Q. Consider the following statements with respect to India's geographical span:

1. The distance between India's extreme latitudes is more in comparison to distance between India's extreme longitudes
2. The total land-border of India is almost double of total coastline of India (including islands).

Which of the above is / are correct statements?
Answer: Both 1 & 2
Notes: Lying entirely in the northern hemisphere, the mainland extends between latitudes 8°4’ and 37°6’ north, longitudes 68°7’ and 97°25’ east and measures about 3,214 km from north to south between the extreme latitudes and about 2,933 km from east to west between the extreme longitudes. It has a land frontier of about 15,200 km. The total length of the coastline of the mainland, Lakshadweep Islands and Andaman and Nicobar Islands is 7,516.6 km.