Mark the following with the help of a map. The island groups of India lie in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Lakshadweep and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands are islands situated in the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal respectively. The union Territory Lakshadweep consists of 36 Islands, comprising an area of 32 sq. k.m. The union territory Andaman and Nicobar Islands consists of 572 islands with an area of 8249 sq. km. Port Blair is its capital.

Mark the following with the help of the map. The countries constituting the Indian subcontinent.

Sri Lanka, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Pakistan are the nations that constitute the Indian subcontinent. This part of the world has a distinct geographical, political, and cultural identity. It is also a large landmass which has the characteristics of a continent as well. Therefore, this South Asian region, with the prominence of India, is called the Indian subcontinent.

Mark the following with the help of a map. The states through which the Tropic of Cancer passes.

The Tropic of Cancer passes through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, and Mizoram. It divides India into two equal parts. The areas south of the Tropic of Cancer are near to the Equator and have very high temperatures all year. The northern areas, on the other hand, are landlocked regions far away from the sea. As a result, they experience very high temperatures once a year and a season of winter.

Mark the following with the help of a map. The northernmost and the southernmost latitude in degrees.

37 ° 6 ' N is the northernmost and 8 ° 4 ' N is the southernmost latitude of India. It means the mainland of India extends from 8 ° 4 ' northern latitude to 37 ° 6 ' northern latitude. India is completely situated in the Northern Hemisphere. The latitudinal extent of India is from the south end of Kanniyakumari to the north end of Kashmir.