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For Control Lines of Pakistan, which option correctly gives the "Working Boundary"?
A. Radcliffe Line
B. Working Boundary
C. To mark areas of de facto military control
D. Ceasefire Line
Correct Answer: B
Working boundary: Working Boundary. Pakistan refers to parts of the boundary adjoining Jammu as the Working Boundary.
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For Control Lines of Pakistan, which option correctly gives the "Siachen region"?
A. Siachen Glacier
B. Deccan
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Mazar-e-Quaid
Correct Answer: A
Siachen region: Siachen Glacier. The AGPL extends through the high-altitude Siachen conflict zone.
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For Control Lines of Pakistan, which option correctly gives the "AGPL"?
A. Ceasefire Line
B. Actual Ground Position Line
C. Radcliffe Line
D. Durand Line
Correct Answer: B
Agpl: Actual Ground Position Line. The AGPL marks the positions held by Indian and Pakistani forces in the Siachen area.
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For Control Lines of Pakistan, which option correctly gives the "LoC dispute"?
A. Gwadar Free Zone
B. Siachen Glacier
C. Jammu and Kashmir
D. Agra
Correct Answer: C
Loc dispute: Jammu and Kashmir. The LoC divides the areas administered by Pakistan and India.
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For Control Lines of Pakistan, which option correctly gives the "LoC origin"?
A. Simla Agreement 1972
B. Constitution of 1962
C. Lucknow Pact
D. Karachi Agreement
Correct Answer: A
Loc origin: Simla Agreement 1972. The Simla Agreement redesignated the ceasefire line as the Line of Control.
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What is the main function of control lines such as the LoC?
A. Actual Ground Position Line
B. Ceasefire Line
C. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
D. To mark areas of de facto military control
Correct Answer: D
Control lines identify the positions administered or held by opposing sides without necessarily settling sovereignty.
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Is the Line of Control an internationally recognized permanent border?
A. Actual Ground Position Line
B. Ceasefire Line
C. Working Boundary
D. No
Correct Answer: D
It is a military control line without prejudice to the parties' legal positions on Kashmir.
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Which phrase in the 1949/1972 delineation became controversial beyond NJ9842?
A. To mark areas of de facto military control
B. Radcliffe Line
C. No
D. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
Correct Answer: D
Ambiguity north of NJ9842 contributed to the Siachen dispute.
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Which map coordinate is commonly associated with the northern end of the mapped LoC?
A. International Border
B. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
C. Actual Ground Position Line
D. NJ9842
Correct Answer: D
The LoC was delineated up to map coordinate NJ9842, beyond which wording referred to the glaciers.
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Which 1949 agreement helped define the Kashmir ceasefire line?
A. Simla Agreement 1972
B. Nehru Report
C. Asrar-e-Khudi
D. Karachi Agreement
Correct Answer: D
Military representatives of India and Pakistan, under UN auspices, formalized the ceasefire line in 1949.
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Before 1972, what was the LoC generally called?
A. To mark areas of de facto military control
B. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
C. International Border
D. Ceasefire Line
Correct Answer: D
The 1949 Karachi Agreement mapped a ceasefire line following the first Kashmir war.
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Which 1947 boundary award demarcated much of the new India-Pakistan border in Punjab and Bengal?
A. Actual Ground Position Line
B. No
C. Radcliffe Line
D. Durand Line
Correct Answer: C
Cyril Radcliffe chaired the boundary commissions at partition.
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In which year was the Durand Line agreement concluded?
A. 1892
B. 1893
C. 1903
D. 1891
Correct Answer: B
Sir Mortimer Durand and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan concluded the agreement in 1893.
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Which boundary separates Pakistan from Afghanistan?
A. Ceasefire Line
B. To mark areas of de facto military control
C. Durand Line
D. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
Correct Answer: C
The Durand Line was drawn in 1893 between British India and Afghanistan.
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What term is generally used for the recognized Pakistan-India boundary outside disputed Kashmir?
A. No
B. Working Boundary
C. 'Thence north to the glaciers'
D. International Border
Correct Answer: D
Outside the Jammu and Kashmir dispute, the recognized boundary is the international border.
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Which line separates Pakistan's Punjab from the Indian-administered Jammu sector in parts of the border?
A. To mark areas of de facto military control
B. No
C. Working Boundary
D. International Border
Correct Answer: C
Pakistan refers to parts of the boundary adjoining Jammu as the Working Boundary.
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The Actual Ground Position Line is associated with which glacier region?
A. Jammu and Kashmir
B. Ibadat Khana
C. North-west and north-east
D. Siachen Glacier
Correct Answer: D
The AGPL extends through the high-altitude Siachen conflict zone.
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What does AGPL stand for in the Siachen sector?
A. Actual Ground Position Line
B. International Border
C. No
D. NJ9842
Correct Answer: A
The AGPL marks the positions held by Indian and Pakistani forces in the Siachen area.
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The Line of Control separates areas controlled by Pakistan and India in which disputed region?
A. Chashma
B. Siachen Glacier
C. Pakistan
D. Jammu and Kashmir
Correct Answer: D
The LoC divides the areas administered by Pakistan and India.
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Which agreement gave the 1949 Kashmir ceasefire line the name 'Line of Control'?
A. Seventh NFC Award
B. Simla Agreement 1972
C. Karachi Agreement
D. Twenty-sixth Amendment
Correct Answer: B
The Simla Agreement redesignated the ceasefire line as the Line of Control.