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What is the ratio of the width of India's national flag to its length?

Paragraph 1.3 of the Flag Code of India specifies length to width as 3:2. The question asks for width to length, which is 2:3.

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What is the ratio of the width of India's national flag to its length?

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Paragraph 1.3 of the Flag Code of India specifies length to width as 3:2.

The question asks for width to length, which is 2:3.

Option feedback

Option A

The flag is two units wide for every three units of length, so 1:2 gives too small a width.

Option B

The Code specifies length to width as 3:2. Reversing the order gives 2:3.

Option C

The ratio 3:2 gives length to width, the reverse of the order asked.

Option D

The ratio 7:9 does not equal the prescribed width-to-length ratio.

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