Question

Name the countries which lie on either side of McMahon Line?
A. South Vietnam and North Vietnam
B. India and china
C. India and Ceylon
D. France and Germany

Answer 1

Hint: This Line is also called LOC(Line of control) between the countries which lie on either side. This Line is a demarcation line proposed by British colonial administrator and signed between British and Tibetan representatives. These countries form the southern part of Asian Continent.

Complete Answer:
Option A. South Vietnam and North Vietnam: From July 1954 to 1976, as a result of the First Indochina War, the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone was a demilitarized zone set up as a dividing line between North and South Vietnam. It became significant as the battleground demarcation separating North from South Vietnamese territories during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
- With the reunification of Vietnam on 2 July 1976, the zone ceased to exist, although the area remains hazardous because of the numerous undetonated explosives it contains.
- Demilitarized zone is the zone which lies between South Vietnam and North Vietnam. Hence this option is incorrect.

Option B. India and China: The McMahon Line, proposed by British colonial administrator Sir Henry McMahon at the 1914 Simla Convention signed between British and Tibetan representatives, is a demarcation line between Tibet and the north-east region of India.
- It is currently the generally recognized boundary between China and India, although the Chinese government disputes its legal status.
- McMahon Line is the line which lies between the border of India and China; hence this option is correct.

Option C. India and Ceylon: The Palk Strait is a strait which separates India's Tamil Nadu state and Sri Lanka's Mannar district.
- It links the northeastern Bay of Bengal with the Bay of Palk and the southwestern Gulf of Mannar.
- Palk Strait is the strait where India and Ceylon lie on either side of strait. Hence, this option is incorrect.

Option D. France and Germany: Named after French War Minister André Maginot, the Maginot Line is a line of concrete fortifications, barriers, and weapons systems established by France in the 1930s to prevent Germany's invasion and force them to drive around the fortifications.
- To most styles of attack, the Maginot Line was impervious. The Germans, however, invaded the Low Countries in 1940, bypassing the line to the north.
- Since that time, the line has become a metaphor for costly measures that provide a false sense of protection.
- Maginot Line is the line where France and German lie on either side of the line. Hence this option is incorrect.
- As part of the treaty signed in 1914, the McMahon Line is the boundary between India and China. The line is named after the then foreign secretary of the British Government in India, Sir Henry McMahon.

Hence, Option B. India and China is the correct answer.

Note: India considers its view of the McMahon Line to be the legitimate national boundary, but China opposes the Simla Agreement and the McMahon Line, claiming that Tibet was not a sovereign state and thus had no power to conclude treaties. In the 1950s, the Indian government under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru promoted the slogan Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai(Chinese people and Indians are brothers). when India-China relations were friendly and the border conflict was peaceful.