International Relations · 28 Aug 2026

India China Special Representatives boundary talks

Consider the following pairs:

  1. List I (Mechanism/Event) - List II (Fact)
  2. A. Special Representatives (SR) mechanism - 1. Established in 2003
  3. B. Political Parameters and Guiding Principles Agreement - 2. Signed in 2005; envisages a three-stage boundary settlement process
  4. C. Galwan Valley clash - 3. Occurred in 2020; first combat fatalities on the India-China border in over four decades
  5. D. Expert-Level Mechanism on Trans-border Rivers - 4. Facilitates hydrological data-sharing between India and China

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

AOnly one
BOnly two
COnly three
DAll four
This question is based on: Eight Points of Progress, Zero Points on the Map
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About this question

Why in news

The 25th round of India-China Special Representative talks concluded in Beijing on August 25, 2026, producing an eight-point outcome on hotlines, meeting points and river-data cooperation, while deferring actual boundary delimitation.

Why for UPSC

UPSC regularly tests the institutional architecture of India-China border management (SR mechanism, key agreements) rather than the day's headline outcome - this rewards knowing the underlying framework, not just the news.

Prelims summary

India-China boundary management rests on layered mechanisms: the 2003-origin SR talks, the 2005 Political Parameters Agreement (three-stage settlement), post-Galwan crisis-communication infrastructure and a separate Expert-Level Mechanism for trans-border river data.

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