Which State has the longest boundary with Madhya Pradesh ?
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh shares the longest boundary with Madhya Pradesh — option 3.
The neighbours of Madhya Pradesh. It is a landlocked state with five neighbours :
| State | Lies to the | Boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | North and north-east | The longest — running the whole width of the state from the Chambal in the west to the Sone in the east |
| Maharashtra | South | Long, along the Satpura and the Tapi-Narmada country |
| Rajasthan | North-west | Shorter |
| Chhattisgarh | East and south-east | Shorter |
| Gujarat | West | Shortest |
Why Andhra Pradesh cannot be right. Option 2 can be eliminated without any measurement at all: Andhra Pradesh does not touch Madhya Pradesh anywhere. Since the separation of Telangana in 2014, the two are separated by Telangana, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh; even before 2014, undivided Andhra Pradesh bordered the old Madhya Pradesh only in the Chhattisgarh portion, which is now a separate state. That kind of check — asking first whether the two states are even neighbours — disposes of one option immediately.
Some other facts about the state. Madhya Pradesh is the largest state of India by area since the creation of Chhattisgarh in 2000. It is crossed by the Tropic of Cancer, and the Narmada, which rises at Amarkantak, flows across it westward in the rift valley between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges. Bhopal is its capital and Indore its largest city.
A related fact worth carrying : Uttar Pradesh borders eight states and one Union Territory, and Madhya Pradesh is one of them — which is consistent with the long shared frontier.
Hence, the answer is Uttar Pradesh.
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