Question

Which of the following states of India shares its boundaries with three neighbouring countries?
a)Meghalaya
b)Assam
c)West Bengal
d)Tripura

Answer 1

Hint:India has a land border of 15106.7km and shares it with Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. India shares its longest land boundary with Bangladesh

Complete answer:17 of India’s states share their land borders with India’s neighbouring countries.Let us look at the options given to us.

Option (A ) Meghalaya attained complete statehood in 1972 and shares its boundary with Bangladesh. It has Assam to its east and north, and Bangladesh to its west and south. It shares a 443km long border with Bangladesh.

Option (B)Assam is surrounded by Bhutan and Arunachal on its north, Nagaland and Manipur on its east , West Bengal to west and Mizoram and Bangladesh in the south. Assam has a boundary of 267km with Bhutan and 263 km with Bangladesh.

Option(C) West Bengal shares its border with Bangladesh in the east and Bhutan and Nepal in its north. It shares a border of 2216km long with Bangladesh , 197km long with Bhutan and 96km with Nepal.

Option (D ) Tripura shares its borders with Bangladesh in north , south and west and has Assam and Mizoram to its east. It shares a boundary of 856km with Bangladesh

Therefore the correct answer is option (C ).

Note:India also shares sea borders with Maldives and Sri Lanka.India is in the top five countries which have the longest international border(the other countries being Russia, China and Brazil)