Consider the following countries:

1. Azerbaijan

2. Kyrgyzstan

3. Tajikistan

4. Turkmenistan

5. Uzbekistan

Which of the above has borders with Afghanistan?

(a) 1, 2 and 5 only

(b) 1, 2,3 and 4 only

(c) 3, 4 and 5 only

(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

Ans: c

Explanation:

Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country in Southern Asia. It is bordered by six nations – Pakistan in the east and south, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north and China in the northeast. 

Hence, option c is correct.

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