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RAS question

The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) guards India's borders with which two countries?

Correct answer: (B) Nepal and Bhutan.

The Sashastra Seema Bal guards India's borders with Nepal and Bhutan.

  1. (A)

    Pakistan and China

  2. (B)

    Nepal and Bhutan

  3. (C)

    Myanmar and Bangladesh

  4. (D)

    Afghanistan and Pakistan

Explanation

The Sashastra Seema Bal is linked to India's Nepal and Bhutan borders. Sashastra Seema Bal Recruitment states that the force was declared the Lead Intelligence Agency for Indo-Nepal in June 2001 and was assigned the Indo-Nepal border; it was later assigned the Indo-Bhutan border in March 2004. SSB guards the 1,751 km India-Nepal border and the 699 km India-Bhutan border. The SSB border pair to remember is Nepal and Bhutan, not the western, northern, or eastern border pairs guarded by other forces.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) Pakistan and China is wrong because Sashastra Seema Bal Recruitment assigns SSB responsibility for the Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan borders, not these two borders.
  • (C) Myanmar and Bangladesh is wrong because SSB's assigned border responsibility is with Nepal and Bhutan, including the 1,751 km India-Nepal border and the 699 km India-Bhutan border.
  • (D) Afghanistan and Pakistan is wrong because Sashastra Seema Bal Recruitment names Indo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutan as SSB border assignments.

Concept

Internal security and border management require mapping Indian border-guarding forces to the borders they guard. Force-border pairs recur in RAS because they are direct, high-yield governance facts.

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