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Which is the southernmost point of mainland India?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu is the southernmost point of the Indian mainland, at about 8°4′N, where the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean meet. The qualifier is what the question turns on. The southernmost point of the Republic of India as a whole is Indira Point, on Great Nicobar Island, at about 6°45′N - and it subsided by several metres in the 2004 tsunami. The other extremities are worth learning together. The northernmost point is in the Ladakh region; the westernmost is Guhar Moti in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat; and the easternmost is Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh. The distance from Kanyakumari to Kashmir is about 3,200 km, and from Gujarat to Arunachal Pradesh about 2,900 km - the east–west span being wide enough that the sun rises in Arunachal nearly two hours before it does in Gujarat, though both keep the same clock time.
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