Q. Consider the following statements regarding Liberia:
1.It is located on the western coast of Africa and has a coastline along the North Atlantic Ocean.
2.It shares its western land boundary with Sierra Leone and its southern boundary with Ghana across the Gulf of Guinea.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Explanation: 1 only
Statement 1 is correct: Liberia is situated in West Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Sierra Leone to the northwest, Guinea to the north, and Côte d’Ivoire to the east.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Sierra Leone lies to Liberia’s northwest, not west exclusively. More importantly, Ghana does not share a border with Liberia; Côte d’Ivoire lies to its east and separates Liberia from Ghana.
Source: DD News
