Question

India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total area of approximately ______________.
A) 2700000 sq. km
B) 3000000 sq. km
C) 3200000 sq. km
D) 3600000 sq. km

Answer 1

Hint: From north to south India measures 3,214 km and 2,933 km from east to west. The country has a coastline of 7,516.6 km and a land frontier of 15,200 km.

Complete answer:
With a kaleidoscopic variety and rich cultural heritage, India is one of the oldest civilizations in the world. It covers an area of 32, 87,263 sq. km or 1,269,346 sq mi, which extends from the snow-covered Himalayan heights to tropical rain forests of the south. As the sixth-largest country in the world, India stands apart from the rest of the Asian countries, the sea and the mountains, giving our country a distinct geographical entity. Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between the latitudes longitudes 68° 7' and 97° 25' east and 8° 4' and 37° 6' north, measures around 3,214 km from the north to the south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from the east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands is 7,516.6 km. In the north, bounded by the Great Himalayas, it stretches in the south direction and at the Tropic of Cancer, tapers off into the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Sea on the west and the Bay of Bengal on the east.
So, the correct answer is Option C.

Note: Russia is the biggest country in the world with a total area of 17,098,242 sq km. The country has a land area of 16,376,870 sq km which is equivalent to 11 percent of the total world's landmass.