Which of the following North Eastern States shares international borders with…

2026

Which of the following North Eastern States shares international borders with three countries?

  1. A.

    Arunachal Pradesh

  2. B.

    Meghalaya

  3. C.

    Mizoram

  4. D.

    Assam

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Correct answer: A

India's North Eastern states collectively border five countries — China, Bhutan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Nepal — but how many of these countries a given state touches depends entirely on that state's own location, not on the region as a whole.

Checking each option's actual international boundary:

State

Bordering country/countries

Number of international borders

Arunachal Pradesh

Bhutan (west), China (north), Myanmar (east)

3

Meghalaya

Bangladesh (south and west)

1

Mizoram

Bangladesh (west), Myanmar (east)

2

Assam

Bangladesh (south), Bhutan (north)

2

This matches the Ministry of Home Affairs' and MDoNER's official state-wise international border data: among the four states listed here, only Arunachal Pradesh borders three separate countries — Meghalaya borders one, and Mizoram and Assam each border two. (Sikkim, also administered under the North Eastern Council, likewise borders three countries — Nepal, Bhutan, and China — but is not among the given options.)

Hence, among the given options, Arunachal Pradesh is the state having three international borders.

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