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UPSC Prelims 2005 · General Studies

Question 122: Geography

Which one of the following states border Uttar Pradesh?

  1. 1.Punjab
  2. 2.Rajasthan
  3. 3.Chhattisgarh
  4. 4.Jharkhand

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

a1, 2, 3 and 4
b2, 3 and 4
c1 and 4
d1 and 3

AnswerThe answer is (b).

Uttar Pradesh borders Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, and Nepal. Of the four listed, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand touch it, while Punjab does not. So items 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

  • 1. Punjab does not border Uttar Pradesh.
  • 2. Rajasthan borders Uttar Pradesh on the west.
  • 3. Chhattisgarh borders Uttar Pradesh in the south-east.
  • 4. Jharkhand borders Uttar Pradesh in the south-east.

How you could have got this

  1. If you were sure statement 1 is not correct, (a), (c) and (d) go: each of them includes 1.

    What you needed to know: Punjab does not border Uttar Pradesh.

Only (b) is left. You didn’t need statements 2, 3 or 4.

This follows an unofficial answer: UPSC has not published its key for this year, and if that answer is wrong, so is this path.

Which options go is worked out from UPSC’s key and the options, not by a model.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Includes Punjab, which does not border Uttar Pradesh.
  • (b) Correct: Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
  • (c) Includes Punjab and drops Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, which border UP.
  • (d) Includes Punjab and drops Rajasthan and Jharkhand, which border UP.

Explanation: written by UPSC Grade, not by UPSC.

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Source: UPSC, Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2005, General Studies. UPSC's own paper isn't online; the words are from a published compilation. The paper on upsc.gov.in.