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Q27·GS Paper 1 · Prelims 2025

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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 borders with Pakistan (east and south), Iran (west), and Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan (north), along with a short border with China.

Azerbaijan is located in the Caucasus and does not share a border with Afghanistan. Kyrgyzstan is separated from Afghanistan by Tajikistan.

Map the Central Asian "-stans": Only Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan touch Afghanistan's northern frontier.

Answer: (c).

Question details

Year

2025

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q27

Subject

Geography

Sub-topic

Climatology & Atmosphere

Type

Assertion-Reason

Difficulty

Hard

Nature

Static

Source hint

NCERT Geography Cl.11 / Afghanistan Geopolitical Borders

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