Question

Which neighbouring country does not share a land boundary with India?
(a) China
(b) Myanmar
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Nepal

Answer 1

Hint: India shares its borders with several countries. It shares its land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, and water borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives and Indonesia.

Complete Answer:
India is located in the southern part of Asia. It has a land border of 15,106.7 km and a marine border of 7,516.6 km. It is situated in the Northern Hemisphere latitudinally and located in the Eastern hemisphere longitudinally.
India is the second-largest country in terms of population and India is the seventh-largest in terms of area.
Bangladesh covers the longest border of around 4096km and Sri Lanka shares the smallest border of 0.1km.
Looking at the options given:
Option A: India and China share a 3,488-km-long border. The border runs along 4 states of India, namely, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh and a Union Territories of Ladakh. The border is called the Sino-Indian border. This is an incorrect answer.
Option B: India and Myanmar share a 1,643-km-long border. The border runs along 4 states of India namely Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram. This is an incorrect answer.
Option C: Sri Lanka shares a negligible border of 0.1km. It is connected to Sri Lanka through the Palk Strait and doesn't share a boundary with India. Therefore, this is the correct answer.
Option D: India and Nepal share 1850 km-long-border. The border runs along 5 states of India, namely, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.

Note: While answering this question keep in mind that every neighbouring country of India doesn't share a border with it, exceptions like Sri Lanka are also there.