Consider the following statements: 1.In India, the Himalayas are spread over five States only. 2.Western Ghats are spread over five States only. 3.Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Q: 58 (IAS/2017)
Consider the following statements:
1.In India, the Himalayas are spread over five States only.
2.Western Ghats are spread over five States only.
3.Pulicat Lake is spread over two States only.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,63,52,11,63,29,12

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{'himalayas': [5, 0, 3, 4], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13]}

The correct answer is Option 2: 3 only, which asserts that Pulicat Lake is spread over two states. This is correct as Pulicat Lake, the second largest brackish-water lake or lagoon in India, straddles the border of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Statement 1: The Himalayas are not confined to five states in India. They span across several states in the north and northeastern parts of the country: Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, as well as parts of Assam and West Bengal.

Statement 2: The Western Ghats also expand beyond five states. These mountain ranges stretch along the western edge of India’s Deccan Plateau and pass through the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

In light of these explanations, all the options containing either statement 1 or 2 aren`t correct. Therefore, the correct answer is Option 2: 3 only.