If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?

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Q: 49 (IAS/2017)
If you travel by road from Kohima to Kottayam, what is the minimum number of States within India through which you can travel, including the origin and the destination?

question_subject: 

Polity

question_exam: 

IAS

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0,44,44,25,44,12,7

keywords: 

{'kohima': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'kottayam': [0, 0, 0, 1], 'minimum number': [1, 0, 0, 0], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1], 'destination': [0, 2, 2, 3], 'road': [1, 2, 5, 6]}

The question is about geographical location and asks the minimum number of states one would have to travel through to get from Kohima to Kottayam by road.

Option 1 suggests that you would pass through 6 states. Option 2 suggests 7 states. Option 3 suggests 8 states, and Option 4 suggests 9 states.

The minimum states required to pass from Kohima (Nagaland) to Kottayam (Kerala) are: Nagaland, Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. This makes the correct answer, option 2, referencing 7 states.

Option 1 is one short and overlooks a state in the route. Option 3 proposes that you would need to cross an additional state, which is not necessary. Similarly, Option 4 assumes a route with two extraneous states.

So, the correct answer is 2, meaning traveling through 7 states.

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