Geography · Chapter 20 of 29

Countries, Borders, Capitals & Sobriquets: BPSC Prelims PYQs

11 previous-year questions on Countries, Borders, Capitals & Sobriquets, asked 1994–2025. Each one opens to its answer and explanation.

1. 1. 71st BPSC Prelims 2025

   Maginot Line exists between which countries?

   1. AFrance and Germany
   2. BU.S.A. and Canada
   3. CNamibia and Angola
   4. DSouth Korea & North Korea
   Answer and explanation →

2. 2. 56th–59th BPSC Prelims 2014

   Which country has the largest coastline?

   1. AU.S.A
   2. BAustralia
   3. CCanada
   4. DIndia
   Answer and explanation →

3. 3. 47th BPSC Prelims 2005

   Israel has common borders with:

   1. ALebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt
   2. BLebanon, Syria, Turkey and Jordan
   3. CLebanon, Turkey, Jordan and Egypt
   4. DLebanon, Syria, Iraq and Egypt
   Answer and explanation →

4. 4. 67th BPSC Prelims 2022

   Which of the following countries does not have a land border with the Dead Sea?

   1. ALebanon
   2. BJordan
   3. CIsrael
   4. DPalestine
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

5. 5. 65th BPSC Prelims 2019

   Which one of the following countries is the largest country without borders in terms of geographical area?

   1. ANew Zealand
   2. BPhilippines
   3. CJapan
   4. DCuba
   5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

6. 6. 69th BPSC Prelims 2023

   The emirate states of U.A.E. are -

   1. ASharjah, Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Dubai, Bahrain, Kuwait
   2. BAbu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah
   3. CDubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Jeddah, Kuwait, Bahrain, Umm Al-Quwain
   4. DUmm Al-Quwain, Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Riyadh, Dammam, Taif, Dubai
   Answer and explanation →

7. 7. 64th BPSC Prelims 2018

   Which one of the following is a landlocked country?

   1. ABelgium
   2. BHungary
   3. CRomania
   4. DUkraine
   5. ENone of the above/More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

8. 8. 53rd–55th BPSC Prelims 2011

   Which of the following is not a capital city of a country?

   1. ACanberra
   2. BSydney
   3. CWellington
   4. DRiyadh
   Answer and explanation →

9. 9. 66th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2020

   Name the city of Russia that is known as ‘Venice of the North’.

   1. AVladivostok
   2. BSt. Petersburg
   3. CNovosibirsk
   4. DMoscow
   5. ENone of the above / More than one of the above
   Answer and explanation →

10. 10. 38th BPSC Prelims 1992

    Which of the following is known as ‘Mistress of the Eastern Sea’?

    1. ASri Lanka
    2. BPakistan
    3. CBurma
    4. DIndia
    Answer and explanation →

11. 11. 70th BPSC Prelims Re-exam 2024

    Which of the following is the playground of Europe?

    1. AGermany
    2. BSwitzerland
    3. CItaly
    4. DFrance
    Answer and explanation →