The Siliguri Corridor, the narrow strip that links North-East India with the rest of the country, lies in which state?
- A.Bihar
- B.Assam
- C.West Bengal
- D.Sikkim
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, West Bengal. The corridor runs through the northern districts of West Bengal around the town of Siliguri and is only about twenty kilometres wide at its narrowest, which is why it is nicknamed the Chicken's Neck. Nepal lies to its west, Bhutan and Sikkim to its north and Bangladesh to its south, so the strip is hemmed in by three international borders. Option A, Bihar, lies west of the corridor and does not contain it. Option B, Assam, is reached through the corridor but begins beyond it. Option D, Sikkim, sits above the corridor and is itself dependent on it. The corridor is the product of the 1947 partition, which took the districts of eastern Bengal into East Pakistan and cut the older routes to Assam.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following states is not counted among the Seven Sisters of North-East India?
- A.Tripura
- B.Sikkim
- C.Mizoram
- D.Meghalaya
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The Seven Sisters are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, the seven states that were carved out of the old Assam province and its Union Territories between 1963 and 1987.
Read the full explanation →Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram became full states of the Indian Union on which date?
- A.21 January 1972
- B.1 December 1963
- C.20 February 1987
- D.16 May 1975
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Both had been Union Territories since 1972, Arunachal Pradesh after the North East Frontier Agency was renamed and Mizoram after the Mizo hills were separated from Assam, and both were raised to statehood on the same day in February 1987.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the North Eastern Council situated?
- A.Guwahati
- B.Shillong
- C.Imphal
- D.Agartala
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The Council was set up by the North Eastern Council Act, 1971, started functioning in 1972 as the planning and advisory body for the region, and has had its secretariat at Shillong ever since; it works under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
Read the full explanation →Which state of North-East India shares its boundary with the largest number of Indian states?
- A.Assam
- B.Nagaland
- C.Meghalaya
- D.Mizoram
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Assam lies at the heart of the region and touches Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya and West Bengal, that is seven Indian states, besides the foreign neighbours Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Read the full explanation →Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is located in which state?
- A.Assam
- B.Manipur
- C.Tripura
- D.Nagaland
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Keibul Lamjao lies on the southern part of Loktak Lake near Imphal and floats on phumdis, the thick mats of soil and rotting plant matter that drift on the water.
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