Places and Locations: World Geography: UPSC Previous Year Questions (Geography)
1 previous year UPSC Prelims question on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography). Choose an option to see the answer and explanation.
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UPSC 2002Geography · Places and Locations: World Geography
Q1. Consider the following countries: 1. Albania 2. Bosnia Herzegovina 3. Croatia 4. Macedonia Which of these countries has/have Adriatic Sea as a boundary? (2002)
Explanation
Options 1, 2 and 3 are correct: The Adriatic Sea separates the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. Among the given options, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia have coastlines along this sea. Option 4 is incorrect: Macedonia, now known as North Macedonia, does not have coastlines along the Adriatic Sea. It is a landlocked country located to the east of Albania. North Macedonia shares borders with four countries: Greece to the south, Albania to the west, Bulgaria to the east, and Kosovo and Serbia to the north.
Answer key for these questions
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UPSC year
Correct answer
1
2002
(b) 1, 2 and 3
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How many previous year UPSC questions are there on Places and Locations: World Geography?
This page covers 1 previous year UPSC Prelims GS Paper-I questions on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography), asked from 1997 to 2025. Each has the correct answer and an explanation.
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Questions on Places and Locations: World Geography (Geography) are available for 26 years, from 1997 to 2025. Use the Year filter to practise a single paper.
