What problem occurs if (2.4%) related to India's size is taken as (24%)?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: India's share in world area will be wrongly shown as much larger
A percentage must be read carefully because a misplaced decimal changes the value greatly. India accounts for about 2.4% of the world’s total land area, not 24%. The value 24% would be ten times larger and would give a seriously exaggerated impression of India’s share of global area. It would therefore distort comparisons between countries and the world as a whole.
Option A correctly describes this problem. Options B, C, and D do not follow from changing 2.4% to 24%: the change would not make India’s coastline correct, reduce its land boundary, or automatically make it rank first. The important reasoning skill is to distinguish 2.4 from 24 and understand that the decimal changes the numerical meaning, not another geographical feature.
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India's share in world area will be wrongly shown as much larger
Why is this the correct answer?
A percentage must be read carefully because a misplaced decimal changes the value greatly. India accounts for about 2.4% of the world’s total land area, not 24%. The value 24% would be ten times larger and would give a seriously exaggerated impression of India’s share of global area. It would therefore distort comparisons between countries and the world as a whole.
Option A correctly describes this problem. Options B, C, and D do not follow from changing 2.4% to 24%: the change would not make India’s coastline correct, reduce its land boundary, or automatically make it rank first. The important reasoning skill is to distinguish 2.4 from 24 and understand that the decimal changes the numerical meaning, not another geographical feature.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 9 Geography question. Chapter: India – Size and Location. Topic: Size.
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