Question

In terms of land area, India occupies
A.7th position
B.2nd position
C.9th position
D.6th position

Answer 1

Hint:The land area is measured in terms of square kilometers of the land-based portions in the standard geographic area. The land area data is unofficial and it is provided for the purpose to calculate the population density. The land data is derived from the Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), including the water polygon layers which is used to process the land area calculations.

Complete answer:7th position- India occupies one-third of the area of the United States, the southern Asian subcontinent is occupied by the Republic of India. India borders China in the northeast. The neighboring countries are Pakistan which is on the west, Bhutan, and Nepal on the north, and to the east is Bhutan and Bangladesh. India is 3,287,263 square kilometers in size.
2nd position- Canada is the second-largest country that covers most of the northern part of the North American continent and which has an area larger than that of the United States. Canada has an extremely diverse topography. Canada is 9,984,670 square kilometers in size.
9th position- Kazakhstan is the ninth largest country and lies to the north of central Asian republics and in the north, it is bounded by Russia and China is to the east and south Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. It has a size of 2,724,900 square kilometers.
6th position- Australia is the sixth-largest country it has Tasmania which is the island state. Tasmania is equal to the United States in comparison to size. Mountain ranges run along the east coast from north to south. It has a size of 7,741,220 square kilometers.
Hence the correct answer is option A, 7th position.

Note:India is the seventh-largest country in the world and third in all Asia in terms of geographic area. India has 3166414 square kilometers. First comes Russia in terms of the land area and is followed by Canada, the USA, China, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina, Kazakhstan, and Algeria.