Consider the following countries:
- 1.Bulgaria
- 2.Czech Republic
- 3.Hungary
- 4.Latvia
- 5.Lithuania
- 6.Romania
How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with Ukraine?
Answer & explanation
Answer: (a) Only two
Only two of the six, Hungary and Romania, share a land border with Ukraine. Ukraine has seven land neighbours: Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova.
- ✗ 1. Bulgaria does not touch Ukraine; it is separated from it by Romania and the Black Sea.
- ✗ 2. The Czech Republic has no border with Ukraine; Slovakia and Poland lie between them.
- ✓ 3. Hungary lies on Ukraine's southwest border, so it counts.
- ✗ 4. Latvia is a Baltic state. It borders Estonia, Lithuania, Russia and Belarus, not Ukraine.
- ✗ 5. Lithuania borders Latvia, Belarus, Poland and Russia (Kaliningrad), not Ukraine.
- ✓ 6. Romania also borders Ukraine to the southwest, so it counts.
Remember · Ukraine's seven land neighbours: Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova. Of the countries in this list only Hungary and Romania qualify.
Sources
- About Ukraine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (Embassy of Ukraine to Pakistan) ↗ “Ukraine borders Russia in the northeast and east, Belarus in the northwest, Poland, and Slovakia in the west, Hungary , Romania , and Moldova to the southwest.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2023, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·