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Correct Answer: Option (B) — 4, 1, 2, 3
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedArranged from East to West across the Balkan peninsula:
- Yugoslavia (Serbia & Montenegro) - easternmost (4)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina - west of Serbia (1)
- Croatia - west/northwest of Bosnia (2)
- Slovenia - westernmost, bordering Italy and Austria (3) Hence, the correct sequence from east to west is 4, 1, 2, 3.
Slovenia borders Italy and Austria in Central Europe, making it definitively the westernmost entity (3 at the end).
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