Question

Punjab consists of _________ percentage of total land area of India.
A. 1.9%
B. 1.6%
C. 2.1%
D. 2.5%

Answer 1

Hint: Punjab is much smaller than the largest states in India. The whole region known as Punjab is not the same as the state in India. Punjab occupies an area of 50,362 square kilometres. It can also be written as 19,445 square miles.

Complete Answer:
Punjab is a state in the north western part of India. It is the 20th largest state of the country according to the land area. It is also the 16th largest state of India according to the amount of population.

Let us now see how much percentage of the total land of India is covered by the state of Punjab.-
A. 1.9% is slightly higher than the total percentage of land covered by Punjab. So, this is not the correct answer.
B. 1.6% of the total land area of India is under the state of Punjab. Therefore, this is the correct answer.
C. 2.1% is much higher than Punjab's percentage of land in the whole of India. Thus, this is not the correct answer.
D. 2.5% is also much higher than the percentage of land of India that is in Punjab. So, this too is not the correct answer.

Therefore, the correct answer is Option B.

Note: Punjabi is the official language of Punjab as well as the most commonly spoken language of the state. It is written in Gurumukhi script.
- Chandigarh is the capital of Punjab.
- The province of Pakistan which borders the Indian state of Punjab also shares the same name.
- Punjab is divided into 22 districts.
- Sutlej, Beas and Ravi are the tributaries of the Indus that flow through the Indian territory of Punjab.