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Download Solution PDFIn terms of total land area what is India's rank in the world in the list of largest countries?
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SSC MTS Previous Paper 28 (Held On: 19 August 2019 Shift 1)
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Option 1 : 7
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- Russia, Canada, China are the top three countries respectively in the world in terms of total land area.
- India is the second-largest nation in terms of population.
- India is the seventh-largest in terms of area.
- Lying entirely in the Northern hemisphere the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4'N and 37°6'N and longitudes 68°7'E and 97°25'E.
- The Tropic of Cancer (23° 30'N) divides the country into almost two equal parts.
- To the southeast and southwest of the mainland, lie the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Lakshadweep Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea respectively.
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