. Amarkantak Plateau

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