UPSC International Relations – Chapter 7: India–Bangladesh and Myanmar (21 MCQs)
UPSC International Relations – Chapter 7: India–Bangladesh and Myanmar (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: International Relations. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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India's longest international land border is with:
Correct Answer: C [Bangladesh]
Explanation:
about 4,096 km.
The exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh in 2015 was made possible by the Constitution:
Correct Answer: B [100th Amendment Act]
Explanation:
The Constitution (100th Amendment) Act, 2015 gave effect to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement and its 2011 Protocol, enabling the enclave exchange.
The India–Bangladesh maritime boundary was settled in 2014 through:
Correct Answer: B [an arbitral tribunal with the Permanent Court of Arbitration as registry]
Explanation:
An arbitral tribunal under Annex VII of UNCLOS, with the Permanent Court of Arbitration as registry, gave the award in July 2014.
The Ganga Water Treaty of 1996 deals with the sharing of water at:
Correct Answer: C [the Farakka barrage]
Explanation:
The 1996 treaty shares the Ganga's dry-season (January–May) flow as measured at the Farakka barrage.
The Maitri Setu over the Feni river links Bangladesh with:
Correct Answer: A [Tripura]
Explanation:
at Sabroom.
Which one of the following States does NOT share a border with Bangladesh?
Correct Answer: D [Manipur]
Explanation:
it borders Myanmar.
The Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project links Kolkata by sea with the Myanmar port of:
Correct Answer: D [Sittwe]
Explanation:
The Kaladan project's sea leg runs from Kolkata to Sittwe port in Rakhine State, operational since 2023.
The India–Myanmar–Thailand Trilateral Highway begins at Moreh in:
Correct Answer: B [Manipur]
Explanation:
Moreh, the Indian starting point of the Trilateral Highway, is a border town in Manipur's Tengnoupal district.
The Rohingya come mainly from the Myanmar state of:
Correct Answer: D [Rakhine]
Explanation:
The Rohingya are a mostly Muslim minority of Rakhine State, denied citizenship under Myanmar's 1982 law.
Consider the following statements:
1. Bangladesh is India's largest trading partner in South Asia.
2. An agreement on sharing the Teesta waters is yet to be signed.
3. The Ganga Water Treaty of 1996 is valid for 50 years.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Bangladesh is India's largest South Asian trade partner and the 2011 Teesta draft is unsigned, but the Ganga treaty runs 30 years.
Assertion (A): Myanmar is called India's land bridge to South-East Asia.
Reason (R): Myanmar is the only ASEAN member that shares a land border with India.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
Myanmar is India's only ASEAN land neighbour, and that shared border is exactly what makes it the land bridge to South-East Asia.
The military seized power in Myanmar on 1 February of:
Correct Answer: C [2021]
Explanation:
The Myanmar army seized power on 1 February 2021, removing the elected NLD government.
Operation Brahma (2025) was:
Correct Answer: A [India's relief mission after the earthquake in Myanmar]
Explanation:
India launched Operation Brahma to send relief to Myanmar after the earthquake of 28 March 2025.
The India–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline carries diesel from Siliguri to:
Correct Answer: A [Parbatipur]
Explanation:
The India–Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline, opened in March 2023, carries diesel from Siliguri to Parbatipur in Dinajpur district.
The India–Bangladesh joint venture Maitree Super Thermal Power Project is located at:
Correct Answer: D [Rampal]
Explanation:
The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal is a joint venture of India's NTPC and Bangladesh's power board.
The "Free Movement Regime" that India decided to end in 2024 applied to its border with:
Correct Answer: B [Myanmar]
Explanation:
The Free Movement Regime let people living near the India–Myanmar border cross without visas.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh
2. Ganga Water Treaty
3. Rohingya exodus from Rakhine
4. Land Boundary Agreement
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [4-2-1-3]
Explanation:
1974, 1996, 2015, 2017.
The deep-sea port of Kyaukphyu in Myanmar is backed by:
Correct Answer: A [China]
Explanation:
Kyaukphyu deep-sea port in Rakhine State is a Chinese-backed project linked to China's oil and gas pipelines.
Sheikh Hasina resigned as Prime Minister of Bangladesh and left for India in:
Correct Answer: D [August 2024]
Explanation:
5 August 2024.
The Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade between India and Bangladesh was first signed in:
Correct Answer: B [1972]
Explanation:
India and Bangladesh first signed the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade in 1972, soon after Bangladesh's liberation.
Consider the following pairs:
Community sometimes mentioned in the news – In the affairs of
1. Kurd – Bangladesh
2. Madhesi – Nepal
3. Rohingya – Myanmar
Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: C [2 and 3]
Explanation:
Madhesis of Nepal's Terai; Rohingya of Myanmar's Rakhine State.
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