With reference to India which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?1.India is the sixth largest country of the world.2.India occupies about 2.4% of the total area of the world.3.Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of the country dividing into two latitudinal halves.4.India lies completely in tropic zone.Select the correct answer from the code given below:

1. A

   2 and 3

   Option (a) asserts that statements 2 and 3 are correct. Statement 2 is true because India accounts for about 2.4 percent of the total land area of the world. Statement 3 is also correct as the Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of the country, dividing it roughly into two latitudinal halves. Since statement 1 incorrectly claims India is the sixth largest country instead of the seventh, and statement 4 wrongly places India completely in the tropical zone when it also lies in the subtropical or temperate zone, options 1 and 4 are incorrect, making this combined option the correct key.

2. B

   2 and 4

   Option (b) includes statement 4, which claims India lies completely in the tropic zone. This is factually incorrect because the part lying north of the Tropic of Cancer falls in the northern temperate or subtropical zone. Therefore, any combination containing statement 4 must be rejected.

3. C

   3 and 4

   Option (c) incorrectly includes statement 4 alongside the correct statement 3. Since India spans both tropical and subtropical zones, statement 4 is entirely wrong. Thus, this option cannot be accepted as the correct answer.

4. D

   1 and 2

   Option (d) includes statement 1, which states that India is the sixth largest country in the world. This is incorrect because India is actually the seventh largest country by area, after Russia, Canada, China, the United States, Brazil, and Australia. Hence, this option is wrong.

Summary. Official key is (a). Option (a) asserts that statements 2 and 3 are correct. Statement 2 is true because India accounts for about 2.4 percent of the total land area of the world. Statement 3 is also correct as the Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of the country, dividing it roughly into two latitudinal halves. Since statement 1 incorrectly claims India is the sixth largest country instead of the seventh, and statement 4 wrongly places India completely in the tropical zone when it also lies in the subtropical or temperate zone, options 1 and 4 are incorrect, making this combined option the correct key.