Correct option is D
The correct answer is (d) Tajikistan
Explanation:
- Tajikistan does not share a land boundary with India.
- Although it is geographically close to India (especially near the Union Territory of Ladakh), there is no direct border between the two countries.
- A narrow strip of land known as the Wakhan Corridor in Afghanistan separates Tajikistan from India.
Information Booster:
India's neighbouring countries:
Country | Border Length with India | Official Language(s) | Currency | Bordering Indian States |
Afghanistan | 106 km | Dari, Pashto | Afghan Afghani | Ladakh |
Bangladesh | 4,096.7 km | Bengali | Bangladeshi Taka | West Bengal, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam |
Bhutan | 699 km | Dzongkha | Bhutanese Ngultrum | West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam |
China | 3,488 km | Mandarin | Chinese Yuan | Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh |
Myanmar | 1,643 km | Burmese | Burmese Kyat | Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur |
Nepal | 1,751 km | Nepali | Nepalese Rupee | Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Sikkim, West Bengal |
Pakistan | 3,323 km | Urdu | Pakistani Rupee | Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat |
Sri Lanka | Sea Border | Sinhala, Tamil | Sri Lankan Rupee | Sea border via Gulf of Mannar (Tamil Nadu proximity) |