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Which of these is a landlocked state of India, having no coastline?
Answer: C
Correct answer: Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has no coastline. Its name means central province, and it lies in the heart of the country, bordered by Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan. The other three are all coastal: Odisha on the Bay of Bengal, Karnataka on the Arabian Sea, and Andhra Pradesh on the Bay of Bengal. India has nine coastal states - Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal - so the remaining nineteen are landlocked. Among the larger ones are Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana and the whole of the northeast except the coastal fringe. Madhya Pradesh was the largest state in India until 2000, when Chhattisgarh was carved out of it and Rajasthan took first place. It has the largest forest cover of any state by area, and the Narmada and Tapi both rise within it.
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