Consider the following countries: 1. Azerbaijan 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Tajikistan 4. Turkmenistan 5. Uzbekistan Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan?
A1, 2 and 5 only
B1, 2, 3 and 4 only
C3, 4 and 5 only
D1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. 3, 4 and 5 only
Answer: C. Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan share borders with Afghanistan; Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan do not.
Afghanistan's neighbours: Iran (west), Pakistan (south and east), China (small Wakhan Corridor in northeast), and three Central Asian countries to the north.
The three northern neighbours are:
(3) TAJIKISTAN: shares the longest Central Asian border with Afghanistan, along the Amu Darya (Pyanj) river in the Pamir region.
(4) TURKMENISTAN: borders Afghanistan in the northwest along the Murghab river region.
(5) UZBEKISTAN: borders Afghanistan in the north via the Amu Darya around Termez and Mazar-i-Sharif.
NOT bordering Afghanistan:
(1) AZERBAIJAN: located in the South Caucasus on the Caspian Sea, separated from Afghanistan by Iran and Turkmenistan.
(2) KYRGYZSTAN: bordered by Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China — NOT Afghanistan.
So C (3, 4, 5).
Source: NCERT Class 11 Fundamentals of Physical Geography / Central Asia political maps.
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