In Class 9 Geography (India: Size and Location), a very famous multiple-choice question asks: 'The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following states?' To answer this, you must know exactly which 8 states it does pass through.
The city of Ranchi (the capital of Jharkhand) is the only state capital in India that is located almost exactly on the Tropic of Cancer line!
The Tropic of Cancer is an imaginary line of latitude at 23.5° North (23°30'N) of the Equator. It is extremely important for India because it passes almost exactly through the middle of the country, dividing India into a tropical zone (south) and a subtropical zone (north).
From West to East, the Tropic of Cancer passes through exactly 8 Indian states:
Exams usually give you four options. The options most commonly used as the incorrect answers (where the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through) are:
Yes! Use the Hindi mnemonic: **'मित्र पर गमछा झार' (Mitra Par Gamcha Jhar)**. **Mi**zoram, **Tr**ipura, **P**aschim (West) Bengal, **R**ajasthan, **G**ujarat, **M**adhya Pradesh, **Cha**ttisgarh, **Jhar**khand.
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