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Countries Bordering the North Sea

GeographyLocational & Map-basedHow-many countingMediumStatic

Question

Consider the following countries: How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea?

  1. 1.

    Finland

  2. 2.

    Germany

  3. 3.

    Norway

  4. 4.

    Russia

Options

a

Only one

b

Only two

Answer
c

Only three

d

All four

Explanation

Only Germany and Norway border the North Sea. Finland and Russia border the Baltic Sea, the Gulf of Finland, and the Barents Sea (for Russia), but do not have coastlines on the North Sea, which is situated between Great Britain, Scandinavia, and mainland northwestern Europe.

The North Sea borders UK, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

Answer: (b).

Question details

Year

2024

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q8

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Locational & Map-based

Type

How-many counting

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography Cl.11 / North Sea European Geopolitics

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