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Q27·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2022

Countries bordering Afghanistan

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Question

Consider the following countries: Which of the above have borders with Afghanistan?

  1. 1.

    Azerbaijan

  2. 2.

    Kyrgyzstan

  3. 3.

    Tajikistan

  4. 4.

    Turkmenistan

  5. 5.

    Uzbekistan

Options

a

1, 2 and 5 only

b

1, 2, 3 and 4 only

c

3, 4 and 5 only

Answer
d

1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Explanation

Afghanistan shares its northern borders strictly with three Central Asian "Stans": Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. It does not share a border with Kyrgyzstan (shielded by Tajikistan) or Azerbaijan (which is far to the west across the Caspian Sea).

Afghanistan's neighbors: Pakistan (East/South), Iran (West), Turkmenistan/Uzbekistan/Tajikistan (North), and a tiny corridor with China (Northeast).

Answer: (c).

Question details

Year

2022

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q27

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

World Economic & Political Geography

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

NCERT Geography Cl.11 / Afghanistan Taliban Geopolitical Geographics

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