Question

The Zero Mile Stone is a pillar built by British during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1907, considered to be the center of India. Which city is it located in?

a. Chandrapur
b. Nagpur
c. Jabalpur
d. Bhopal

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Answer 1

Answer :

The Zero Mile Stone is a pillar built by British during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1907, considered to be the center of India. It is located in Nagpur.

Step-by-step explanation :

Zero Mile Stone was a pillar which was built by British.

This tower was built during the Great Trigonometrical Survey of India in 1907.

Zero Mile Stone is situated in Nagpur which is a city in Maharashtra.

The height of top of the pillar is 1020.171 feet above the mean sea level.

Nagpur is at the geographical centre-point of India and the zero mile marker is located here, therefore it is called the Zero Mile centre of India.

Hence, option B is correct.

Answer 2

Option B i.e Nagpur is the correct answer.

It is said that the Zero Mile Stone, a long stand stone pillar was constructed by the British in Nagpur and it was regarded as the geographical center of colonial India. It is also said that it was built to use this point to measure all the distances. But there are no verified evidences of Zero Mile Stone being the geographical center of colonial India.