Location of Nepal

The Siliguri Corridor narrowly separates Nepal from which country? (a) India OR (b) Bangladesh

Answer: (b) Bangladesh

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Location of Nepal:

• Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia.
• The country is located in the Himalayas but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain.
• It borders with:
  • Tibet Autonomous Region of China (North), and
  • India (South, east, and west).
• It is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim.
• It has eight of the world’s ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth.

Why in news?

An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on the Richter scale struck Nepal.