{"id":2388,"date":"2025-05-01T14:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2388"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T08:49:10","slug":"q-consider-the-following-countries-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-consider-the-following-countries-9","title":{"rendered":"Q. Consider the following countries:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Germany<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Norway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Russia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list mcq\">\n<li>Only one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only two<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only three<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All four<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) Only two<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"notes-hd-6812e4c3ecad3\">Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>North sea in northern Europe is part of the Atlantic ocean.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is bordered by the\u00a0<strong>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\u2019s Svalbard archipelago to the north.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The North Sea\u00a0<strong>connects to the Atlantic Ocean via the English Channel in the southwest and the Baltic Sea in the east via the Kattegat and Skagerrak straits.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/north-sea.webp\" alt=\"north sea\" class=\"wp-image-51264\" style=\"width:731px;height:auto\" title=\"UPSC Prelims Research: Geography 2024 4\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many of the above countries have a border with the North Sea? 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