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Q36 (IAS/2026) Geography › Maps & Locations Official Key

Which of the following with reference to Indian States is/are not correct?

  1. Uttar Pradesh shares its boundary with the highest number of other Indian States.
  2. Rajasthan shares the longest international border among all Indian States.
  3. Sikkim is the only State that shares its boundary with just one other Indian State.

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Statement 1 is correct: Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with the highest number of Indian states. It borders 8 states (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bihar) and one Union Territory (Delhi).

Statement 2 is incorrect: West Bengal shares the longest international border among all Indian states. It has a total international border of over 2,500 km (including a 2,217 km border with Bangladesh, along with borders with Bhutan and Nepal). Rajasthan shares a 1,070 km border with Pakistan, which is not the longest.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Sikkim is not the only state sharing its boundary with just one other Indian state. Meghalaya also shares its boundary with only one Indian state (Assam).

Since the question asks for the statements that are not correct, the correct answer is 2 and 3.

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While the skeleton traces this to MHA reports and current affairs, this is fundamentally a hardcore Atlas-based static geography question. UPSC is testing your spatial awareness and visual memory of India's political map, specifically focusing on 'extremes' (longest, highest, only).

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CA salience: moderate CA window: 2024-12-10 → 2026-05-28 Strong web sources: 3
Statement 1
Which Indian State shares its boundary with the highest number of other Indian States?
Origin: Web / Current Affairs Fairness: CA heavy Web-answerable
Web / Current Affairs
www.mha.gov.in Primary · Govt
Presence: 5/5
Why this source?
  • The source is hosted on the official Invest UP (Government of Uttar Pradesh) portal.
  • It explicitly identifies that Uttar Pradesh shares its borders with eight states.
  • It lists the specific states: Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bihar (plus the UT of Delhi).
www.mcrhrdi.gov.in Primary · Govt
Presence: 4/5
Why this source?
  • Official Annual Report from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
  • Confirms the extensive border management and the specific states bordering international neighbors, indirectly supporting the count of internal state boundaries for large states like UP.
  • UP is consistently cited as a primary state with the most complex internal and international border interface.
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