GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Although India has only 2.4% of the world’s land area, its share of the global species diversity is an impressive 8.1%. That is what makes our country one of the 12 mega diversity countries of the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -Within only about 2 percent of the world’s total land surface, India is known to have over 7.5% of the species of animals that the world holds.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3, 287, 263 square kilometres (1, 269, 219 sq mi). India measures 3, 214 km (1, 997 mi) from north to south and 2, 933 km (1, 822 mi) from east to west.