Indian Geography (Part-II)

Total Questions: 28

11. Which of the following states of India does not have a common border with Myanmar? [U.P.P.C.S. (Mains) 2012]

Correct Answer: (a) Assam
Solution:Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram are Indian states which share border with Myanmar but Assam does not share its border with Myanmar. It shares with Bangladesh & Bhutan.

12. Which of the following groups of Indian states share its boundaries with Pakistan? [U.P. U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2001, U.P P.C.S. (Pre) 1990]

Correct Answer: (b) Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
Solution:Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat are Indian states shared boundaries with Pakistan.

13. The group of Indian states neighbouring Nepal is โ€“ [R.A.S./R.T.S. (Pre) 1999, 2000]

Correct Answer: (b) Sikkim-Bihar
Solution:Sikkim, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are Indian states, shared boundaries with Nepal.

14. Which one of the following countries share the longest land frontier with India? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (d) Bangladesh
Solution:Bangladesh forms longest land frontiers with India with 4096.7 km long international boundary. Indian states bordering Bangladesh are Mizoram, Tripura, Assam, Meghalaya and West Bengal.

15. The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by: [U.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 1996]

Correct Answer: (d) Radcliffe Line
Solution:The boundary between India and Pakistan was demarcated by Radcliffe line.
Durand Line is between India and Afghanistan
McMahon Line is between India and China
Maginot Line is between France and Germany.

16. What is the Radcliffe line? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2006]

Correct Answer: (b) Indo-Pakistan boundary line
Solution:India has natural as well as man-made boundaries. Himalaya in the north, Bay of Bengal in the south-east, Indian Ocean in the south and Arabian sea in the south-west forms its natural boundary. India shares its border with China (Tibet), Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Radcliffe line demarcates the border between India and Pakistan and Macmahon line between India and China. Durand line demarcates the border between India and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait. It is about 64-137 km wide. It was named after the then Governor of Madras Robert Palk.

17. Durand Line demarcated the Indian boundary with which of the following countries? [U.P.U.D.A./L.D.A. (Pre) 2006]

Correct Answer: (a) Afghanistan
Solution:India has natural as well as man-made boundaries. Himalaya in the north, Bay of Bengal in the south-east, Indian Ocean in the south and Arabian sea in the south-west forms its natural boundary. India shares its border with China (Tibet), Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. Radcliffe line demarcates the border between India and Pakistan and Macmahon line between India and China. Durand line demarcates the border between India and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka is separated from India by the Palk Strait. It is about 64-137 km wide. It was named after the then Governor of Madras Robert Palk.

18. The boundary line between India and Pakistan is an example of โ€“ [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2016]

Correct Answer: (a) Superimposed boundary
Solution:In 1947, Pakistan and India were separated on draft created by Sir Radcliffe and Radcliffe line was made. The two countries share superimposed boundary. A superimposed boundary is a boundary that has been imposed on an area by an outsider or conquering power.

19. Which of the two countries is divided by 'McMahon Line'? [M.P.P.C.S. (Pre) 2021]

Correct Answer: (a) India and China
Solution:

The McMahan Line is the boundary line between India and China. It was the result of the Shimla Treaty of 1914. It was named after Sir Henry McMahon. Hence option (a) is correct. Durand Line: This line marks the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, established by a British diplomat named Mortimer Durand in 1893.

20. What is the boundary line between India and China called? [67th B.P.S.C. (Pre) (Re. Exam) 2022]

Correct Answer: (a) McMahon Line
Solution:The boundary line between India and China was named McMahon Line. This boundary line was determined by Sir Henry McMahon. It is a geographical border between Northeast India and Tibet. It is the boundary between China and India, although its legal status is disputed by the Chinese government. It was negotiated between Tibet and Great Britain at the end of the Shimla Conference in 1914. It is named after Henry McMahon, who was the foreign secretary of British India and the chief negotiator of the convention at Simla. The length of this boundary is 890 kilometers. It runs from the eastern border of Bhutan along the crest of the Himalayas until it reaches the great bend in the Brahmaputra River, where that river emerges from its Tibetan course into the Assam Valley. Though India considers the McMahon Line as the legal national border, China rejects it, contending that Tibet was not a sovereign state and therefore did not have the power to conclude treaties