Arrange the following countries in increasing order of the length of the boundary India shares with them:
A. Nepal
B. Pakistan
C. China
D. Bhutan
E. Myanmar
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → D, E, A, B, C
The countries are ordered by the length of India’s land boundary with each, from the shortest to the longest:
(D) Bhutan — about 699 km, the shortest of the five.
(E) Myanmar — about 1,643 km, along the hills of the north-eastern states.
(A) Nepal — about 1,751 km, only a little longer than the Myanmar border.
(B) Pakistan — about 3,323 km, from Gujarat to Jammu and Kashmir.
(C) China — about 3,488 km, the longest of the five (only Bangladesh, not in the list, has a longer border with India).