7. ARCTIC CIRCLE
TROPIC OF CANCER
EQUATOR
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN
ANTARCTIC CIRCLE
MAJOR LATITUDES OF WORLD
8. GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
• INDIA IS A VAST SOUTH ASIAN
COUNTRY LYING ABOVE THE
INDIAN OCEAN
• INDIA IS 7TH
LARGEST COUNTRY IN
TERMS OF AREA AND 2ND
LARGEST
IN TERMS OF POPULATION.
• INDIA LIES BETWEEN 80
4’ N TO
370
6’. FROM EAST TO WEST IT IS
680
7’E TO 970
25’E.
• INDIA OCCUPIES 3.28MILLION SQ.
KM OF AREA, WHICH IS 2.4% OF
THE WORLD.
9. THIS IS JAMMU AND KASHMIR
• JAMMU AND
KASHMIR IS
NORTHERN MOST
STATE IN INDIA AND
NORTHERN MOST
POINT IS 37
0
6’N
13. INDIA’S PHYSICAL
FEATURES
• THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
• THE NORTHERN PLAINS
• THE PENINSULAR PLATEAU
• THE THAR DESERT
• THE COASTAL PLAINS AND
ISLANDS.
14. OUR NEIGHBOUR
• PAKISTAN AND
AFGHANISTAN IN
NORTH WEST.
• CHINA, NEPAL AND
BHUTAN TO OUR
NORTH
• BANGLADESH AND
MYANMAR TO EAST
• SRILANKA AND
MALDIVES TO OUR
SOUTH
15. INDIA AND THE WORLD
• INDIA IS WORLD’S BIGGEST DEMOCRACY AND HOMES
AROUND 16.7% OF THE WORLD POPULATION.
• PREVIOUSLY A COLONIZED COUNTRY, INDIA NOW ENJOY A
VERY IMPORTANT POSITION IN THE WORLD POLITICS.
• IN THE CURRENT GLOBAL SCENARIO WHERE COUNTRIES
ARE COMING TOGETHER TO FIGHT TERRORISM AND GLOBAL
WARMING, INDIA HAS BECOME AN IMPORTANT MEMBER
WHOSE VIEWS ARE TAKEN WITH MUCH RESPECT.