India at a Glance: Tropic of Cancer, Standard Meridian, Border Lengths, Coastline and Record States

India at a Glance: The Facts Every Geography Paper Reuses

A handful of numbers about India's size, position and borders turn up in exam after exam: how many states the Tropic of Cancer crosses, which neighbour shares the longest border, which city lies on the Standard Meridian, and which state has the longest coastline. These are not difficult, but they are easy to mix up because they look similar.

This topic is an exam-tip sheet rather than a theory chapter. It groups the facts into four small sets: latitude and longitude, area and neighbours, coastline, and the record states and Union Territories.

Learn each set as a short list with one anchor word, and revise it the way you revise a table. The cards ahead give the figures, the traps, and the questions that exams actually set.

1. Through how many Indian states does the Tropic of Cancer pass?

2. Which neighbouring country shares the longest land border with India?

3. The Standard Meridian of India (82°30'E) passes through which city?

4. Which is the smallest Indian state by area?

5. Which is the southernmost point of the whole of India?

6. Which is the largest Union Territory of India by area?

7. Which state has the longest coastline in India?

8. What is the total length of India's land frontier?