Q. Which one of the following countries of South-West Asia does not open out to the Mediterranean Sea? (2015)

(a) Syria 

(b) Jordan

(c) Lebanon 

(d) Israel 

 

Answer: (b) 

Option (b) is correct: 

21 countries share a coastline with the Mediterranean Sea. They are Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey. Jordan does not share a border with the Mediterranean Sea.