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Write whether the statements are true or false.
1. Sri Lanka is officially known as the Democratic Socialist
Republic of Sri Lanka.
2. Maldives is made up of 62 small islands that are
arranged in a north-south manner
3. Pakistan is located towards the west of India.
4. China has a population of at least 1.35 million people.
5. Hinduism and Jainism are the two major religions
practised by the people of Nepal.
Answers
Answer:
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. False
5. False
Explanation:
1. Sri Lanka officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in the northern Indian Ocean which has been known under various names over time. Under British rule, the island was known as Ceylon from 1815 to 1972.
2. Sprawled throughout the Indian Ocean like the jewels of a broken necklace, the Maldives is actually made up of around 1190 coral islands that are grouped in a double chain that makes up 26 atolls.
3. Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast.
4. BEIJING (Reuters) - China's population grew to 1.34 billion by 2010, according to census figures released on Thursday, up 5.9 percent from the 1.27 billion counted in the last census in 2000, and lower than the 1.4 billion population some demographers had projected for the latest tally.
5. Indian religions, sometimes also termed Dharmic religions or Indic religions, are the religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent; namely Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. These religions are also all classified as Eastern religions.
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