Which neighbouring country is located to the north of India?

Correct answer: China

Direct answer: Option A, China, is correct. To solve a direction question, imagine a map of the Indian subcontinent. India has the Himalayan region along its northern side, and China lies beyond much of this northern boundary. Therefore China is a northern neighbour. Option A works because it is the country located to India’s north in this set. Option B, Maldives, is wrong because it is an island country in the Indian Ocean to the south-west or south of India, not to the north. Option C, Sri Lanka, is wrong because it is an island immediately south of India, separated by the Palk Strait and Gulf of Mannar. Option D, Myanmar, is wrong for this question because Myanmar is generally placed to India’s east, especially toward the north-east, rather than being the intended northern neighbour. A useful map cue is: China and Nepal lie along the northern side, Bhutan is also in the north, while Sri Lanka and Maldives are in the south. Memory trick: Himalayas above India—China, Nepal and Bhutan.