Important MCQs for Chapter -2-India and Her Neighbours
Section A: Multiple Choice Questions:
1. Which of the following countries is an example of India’s maritime neighbour?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Sri Lanka
d) Afghanistan
Answer: c) Sri Lanka
2. What connects India and Sri Lanka across the sea?
a) The Persian Gulf
b) The Palk Strait
c) The Red Sea
d) The Strait of Malacca
Answer: b) The Palk Strait
3. Which country is known as the ‘Land of the Thunder Dragon’?
a) Nepal
b) Myanmar
c) Thailand
d) Bhutan
Answer: d) Bhutan
4. The Kartarpur Corridor connects India with which neighbouring country?
a) Bangladesh
b) Pakistan
c) Afghanistan
d) China
Answer: b) Pakistan
5. Which Indian state shares a border with Bangladesh?
a) Gujarat
b) Punjab
c) Meghalaya
d) Rajasthan
Answer: c) Meghalaya
6. Which ancient university in India collaborated with the Muara Jambi temple complex in Indonesia?
a) Takshashila
b) Nalanda
c) Vikramshila
d) Valabhi
Answer: b) Nalanda
7. Which country was earlier known as ‘Burma’?
a) Thailand
b) Cambodia
c) Myanmar
d) Laos
Answer: c) Myanmar
8. What is the official language of the Maldives?
a) Sinhala
b) Tamil
c) Dhivehi
d) Malay
Answer: c) Dhivehi
9. The ‘Ananda Temple’, which India helped restore, is located in:
a) Nepal
b) Sri Lanka
c) Myanmar
d) Bhutan
Answer: c) Myanmar
10. Which two countries are members of the International Solar Alliance mentioned in the text?
a) India and the Maldives
b) India and China
c) India and Pakistan
d) India and Afghanistan
Answer: a) India and the Maldives
11. The term ‘Suvarnabhumi’ referred to islands in which region?
a) Central Asia
b) Southeast Asia
c) West Asia
d) East Africa
Answer: b) Southeast Asia
12. Which Indian state does NOT share a border with Nepal?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Assam
Answer: d) Assam
13. The Petronas Towers are a famous landmark in which city?
a) Singapore
b) Bangkok
c) Kuala Lumpur
d) Jakarta
Answer: c) Kuala Lumpur
14. Who introduced Buddhism to Sri Lanka in the 3rd century BCE?
a) Faxian and Xuanzang
b) Mahendra and Sanghamitra
c) Guru Padmasambhava
d) Bodhidharma
Answer: b) Mahendra and Sanghamitra
15. What does the term ‘Drukyul’ mean?
a) Land of Snow
b) Land of Rivers
c) Land of the Thunder Dragon
d) Land of Gold
Answer: c) Land of the Thunder Dragon
16. Which country has a ‘Gross National Happiness Index’ to measure progress?
a) India
b) Nepal
c) Bhutan
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: c) Bhutan
17. The ‘Borobudur Stupa’, the world’s largest Buddhist monument, is located in:
a) Thailand
b) Indonesia
c) Cambodia
d) Vietnam
Answer: b) Indonesia
More MCQs:
18. Which country is helping to develop the Chabahar Port in Iran?
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) India
d) Afghanistan
Answer: c) India
19. Which religion travelled from India to China around the 1st century CE?
a) Hinduism
b) Islam
c) Buddhism
d) Jainism
Answer: c) Buddhism
20. The ‘Lion City’ refers to which nation?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Singapore
c) Thailand
d) Malaysia
Answer: b) Singapore
21. Which country shares both a land and a maritime boundary with India?
a) Nepal
b) Bhutan
c) Myanmar
d) Afghanistan
Answer: c) Myanmar
22. Which large mangrove forest is shared between India and Bangladesh?
a) Gir Forest
b) Sundarban National Park
c) Kaziranga National Park
d) Jim Corbett National Park
Answer: b) Sundarban National Park
23. The ‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ (1950) is between India and:
a) China
b) Pakistan
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh
Answer: c) Nepal
24. Which country is an archipelago consisting of over 17,000 islands?
a) The Maldives
b) The Philippines
c) Indonesia
d) Japan
Answer: c) Indonesia
25. Which Indian port city had Hindu merchants building temples in China in the 13th century?
a) Quanzhou
b) Shanghai
c) Beijing
d) Canton
Answer: a) Quanzhou
26. The ‘India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway’ starts from which Indian state?
a) Assam
b) Nagaland
c) Manipur
d) Mizoram
Answer: c) Manipur
27. Which country was formerly known as ‘East Pakistan’?
a) Afghanistan
b) Bangladesh
c) Myanmar
d) Sri Lanka
Answer: b) Bangladesh
28. Which sacred text of Zoroastrianism has parallels with India’s Rigveda?
a) The Quran
b) The Bible
c) The Avesta
d) The Tripitaka
Answer: c) The Avesta
29. The ‘Katas Raj temple complex’ is located in:
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) Nepal
Answer: b) Pakistan
30. Which neighbouring country is a landlocked nation located in south-central Asia?
a) Sri Lanka
b) Maldives
c) Afghanistan
d) Myanmar
Answer: c) Afghanistan
31. The ancient trade route ‘Uttarāpatha’ linked the Ganga plains to which region?
a) Southeast Asia
b) Central Asia
c) Southern India
d) Eastern Europe
Answer: b) Central Asia
32. In 2004, a massive tsunami was triggered by an earthquake near:
a) Japan
b) Indonesia
c) California
d) Chile
Answer: b) Indonesia
33. The ‘Boduberu’ dance of the Maldives echoes rhythms from which Indian culture?
a) Punjabi
b) Bengali
c) Tamil
d) Gujarati
Answer: c) Tamil
34. Which metal was likely imported by Harappan traders from Oman?
a) Gold
b) Silver
c) Copper
d) Iron
Answer: c) Copper
35. ‘Ayutthaya’, an ancient kingdom in Thailand, was named after which Indian city?
a) Ayodhya
b) Mathura
c) Kashi
d) Dwarka
Answer: a) Ayodhya
Section B: True or False:
1. A maritime neighbour must share a direct land border with another country.
Answer: False
2. India shares a land border with the Maldives.
Answer: False
3. The Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu is a major pilgrimage site for Hindus.
Answer: True
4. Bangla is a language spoken only in Bangladesh.
Answer: False
5. The ancient ‘Silk Route’ connected India and Iran.
Answer: True
6. Theravada Buddhism is widely practised in Thailand.
Answer: True
7. Oman is located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal.
Answer: False (It is on the Arabian Peninsula/Arabian Sea)
8. About 9% of Singapore’s residents are of Indian origin.
Answer: True
9. India and Pakistan have had normal, tension-free relations since 1947.
Answer: False
10. Bhutan is a landlocked country sandwiched between India and China.
Answer: True
Section C: Fill in the Blanks:
1. India’s total land boundary stretches over approximately __________ km.
Answer: 15,100
2. The __________ Corridor is a visa-free border crossing for pilgrims visiting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib.
Answer: Kartarpur
3. The ancient name ‘Suvarnabhumi’ means the ‘__________ land’.
Answer: golden
4. The __________ Stupa in Indonesia is built in the shape of a mandala.
Answer: Borobudur
5. India is helping to develop the __________ Port in Iran.
Answer: Chabahar
6. __________ is the official language of the Maldives.
Answer: Dhivehi
7. The river __________ forms part of the boundary between India and Myanmar.
Answer: Tio
8. In Thailand, kings of the Chakri dynasty are named after the Indian deity __________.
Answer: Rama
9. The __________ Agreement of 2018 eased movement between India and Myanmar.
Answer: Land Border Crossing
10. The giant Buddhas of __________ in Afghanistan were destroyed in 2001.
Answer: Bamiyan
Section D: Assertion and Reason Questions:
a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c) A is true but R is false.
d) A is false but R is true.
1. Assertion (A): India and Nepal have an ‘open border’ policy.
Reason (R): Citizens of both countries can cross the border without passports or visas.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
2. Assertion (A): The Sundarban National Park is important for climate resilience.
Reason (R): It serves as a barrier against cyclones.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
3. Assertion (A): Sri Lanka and the Maldives are India’s only neighbours.
Reason (R): India has a long land boundary with Pakistan and China.
Answer: d) A is false but R is true. (Sri Lanka and Maldives are maritime neighbours, but India has many other neighbours like Nepal, Bhutan, etc.)
4. Assertion (A): Oman shares a maritime boundary with India.
Reason (R): Oman is located in Southeast Asia near Thailand.
Answer: c) A is true but R is false. (Oman is on the Arabian Peninsula, not in Southeast Asia)
5. Assertion (A): Bhutan creates a lot of hydroelectric power.
Reason (R): Bhutan has several important rivers that originate there and flow into India.
Answer: a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
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