Which of the following Indian States is broadly as large as the European nationAustria? (1) Kerala (2) West Bengal (3) Orissa (4) Karnataka

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(2) West Bengal Explanation: North-Eastern India, the country's tribal corner, with lush, beautiful landscapes, endemic flora and fauna of the Indo-Malayan group and famous for Tea Gardens, consists of seven tiny states of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura. By Indian standards, some of them are larger than Switzerland or Austria. The Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, with an area of 83,743 km square is comparable to Austria. The territory of Austria covers 83,855 square kilometres. The area of Karnataka is 191,791 sq. km (comparable to Senegal); that of Kerala is 38,633 sq. km (comparable to Bhutan); and that of West Bengal is 88,752 sq. km (comparable to Serbia), West Bengal, among the given options, is the most suitable.

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