Which one among the following states is smallest in area?
✓ Correct answer: d) Tamil Nadu
ExplanationArea of the states in the options given are :Gujarat : 196,024 square kilometersKarnataka : 191,791 square kilometersAndhra Pradesh : 160,205 square kilometersTamil Nadu : 130,058 square kilometers Therefore Tamil Nadu is the smallest among the four states.India covers an area of 3.287 million square kilometers (2.4% of the world’s land surface area), making it the sev- enth-largest country in the world by land area.As of now, In- dia is divided into 28 States and 8 Union Territories.Sequence of states in India area wise in descending order : Ra- jasthan > Madhya Pradesh > Maharashtra > Uttar Pradesh > Gujarat > Karnataka > Andhra Pradesh > Odisha > Chhat- tisgarh > Tamil Nadu > Telangana > Bihar > West Bengal > Arunachal Pradesh > Jharkhand > Assam > Himachal Pradesh > Uttarakhand > Punjab > Haryana > Kerala > Meghalaya > Ma- nipur > Nagaland > Tripura > Mizoram > Sikkim > Goa.The largest UT is Jammu and Kashmir while the smallest is the Lakshadweep.299
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