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Which is the most correct analysis of why India's total coastline is longer than the mainland coastline?

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Correct answer: Island coastlines are added to the total coastline

The governing measurement concept is that total coastline includes every counted coastal segment belonging to the country, not merely the continuous coast of the mainland. India’s mainland peninsula has a substantial coastline, and the shores of island groups such as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep add further coastal segments. When these island lengths are included, the national total becomes greater than the mainland-only figure. Option A states this correctly. Option B is false because the mainland borders the sea on several sides. Option C uses the wrong unit: coastline is a length measured in kilometres, not an area measured in square kilometres. Option D confuses an international land boundary with coastline accounting. Thus A is the only valid explanation.

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Total CoastlineIslandsMainland CoastSize And ExtentIndia LocationGeographyClass 11 Mcq

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