Which pair of countries shares a maritime boundary with India?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Maldives and Sri Lanka
A maritime boundary is a sea frontier, so both countries in the pair must be island or sea neighbours. Sri Lanka lies across the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar, and the Maldives lie to the south-west of Lakshadweep — India shares only a sea boundary with each of them.
Nepal, Bhutan and China are landlocked neighbours or land-boundary neighbours, and although India shares a maritime boundary with Pakistan and Myanmar as well, it also shares long land borders with both, so those pairs do not answer the question.