CLAT General Knowledge
CCLAT Current Affairs and General Knowledge section tests the depth of understanding in a range of topics. Candidates are expected to read a particular news or opinion piece in-depth. Reading at-least one newspaper every day is necessary. News, events and happenings pertaining to legal issues are particularly important when it comes to CLAT Current Affairs and General Knowledge section.
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CLAT 2020 General Knowledge: India – Nepal border issue
On May 8, India‘s Defence Minister virtually inaugurated a new 80 km-long road in the
Himalayas, connecting to the border with China, at the Lipulekh pass. The Nepali
government protested immediately, contending that the road crosses territory that it claims
and accusing India of changing the status quo without diplomatic consultations. Among the
many escalatory moves since then, Nepal deployed police forces to the region, summoned the
Indian ambassador in Kathmandu, and initiated a constitutional amendment to formalise and
extend its territorial claims over approximately 400 sq km. India, on the other hand, has
conveyed its openness to a dialogue but does not seem to share Nepal‘s sense of urgency: its
initial statement agreed to a dialogue, but only after the COVID-19 crisis. India has been in
effective possession of this territory for at least sixty years, although Nepal claims it
conducted a census there in the early 1950s and refers to the 1815 Sugauli Treaty as
legitimising its claims. But India‘s new road, up to the Lipulekh pass, is not an unprecedented
change in the status quo. India has controlled this territory and built other infrastructure here
before, besides conducting its administration and deploying military forces up to the border
pass with China. The region is of strategic importance, and the new road is now one of the
quickest links between Delhi and the Tibetan plateau. In a 2015 statement, China also
recognised India‘s sovereignty by agreeing to expand trade through the Lipulekh pass.
Source: Excerpt from the brookings.edu, written by Dr. Constantino Xavier. (Dated- 11th
June, 2020)
The confusion between Nepal and India consists of a dispute over a trijunture of ____________.
- Kali – Susta – Ganga.
- Kalapani – Saraswati – Ganga
- Kalapani – Limpiyadhura – Lipulekh.
- Kalapani – Limpiyadhura – Kali.
Explanatory Answer
The three names were mentioned repeatedly in news since April-May 2020.
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/why-are-india-and-nepal-fighting-over-kalapani/article31660401.ece#:~:text=Kalapani%20is%20a%20region%20located,between%20Limpiyadhura%2C%20Lipulekh%20and%20Kalapani.
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