How many states of the Indian Union share their boundary with Ban
| How many states of the Indian Union share their boundary with Bangladesh?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 5
D. 3
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Right Answer is: C
SOLUTION
The correct answer is 5.
- India has 15,106.7 km of land border and a coastline of 7,516.6 km including island territories.
- India shares its land border with seven countries-
- Afghanistan and Pakistan to the North-West,
- China, Bhutan and Nepal to the North,
- Bangladesh to the East and
- Myanmar to the Far East.
- There are five Indian states that share their boundary with Bangladesh. They are - West Bengal, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Assam.
- Sri Lanka (from the south-east) and Maldives (from the south-west) are two countries with water borders.
