Disputed Territories | MCQs

Explanation

The Line of Control is 740 km (460 mi) long.

Formally named LOC after the Shimla Agreement 1972.

The Line of Control is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistani

Controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir

A line serves as the de facto border.

Explanation

Sakhalin was claimed by both Russia and Japan over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.

These disputes sometimes involved military conflict and divisions of the island between the two powers.

In 1875, Japan ceded its claims to Russia in exchange for the northern Kuril Islands.

Explanation

Northern Cyprus, officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, is a de facto state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus.