Which of the following statements is true?

Concept

In a factual “which statement is true” question, test every claim against the relevant official statistic and keep units, reference year, and rounding consistent. Composite choices such as “more than one” or “none” are evaluated only after the individual claims have been checked.

Application

The 2011 Census records Sikkim’s population as 610,577. Since one lakh equals 100,000, this is 6.10577 lakh, which is about 6 lakh when rounded to the nearest lakh.

Contrast

• “Uttar Pradesh is the largest State in India in terms of area” does not align with the state-area ranking: Rajasthan has the greatest area, while Uttar Pradesh is smaller.

• “India accounts for 2.6 percent of the world’s area” does not align with the standard geographical figure of about 2.4 percent.

• “More than one of the above” would require at least two individual factual statements to be supported; the area and world-area-share statements are not.

• “None of the above” would require every individual statement to be unsupported, whereas the rounded Sikkim population statement is supported by the 2011 Census figure.

Cross-check

Dividing 610,577 by 100,000 gives 6.10577 lakh; rounding that value to the nearest lakh gives 6 lakh. Therefore, the supported statement is: “As per the 2011 Census, Sikkim has a population of 6 lakhs.”