Neighbouring Countries of India
India Shares the Border with several sovereign countries;it shares land borders with China, Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in the north or north-west, and with Bangladesh and Myanmar in the east. India also shares water borders with Sri Lanka, Maldives,Thailand, Indonesia.
Geographic Features:
Geographic features are features of the Earth ,Natural or Not.Natural geographical features consist of land forms and ecosystems.Human settlements or other engineered forms are considered types of artificial geographical features.
Artificial Features:
Artificial Feature of the Solid Surface of the Earth or other Planetary Body. Land forms Together makeup a Given Terrain ,and their Arrangement in the Landscape is Known as topography.
Neighbouring Countries of India
| Neighbouring Country | Capital | The Indian States which share Border |
| Afghanistan | Kabul | Ladakh (PoK) |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | West Bengal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura and Assam |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh & Assam |
| China | Beijing | Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh |
| Myanmar | Yangon | Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | Bihar, Uttarakhand, UP, Sikkim and West Bengal |
| Pakistan | Islamabad | Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat |
| Sri Lanka | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Legislative Capital) | It is separated from India by the Gulf of Mannar |
| Maldives | Male | It lies in the south-west part of India Ocean below the Lakshadweep Island |
General Questions:
- Which of these Indian states does not share a border with Bhutan?
(1) Assam
(2) Sikkim
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Arunachal Pradesh
(5) West Bengal
Answer: (3) Meghalaya
- Which two countries share the longest border in the world?
- India & Bhutan
- India & Pakistan
- China & India
- Myanmar & India
- India & Bangladesh
Answer: (5) India & Bangladesh
- How many countries share a sea border with India?
- One
- Three
- Four
- Two
- Seven
Answer: (4) Two
- Which country shares the smallest border with India?
- Pakistan
- China
- Bhutan
- Myanmar
- Afghanistan
Answer: (5) Afghanistan
5.Which State of India shares the longest international border with the neighbouring country?
- Jammu & Kashmir
- West Bengal
- Meghalaya
- Assam
- None of the Above
Answer: (2) West Bengal
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