Test: International Boundaries - 2 - UPSC MCQ

Mizoram is a landlocked state in North East India whose southern part shares 722 kilometres long international borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh, and northern part share domestic borders with Manipur, Assam and Tripura.

The five Indian states that share a land border with Nepal are Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Sikkim.

The McMahon Line is the demarcation line between the Tibetan region of China and the North-east region of India proposed by British colonial administrator Henry McMahon at the 1914 Shimla Convention signed between British and Tibetan representatives.

The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of the Northern Province of the island nation of Sri lanka. It connects the Bay of Bengal in the northeast with Palk Bay in the southwest. The strait is 53 to 82 kilometres wide.

Bangladesh is a country in South Asia.

• The People's Republic of Bangladesh is the official name of Bangladesh.
• Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh.
• Bangladesh shares land borders with:
• India to the west, north, and east.
• Myanmar to the southeast.
• Bay of Bengal to the south.

Bangladesh shares the longest border with India. Bangladesh shares a 4,096-kilometre-long (2,545 mi) international border with India. Bangladesh–India border is the fifth-longest land border in the world. Five Indian states that share their border with Bangladesh:

• Assam.
• Tripura.
• Mizoram.
• Meghalaya.
• West Bengal.

Haryana state does not share its boundary with Pakistan. Seven countries share international borders with India: Bangladesh, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Durand Line separates Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Durand Line is the 2,640-kilometer (1,640-mile) international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, drawn during the British colonial era in 1896 by Sir Mortimer Durand, then Foreign Secretary of British India.

The Radcliffe Line was the boundary demarcation line between the Indian and Pakistani portions of the Punjab and Bengal provinces of British India.

India shares land borders with seven countries.

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• China
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Pakistan
• Afghanistan 

Therefore, Correct Answer - Option C

Indo-Pakistan international border in Rajasthan extends about 1070 km and touches the major districts Barmer, Bikaner, Ganganagar and Jaisalmer.