Which among the following states of India have common borders with Pakistan ?

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Q: 72 (CDS-II/2010)
Which among the following states of India have common borders with Pakistan ?

question_subject: 

Geography

question_exam: 

CDS-II

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{'common borders': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'punjab': [2, 0, 1, 0], 'himachal pradesh': [6, 1, 6, 4], 'kashmir': [3, 1, 2, 2], 'pakistan': [3, 0, 1, 2], 'jammu': [4, 2, 0, 3], 'haryana': [2, 0, 3, 3], 'rajasthan': [0, 0, 1, 18], 'gujarat': [2, 0, 1, 1], 'india': [8, 1, 7, 13], 'states': [1, 0, 0, 1]}

Option 1 states that Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan have common borders with Pakistan. This is incorrect because Himachal Pradesh does not share a border with Pakistan.

Option 2 states that Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Gujarat have common borders with Pakistan. This is the correct answer. Punjab shares the largest portion of the border with Pakistan, followed by Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.

Option 3 states that Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan have common borders with Pakistan. This is incorrect because Haryana does not share a border with Pakistan.

Option 4 states that Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan have common borders with Pakistan. This is incorrect because Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat do not share a border with Pakistan.

Overall, option 2 is the correct answer as it correctly identifies the states in India that have common borders with Pakistan - Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, and Gujarat.