Question

In the question given below, there are two statements marked as Assertion (A) and

Reason (R). Read the statements and chose the correct option:

Assertion (A): Indian Ocean got its name after the country name India.

Reason (R): India has the longest coastline in Indian Ocean.

Options:

a. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.

b. Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

c. A is true but R is false.

d. A is false but R is true.22​

Answer 1

Answer:

correct answer is (d)

Explanation:

The Indian landmass has a central location

between East and West Asia is wrong

statment.

- India has a long coastline on the Indian

Ocean is a right statement

India has a very long coastline, and it

measures about 7,516.6 km bordering the

mainland and the islands with the Bay of

Bengal in the East, the Indian Ocean on the

South and the Arabian Sea on the West.

The "India" landmass was once situated

well south of the Equator, but its northern

margins began to collide against the

southward-moving Eurasian Plate about 40

to 50 million years ago.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Option d.

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