Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Nov 2021 Political Science
Name the boundary line between India and China.
ADurand Line
BMcMahon Line ✓ Correct
CPalk Strait
DRadcliffe Line
Correct answer: (B) McMahon Line — The India-China boundary is the McMahon Line, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The India-China boundary is the McMahon Line, so that is the answer.
★It is named after Henry McMahon, Foreign Secretary of British India and chief negotiator at the Simla Conference.
★It was drawn at the Simla Convention of 1914 as the border between Tibet and British India.
★China rejects its legality, which fuels the dispute over Arunachal Pradesh.
★The Durand Line, by contrast, marks the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
★The Radcliffe Line is the 1947 India-Pakistan partition boundary.
★The Palk Strait is the sea channel separating India from Sri Lanka, not a land boundary.
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