The Siliguri Corridor narrowly separates Nepal from which country? (a) India OR (b) Bangladesh
Answer: (b) Bangladesh
Enrich your learning:
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.
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