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  • A. China
  • B. Tajikistan
  • C. Pakistan
  • D. Kyrgyzstan

Explanation: The Wakhan Corridor's eastern tip touches China's Xinjiang region.

Correct answer: China
  • A. Yes, at the Khunjerab Pass
  • B. No — Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor separates them
  • C. Only a river border
  • D. Yes

Explanation: The Wakhan Corridor keeps Pakistan and Tajikistan from sharing a border.

Correct answer: No — Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor separates them
  • A. India, Bangladesh, China and Afghanistan
  • B. India, Nepal, China and Iran
  • C. Afghanistan, Iran, Oman and China
  • D. India, Afghanistan, Iran and China

Explanation: Pakistan borders India, Afghanistan, Iran and China (via Gilgit-Baltistan).

Correct answer: India, Afghanistan, Iran and China
  • A. The Radcliffe Line
  • B. The McMahon Line
  • C. The Line of Control
  • D. The Durand Line

Explanation: The Durand Line (1893) is the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, whose status Afghanistan has disputed.

Correct answer: The Durand Line
  • A. The Radcliffe Award
  • B. The McMahon Award
  • C. The Simla Award
  • D. The Durand Award

Explanation: Cyril Radcliffe's boundary award partitioned Punjab and Bengal in 1947.

Correct answer: The Radcliffe Award
  • A. India and Bangladesh
  • B. Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered areas of the disputed Kashmir region
  • C. India and China in Ladakh
  • D. Pakistan and Afghanistan

Explanation: The LoC divides Kashmir between Indian and Pakistani administration.

Correct answer: Indian-administered and Pakistan-administered areas of the disputed Kashmir region
  • A. Legal Armistice Corridor
  • B. Land Acquisition Commission
  • C. Line of Actual Control
  • D. Long Asian Corridor

Explanation: The LAC is the de facto India–China border line.

Correct answer: Line of Actual Control
  • A. No — India and China dispute the boundary and differ over parts of the LAC's alignment
  • B. It no longer exists
  • C. Yes, settled in 1962
  • D. Yes, ratified by the UN

Explanation: The LAC remains disputed, with differing Indian and Chinese claims.

Correct answer: No — India and China dispute the boundary and differ over parts of the LAC's alignment
  • A. India and Bhutan
  • B. India and Myanmar
  • C. India and Nepal
  • D. Myanmar and Thailand

Explanation: Bangladesh's land borders are with India and Myanmar.

Correct answer: India and Myanmar
  • A. India and Nepal
  • B. Pakistan and Afghanistan
  • C. India and Bangladesh
  • D. China and Bhutan

Explanation: The 2015 India–Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement swapped over 160 enclaves.

Correct answer: India and Bangladesh
  • A. India and China
  • B. France and Germany
  • C. Brazil and Argentina
  • D. China and Russia

Explanation: China and Russia each have fourteen land neighbours, the most of any countries.

Correct answer: China and Russia
  • A. Armenia
  • B. Georgia
  • C. Azerbaijan
  • D. Moldova

Explanation: Yerevan is the capital of landlocked Armenia.

Correct answer: Armenia
  • A. Russia, Georgia, Iran and Iraq
  • B. Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Türkiye
  • C. Türkiye, Syria, Iran and Azerbaijan
  • D. Georgia, Russia, Türkiye and Iran

Explanation: Armenia is landlocked among Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Türkiye.

Correct answer: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Türkiye
  • A. Absheron
  • B. Lankaran
  • C. Nakhchivan
  • D. Karabakh

Explanation: Nakhchivan is Azerbaijan's exclave, separated from the mainland by Armenia.

Correct answer: Nakhchivan
  • A. Masirah
  • B. Dhofar
  • C. Al Buraimi
  • D. Musandam

Explanation: Oman's Musandam exclave juts into the Strait of Hormuz.

Correct answer: Musandam
  • A. United Arab Emirates
  • B. Saudi Arabia
  • C. Kuwait
  • D. Bahrain

Explanation: Qatar shares its only land border with Saudi Arabia.

Correct answer: Saudi Arabia
  • A. Iraq and Jordan
  • B. Saudi Arabia and Qatar
  • C. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
  • D. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran

Explanation: Kuwait's two land neighbours are Iraq and Saudi Arabia (Iran lies across the Gulf).

Correct answer: Iraq and Saudi Arabia
  • A. China, Vietnam and Laos
  • B. Russia, Japan and South Korea
  • C. China, Mongolia and Japan
  • D. China, Russia and South Korea

Explanation: North Korea borders China, Russia and South Korea.

Correct answer: China, Russia and South Korea
  • A. North Korea
  • B. Japan
  • C. China
  • D. Russia

Explanation: South Korea's sole land border is with North Korea.

Correct answer: North Korea
  • A. The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)
  • B. The Taebaek Mountains
  • C. The Yalu River
  • D. The 38th parallel wall

Explanation: The 4-km-wide DMZ buffer zone has divided the Koreas since 1953.

Correct answer: The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)