Question

Which of the following countries are landlocked countries?
1. Afghanistan
2. Hungary
3. Malaysia
4. Switzerland
Select the correct answer using the codes given below:
A. 1 and 2
B. 1, 2 and 3
C. 2, 3 and 4
D. 1, 2 and 4

Answer 1

Hint: A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins. The country or state who does not have a territory connected to an ocean is known as a landlocked country.

Complete answer:
The landlocked country Afghanistan is surrounded to the east and the south by Pakistan (including the areas of Kashmir which is administered by Pakistan and claimed by India). Afghanistan is also surrounded by Iran from the west, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan from the north and it has a small border stretch in the northeast with India and China both. Hungary is a landlocked country; it is surrounded by the country Austria from the west. Hungary shares its boundaries with Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia from the south and the southwest, Romania from the southeast, Ukraine from the northeast, and lastly Slovakia from the north. The country Switzerland is also a landlocked country and it shares its boundaries with 5 countries: Austria and Liechtenstein from the east, France from west Italy from the south, and Germany from the north.

Thus, option (D) is correct.

Additional information: Hungary has a total of 2,106 km of shared boundaries. Switzerland has a total of 1,852 km inland borders, and Afghanistan is the ninth-largest landlocked country in the world.

Note: Being a landlocked country arises some economic and political handicaps which could have been avoided if there was access to the international waters. Which is one of the most important reasons why Small as well as large countries have aimed to gain access to the open waters even if it asked for the great expense of bloodshed, capital, or wealth.