The international border between India and Pakistan is known as _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Radcliffe Line
The Radcliffe Line is the boundary between India and Pakistan, drawn at Partition by the boundary commissions chaired by Sir Cyril Radcliffe and made public on 17 August 1947. It divided Punjab in the west and Bengal in the east (the eastern part is now the India–Bangladesh border).
Why the other options are incorrect
Option (1) Durand Line — Incorrect. The boundary of 1893 between Afghanistan and Pakistan (then British India).
Option (2) Mac Mahon Line — Incorrect. The line of 1914 between India and China (Tibet) in the east, in Arunachal Pradesh.
Option (3) 49th Parallel Line — Incorrect. The latitude that forms much of the border between the USA and Canada.