UPSC Prelims 2024 Question:

Consider the following countries

1. Finland
2. Germany
3. Norway
4. Russia
   
   

How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea?

Explanation: 

North Sea:

• It is a sea in northern Europe and is part of the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  
• Borders: It is bordered by the United Kingdom and Norway to the west, Denmark to the south, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France to the east, and the Faroe Islands and Norway's Svalbard archipelago to the north.
  
  

So, only two of the above countries have a border with the North Sea.

Therefore, option (2) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography | Mapping