Arrange the following lengths of Indian territory in increasing order:
A. Length of Indian Coastline
B. Length of land frontier
C. Border Length of Bhutan
D. Border Length of Nepal
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → C, D, A, B
The borders with single neighbours are parts of the land frontier, so they are shorter than the whole frontier; the four lengths are:
C. Border with Bhutan — about 699 km, the shortest of the four.
D. Border with Nepal — about 1,751 km, along Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim.
A. Coastline — 7,516.6 km for the mainland and the islands together (re-measured in 2023–24 as about 11,099 km, still less than the land frontier).
B. Land frontier — about 15,200 km, the longest, shared with Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.