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Indian Geography (Part-II)

📆 October 25, 2024

Total Questions: 28

1. Consider the following statements: [I.A.S. (Pre) 2006]

  1. Assam shares border with Bhutan and Bangladesh.
  2. West Bengal shares border with Bhutan and Nepal.
  3. Mizoram shares border with Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Correct Answer: (a) 1, 2 and 3
Solution:The political map of India clearly shows that Assam shares border with Bhutan and Bangladesh. West Bengal shares border with Bhutan, Nepal and Bangladesh. Mizoram shares border with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Thus all the above three statements are correct. Hence option (a) is the correct answer.

2. Which of the following Indian States shares its boundary with Bangladesh and Myanmar? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2023]

Correct Answer: (c) Mizoram
Solution:Mizoram shares its boundary with Bangladesh and Myanmar. Notably, Mizoram is located in the North East part of India and shares its Western border with Bangladesh and its eastern border with Myanmar.

3. Which one of the following states does not form the border with Bangladesh? [Uttarakhand U.D.A./L.D.A. (Mains) 2007, U.P.P.C.S. (Spl) (Mains) 2004, U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2002, U.P. Lower Sub. (Pre) 2002]

Correct Answer: (c) Manipur
Solution:West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura are the Indian states that share their borders with Bangladesh. Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Chittagong are the six divisions of Bangladesh that are situated along the India-Bangladesh border. Manipur does not share border with Bangladesh. Manipur has an International border with Myanmar.

4. Which of the following states does not form its boundary with Bangladesh? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2016]

Correct Answer: (b) Nagaland
Solution:West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura are the Indian states that share their borders with Bangladesh. Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Chittagong are the six divisions of Bangladesh that are situated along the India-Bangladesh border. Manipur does not share border with Bangladesh. Manipur has an International border with Myanmar.

5. Indian states bordering Bangladesh are – [Chhattisgarh P.C.S. (Pre) 2003]

Correct Answer: (c) Meghalaya, Assam, W. Bengal, Tripura
Solution:West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura are the Indian states that share their borders with Bangladesh. Mymensingh, Rangpur, Khulna, Sylhet, Rajshahi and Chittagong are the six divisions of Bangladesh that are situated along the India-Bangladesh border. Manipur does not share border with Bangladesh. Manipur has an International border with Myanmar.

6. Which one of the following Indian states does not share border with Bhutan? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2012]

Correct Answer: (b) Meghalaya
Solution:Bhutan and India are neighbouring countries that share border with each other. The Indian states of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh share their borders with Bhutan. Meghalaya does not share border with Bhutan. It shares border with Bangladesh.

7. Which of the following states in India, do not share border with Bhutan? [Jharkhand P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (c) Bihar
Solution:Bhutan and India are neighbouring countries that share border with each other. The Indian states of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh share their borders with Bhutan. Meghalaya does not share border with Bhutan. It shares border with Bangladesh.

8. In November 1998, the Composite Dialogue Process between India and Pakistan included three contentious issues listed below as 1, 2, and 3. Contentious Issues are– [I.A.S. (Pre) 1999]

1. Disengagement of troops

2. Settlement of boundary dispute

3. Sharing river water.

Match the issues with the areas marked in the map as A, B and C and select the correct answer using the code given below :-

Correct Answer: (a) A-2 B-1 C-3
Solution:
  • The Composite Dialogue Process between India and Pakistan was started in November, 1998, under which 6 issues were scheduled for negotiation, including Sir Creek Sea Treaty, Wullar Barrage/Tulbul Navigation Project and deployment of army troops on LOC. A denotes Sir Creek region, B denotes LOC region, C denotes Sindhu river Region.

9. Which of the following Indian state shares the maximum boundary with Myanmar? [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 2007]

Correct Answer: (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Solution:Arunachal Pradesh shares maximum boundary with Myanmar. The neighbouring countries of India are Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The Indian boundaries are of both types i.e., natural and man-made. India shares the longest land boundary with Bangladesh (4096.7 km) and the shortest land boundary with Afghanistan (106 km). Indian States & UTs bordering with neighbouring countries are :
  1. Bordering Pakistan - Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat
  2. Bordering China - Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Bordering Nepal - Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal
  4. Bordering Bangladesh - West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
  5. Bordering Bhutan - West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
  6. Bordering Myanmar - Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram
  7. Bordering Afghanistan - Ladakh

10. Which States of India have a common border with Myanmar? [68th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2022]

Correct Answer: (b) Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram
Solution:Arunachal Pradesh shares maximum boundary with Myanmar. The neighbouring countries of India are Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. The Indian boundaries are of both types i.e., natural and man-made. India shares the longest land boundary with Bangladesh (4096.7 km) and the shortest land boundary with Afghanistan (106 km). Indian States & UTs bordering with neighbouring countries are :
  1. Bordering Pakistan - Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat
  2. Bordering China - Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh
  3. Bordering Nepal - Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim and West Bengal
  4. Bordering Bangladesh - West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram
  5. Bordering Bhutan - West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
  6. Bordering Myanmar - Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram
  7. Bordering Afghanistan - Ladakh
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