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India shares a maritime boundary (sea boundary) with which one of the following countries across the Arabian Sea or the Indian Ocean?
Maldives
Mongolia
Russia
Afghanistan
Maldives
India shares a maritime boundary with the Maldives, which is located to the southwest of the Indian mainland in the Indian Ocean. The Eight Degree Channel separates the Indian island of Minicoy (part of Lakshadweep) from the Maldives.
India shares a maritime boundary with the Maldives, which is located to the southwest of the Indian mainland in the Indian Ocean. The Eight Degree Channel separates the Indian island of Minicoy (part of Lakshadweep) from the Maldives.
India's maritime boundaries are governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), to which India is a signatory.
The Maldives is an archipelago nation located in the Indian Ocean.
India shares maritime borders with seven countries: Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, and Indonesia.
The Eight Degree Channel is the significant maritime passage between the Maldives and India.
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia and shares no maritime or land border with India.
Russia is a transcontinental country and does not share any border with India.
Afghanistan shares a land boundary with India (in the union territory of Ladakh via POK), not a maritime one.
The Maldives and India maintain strategic relations, including the 'India First' policy and joint military exercises like 'Ekuverin'.
A is correct тАФ The Maldives is the only country listed that shares a maritime boundary with India across the Indian Ocean.
Memorize India's land neighbors using the acronym ' рдмрдЪрдкрди рдореЗрдВ MBA' (Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bhutan, Afghanistan) and contrast them with maritime neighbors to avoid confusion in mapping questions.