India’s share of Earth’s surface: Estimate the percentage of Earth’s total surface area covered by India. Use India’s total area ≈ 3.28 million km² and Earth’s surface area ≈ 510 million km². Choose the closest value.
General Knowledge
Indian Geography
Difficulty: Medium
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Answer
Correct Answer: 0.64% (approximately)
Explanation
Given
- India area ≈ 3.28 × 106 km²
- Earth surface area ≈ 5.10 × 108 km²
CalculationPercentage = (3.28 × 106 / 5.10 × 108) × 100= (3.28 / 510) × 100 ≈ 0.643% ≈ 0.64%
NoteIndia’s share of world land area is ≈ 2.4%, but of Earth’s total surface it is ≈ 0.64%.
Final Answer≈ 0.64%.