Border | MCQs

Explanation

The common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called the Durand Line

The length of the border is 2611 km

It was drawn on November 12, 1893, in Kabul Afghanistan

It was an agreement between Mortimer Durand and Abdul Rahman.

There are two significant ethnic groups near the Durand line:

• Punjabis: biggest ethnic group in Pakistan
• Pashtuns: are the largest ethnic group in Afghanistan

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According to the Survey of Pakistan, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km

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Explanation

New length of Pak-China border, is 599 km.

Old length of Pak-China border is 595 km.

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·        Pakistan total land border is 6219KM long

·        Pakistan total land border with Land Border + Sea 7277KM

·        Land Border + Sea + LOC & Working Boundary 8340 KM

·        Pakistan borders India 2100 KM long in the east,

·        Afghanistan border is 2,611 KM long in the west (northwest)

·        Iran border is 909 KM long also in the west

·        China 599 KM long border situated in the northeast.

·        The beach of the Arabian Sea 1058KM forms its southern border.

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Explanation

Cyril Radcliffe was the chairman of the Border Commission for India and Pakistan, announced by Lord Mountbatten in 1947

The Commission consisted of four members from the Indian National Congress

and four from the Muslim League

On 17 August 1947, the borderline that separated India from Pakistan, known as the Radcliffe Line was revealed. 

The Radcliffe line is spread through the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat to the international border in Jammu in Jammu & Kashmir,

dividing India and Pakistan into two different countries.

ND23-4-2023

Explanation

China has the shortest boundary with Pakistan.

The total length is 599 KM

Explanation

The Durand Line is the 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan

The common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called Durand Line

British signed the Treaty of Durand line with Abur Rehman Khan

The agreement was signed on November 12, 1893, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The agreement was signed between Sir Mortimer Durand, the Indian Foreign Secretary at the time, and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in Kabul.

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According to Survey of Pakistan 2020, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km.

check here: www.surveyofpakistan.gov.pk

We often heard Durand Line length is 2252 KM. But at most of the places, we read 2430 KM.

but right answer is 2611

Explanation

The Pakistani village of Ganda Singh Wala served as the main border crossing between India and Pakistan in the 1960s & 70s.

It was closed to trade & transit in 1986 and the main border crossing was shifted north to Wagah.

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RY 15-01-2023

Explanation

In August 1947 Radcliffe line was declared as boundary between India and Pakistan.

Therefore, Radcliffe line separates India from Pakistan as well as Bangladesh.

Explanation

The length of the common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km

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The common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan called Durand Line

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Durand line is drawn in 1893 between Mortimer Durand and Abdul Rahman

Durand line agreement between Mortimer Durand and Abdul Rahman.

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According to the Survey of Pakistan, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km

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D19-3-2023

Explanation

Explanation

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

In order to determine exactly which territories to assign to each country, in June 1947,

Britain appointed Sir Cyril Radcliffe to chair two boundary commissions