UPSC Previous Year Question | Prelims GS | 2017

Mediterranean Sea is a border of which of the following countries? 1. Jordan 2. Iraq 3. Lebanon 4. Syria Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. 1, 2 and 3 only
  2. 2 and 3 only
  3. 3 and 4 only
  4. 1, 3 and 4 only

Answer

Correct Answer

3 and 4 only

Explanation

Lebanon and Syria have coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea. Jordan and Iraq are landlocked from the Mediterranean (Jordan borders the Red Sea via the Gulf of Aqaba, and Iraq borders the Persian Gulf), so only 3 and 4 are correct.

Topics: geography, mediterranean region, mediterranean sea bordering countries, physical/political geography of the world