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SSC CGL India and Its Neighbouring Countries — practice questions

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With how many sovereign nations does India share land borders, not counting the Afghanistan claim?Read the answer and worked solution →Which South Asian neighbour is linked to India only by a maritime border through Ram Setu?Read the answer and worked solution →India has built a border fence along its frontier with which of these countries?Read the answer and worked solution →The famous joint border ceremony near Amritsar and Lahore is held at which crossing?Read the answer and worked solution →Through its claim on Kashmir, India's Home Ministry recognizes a 106 km land border with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →India claims a territorial sea of how many nautical miles from its coast?Read the answer and worked solution →India's exclusive economic zone extends up to how far from its baseline?Read the answer and worked solution →India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Myanmar, Indonesia and which other country?Read the answer and worked solution →In which year did India and Bhutan sign their original Treaty of Friendship?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country is the largest beneficiary of India's foreign aid?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Indian Army body is permanently based in western Bhutan to train the Royal Bhutan Army?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1958 which Indian Prime Minister visited Bhutan and backed its independence?Read the answer and worked solution →Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in which year?Read the answer and worked solution →Which country did Narendra Modi choose as his first foreign destination as Prime Minister?Read the answer and worked solution →At Rio+20 in 2012, Bhutan pledged to be the first country to go fully what?Read the answer and worked solution →The relationship between India and Nepal is often described by which phrase?Read the answer and worked solution →India-Nepal relations began with which 1950 agreement?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Kathmandu airport was built with Indian help and completed in 1954?Read the answer and worked solution →Since 1950 India and Nepal have awarded each other's Army chiefs which honour?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the annual joint military exercise between India and Nepal called?Read the answer and worked solution →Kalapani and Susta are territorial disputes between India and which country?Read the answer and worked solution →The 80 km road linking Lipulekh pass with Dharchula, opened in May 2020, strained ties with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Nepali king proposed in 1975 that Nepal be recognised as a Zone of Peace?Read the answer and worked solution →Modi's August 2014 trip to Nepal was the first official visit by an Indian Prime Minister in how many years?Read the answer and worked solution →India and Nepal share a land border of roughly how many kilometres?Read the answer and worked solution →After the April 2015 earthquake in Nepal, India committed how much for reconstruction?Read the answer and worked solution →Which strait separates India and Sri Lanka by only about 12 nautical miles?Read the answer and worked solution →In what year was the Indo-Sri Lankan Accord signed, leading to Indian troops in the island's north?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Sri Lankan president demanded the withdrawal of the Indian Peace Keeping Force?Read the answer and worked solution →Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in 1991 by a suicide bomber linked to which group?Read the answer and worked solution →

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With how many sovereign nations does India share land borders, not counting the Afghanistan claim?

  1. Eight
  2. Five
  3. Six
  4. Four
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Correct answer: C. Six

India's land frontiers run with China, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, which makes six countries.

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Which South Asian neighbour is linked to India only by a maritime border through Ram Setu?

  1. Bangladesh
  2. Bhutan
  3. Sri Lanka
  4. Myanmar
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Correct answer: C. Sri Lanka

Unlike the other neighbours, the island nation has no land frontier with India, only a sea boundary across Ram Setu.

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India has built a border fence along its frontier with which of these countries?

  1. Nepal
  2. China
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Bhutan
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Correct answer: C. Bangladesh

Fences have been built along the Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan borders, while Bhutan, Nepal and China are not fenced.

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