UPSC Prelims 2017 Question:

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:

Explanation: 

• Jordan is landlocked except at its southern extremity, where nearly 26 kilometres of shoreline along the Gulf of Aqaba provide access to the Red Sea. It is bounded to the north by Syria, to the east by Iraq, to the southeast and south by Saudi Arabia, and to the west by Israel and the West Bank. So, point 1 is not correct.
  
  

• Iraq is surrounded by the Persian Gulf and is surrounded by Turkey in the north, Iran in the east, Syria & Jordan in the west, Saudi Arabia & Kuwait in the south. So, point 2 is not correct.
  
  
• 21 countries have coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea. They are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. So, points 3 and 4 are correct.
  
  

Therefore, option (3) is the correct answer.

Subject: Geography | Mapping