Question

State the geographical area of India along with its percentage about world area.
a.33.6 lakh km2, it is 2.2% of the world area.
b.32.8 lakh km2, it is 2.4% of the world area.
c.32.1 lakh km2, it is 2.8% of the world area.
d.None of these.

Answer 1

Hint: The Indian subcontinent, once related to Africa, collided with the Eurasian continent about 55 million years ago, forming the Himalayas. The Indian subcontinent is still wrecking northward into Asia.The Himalayas are growing at the rate of about 1cm per year.

Complete Answer:
-India is situated on the Indian Plate towards the northern part of the Indo-Australian Plate, whose continental crust forms the subcontinent of India.
-India is the seventh-largest country in the world. The total area of India is 3,287,263 square kilometres. It has a land area of 3.28 million km2 which is 2.4% of the world area.
-India has 28 states and 8 union territories. It shares its border with countries of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar and Bangladesh. India shares the longest boundary with Bangladesh of 4096.70 km which is the fifth-longest land border in the world. India shares a water border with Sri Lanka. It is connected to India by means of a narrow channel of sea created by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar.

Hence, option 'c' is correct.

Note: Russia is the largest country in terms of land area, Vatican City is the smallest. India ranks second in terms of the world population which is about 16.7 percent of the total population of the world.