With reference to the Mount Everest consider the following statements The Foreign Ministers of Nepal...........

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With reference to the Mount Everest, consider the following statements

The Foreign Ministers of Nepal and China jointly certified the elevation of Mount Everest at 8,848.86 metres above sea level, 86 cm higher than what was recognised since 1954.
Mount Everest rises from the border between China and India.

Select the correct statement.

1 only

2 only

Both

None

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Explanation:

Recently the Foreign Ministers of Nepal and China jointly certified the elevation of Mount Everest at 8,848.86 metres above sea level — 86 cm higher than what was recognised since 1954.

The elevation of 8,848 m was determined by Survey of India in 1954. In 1999, a US team put the elevation at 29,035 feet (nearly 8,850 m). This survey was sponsored by the National Geographic Society, US.
The elevation of 8,848 m came to be accepted in all references worldwide — except by China. Mount Everest rises from the border between Nepal and China.

Hence only statement 1st is correct.