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Border maths and pass locations are pure recall, and they recur every year.
Border basics
- Land border about 15,200 km across 7 neighbours; coastline about 7,516 km.
- Longest: Bangladesh 4,096 km; Myanmar 1,643 km short of that; shortest: Afghanistan 106 km through PoK.
Passes that repeat in papers
- Zoji La: Srinagar-Kargil-Leh; Nathu La: Sikkim-Tibet trade; Shipki La: Sutlej entry.
- Bomdi La and Diphu in Arunachal; Rohtang and Atal Tunnel on the Pir Panjal.
Lines and terms
- LoC in J&K, LAC in Ladakh-east, AGPL on Siachen; Durand and McMahon are colonial-era lines on other maps.
- Palakkad and Thal gaps channel the monsoon through the Western Ghats.
Revise in 30 seconds
- 15,200 km land; 7,516 km coastline.
- Bangladesh longest land border, Afghanistan shortest.
- Zoji La, Nathu La, Shipki La are the classic three.
- AGPL guards Siachen.
Quick revision
- Land border about 15,200 km across 7 neighbours; coastline about 7,516 km.
- Longest: Bangladesh 4,096 km; Myanmar 1,643 km short of that; shortest: Afghanistan 106 km through PoK.
- Zoji La: Srinagar-Kargil-Leh; Nathu La: Sikkim-Tibet trade; Shipki La: Sutlej entry.
- Bomdi La and Diphu in Arunachal; Rohtang and Atal Tunnel on the Pir Panjal.
- LoC in J&K, LAC in Ladakh-east, AGPL on Siachen; Durand and McMahon are colonial-era lines on other maps.
- Palakkad and Thal gaps channel the monsoon through the Western Ghats.
