Consider the following statements regarding the international border of India:
Consider the following statements regarding the international border of India:
- AOnly 1
- BOnly 1 and 3
- COnly 1 and 2
- DOnly 2
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C
Statement 1 correctly lists Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim as the five states bordering Nepal, and statement 2 correctly lists West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram as the five sharing borders with Bangladesh. Statement 3 is wrong because India's shortest international land border is with Afghanistan (around 106 km), not Bhutan, whose border runs nearly 700 km.