UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — No role for third parties in bilateral matters between India, Nepal: Centre
Q1. Which one of the following is the largest unresolved segment along the India-Nepal boundary that the two countries continue to address through bilateral mechanisms as of 2026?
- A. Kalapani-Limpiyadhura-Lipulekh sector
- B. Susta sector along the Bihar boundary
- C. Mechi sector along the West Bengal boundary
- D. Pashupatinagar sector along the Sikkim boundary
Q2. With reference to the legal and institutional framework governing the India-Nepal boundary, consider the following statements:
1. The Treaty of Sugauli (1816) designated the Kali (Mahakali) River as the western boundary between Nepal and British India.
2. The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1950) provides the foundational framework for the open border and free movement of people between the two countries.
3. The Joint Technical Level Boundary Committee (JTLBC) for scientific boundary demarcation was constituted as a body under the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1950.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Treaty of Sugauli (1816) designated the Kali (Mahakali) River as the western boundary between Nepal and British India.
- The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1950) provides the foundational framework for the open border and free movement of people between the two countries.
- The Joint Technical Level Boundary Committee (JTLBC) for scientific boundary demarcation was constituted as a body under the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, 1950.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. In the context of the recent India-Nepal boundary row, the term 'Limpiyadhura' most accurately refers to which one of the following?
- A. The location which Nepal claims as the true western-most origin of the Kali (Mahakali) River
- B. The Himalayan pass connecting Uttarakhand to Tibet used for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
- C. The tri-junction point where the boundaries of India, Nepal and China meet
- D. The administrative headquarters of Nepal's Sudurpaschim Province bordering Uttarakhand
Q4. Which one of the following is the principal Indian agency that conducts joint boundary survey and scientific demarcation work with its Nepalese counterpart under the bilateral Joint Technical Level Boundary Committee (JTLBC) mechanism?
- A. Survey of India
- B. Sashastra Seema Bal
- C. Indo-Tibetan Border Police
- D. Border Roads Organisation
Q5. The original delimitation of the western boundary between Nepal and British India, which Nepal cites as the legal basis for its current claims in the Kalapani-Limpiyadhura area, was effected under which one of the following instruments?
- A. Treaty of Sugauli, 1816
- B. Treaty of Titalia, 1817
- C. Treaty of Segauli, 1814
- D. Treaty of Alinagar, 1757