Question

India’s north western neighbours are…………….
(A) Nepal and Bhutan
(B) Sri Lanka and Maldives
(C) Pakistan and Afghanistan
(D) Myanmar and Bangladesh

Answer 1

Hint India is located in the southern part of Asia at the head of the indian ocean. India is the seventh largest country in the world. India is the only one country after which an ocean is named. India has a longest border and many neighbours with whom it has maintained friendly and good relations.

Complete step by step solution
India’s total border length is $15,106.7$ km. India has seven neighbor countries:
1. Pakistan and Afghanistan in north- west
2. China, Bhutan and Nepal in north- east
3. Sri Lanka in south- east and Maldives in north- southern
4. Myanmar and Bangladesh in the east.

Neighbor countries of india:
1. Afghanistan shares its border $106$ km with india. Afghanistan’s major economy is agriculture.
2. Bangladesh shares its border $4096.7$ km with india. The Rajshahi, Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rangpur and Sylhet borders share with india.
3. China shares its border $3488$ km with india. China has more population in the world.
4. Myanmar shares $1643$ km with india.
5. Nepal shares $1751$ km with india. Mount Everest is located in Nepal.
6. Pakistan shares $3323$ km with India. This country was a part of India at first.
7. Sri Lanka shares its border line as sea.
8. Maldives shares its border line as the sea border.

Thus the option (C) is correct

Note West Bengal state shares the lengthiest international border with neighbouring countries. Afghanistan's country shares a very small border with india. India and Bangladesh share the longest border in the world. The McMahon line border separates India and china.