Which option correctly states India’s area rank?

Correct answer: India is the seventh-largest country by area

The governing concept is the ordinal ranking of countries according to total geographical area. India covers about 3.28 million square kilometres and is generally identified as the seventh-largest country in the world by area. Thus option A correctly combines the country, the measurement basis, and the rank. Option B is false because Russia, Canada, China, the United States, Brazil, and Australia are larger under the usual ranking. Option C is the opposite of the evidence, and option D is incorrect because countries can be compared and ranked by their measured territorial areas. The word “seventh” is the key fact.