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  1. The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately ________.

  2. A.

     24 million sq km

    B.

     44 million sq km

    C.

     64 million sq km

    D.

     74 million sq km

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    Answer : Option D

    Explanation :

    The area or the Indian Ocean is approximately 74 million sq km. Indian Ocean, body of salt water covering approximately one-fifth of the total ocean area of the world. It is the smallest, geologically youngest, and physically most complex of the world’s three major oceans. It stretches for more than 6,200 miles (10,000 km) between the southern tips of Africa and Australia and, without its marginal seas, has an area of about 28,360,000 square miles (73,440,000 square km).


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