Consider the following statements regarding the international border of India:
- The states of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim share borders with Nepal.
- The states of West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram share borders with Bangladesh.
- India shares the shortest international border with Bhutan.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
Correct answer: C
Explanation
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.