WBCS.LIVE practice question

Bangladesh access the enclaves in Cooch Bihar through ___________ corridor.

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Teen Bigha
  2. Darjeeling
  3. Jalpaiguri
  4. None of the above

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Teen Bigha

Explanation: The correct answer is A. Teen Bigha. The Teen Bigha Corridor is a narrow strip of land in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district that provides Bangladesh access to its Dahagram–Angarpota enclave, which was formerly surrounded entirely by Indian territory. Historically, this area was part of a complex network of enclaves and counter-enclaves between India and the former East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Following the 1974 India–Bangladesh Land Boundary Agreement (LBA), India agreed to lease the Teen Bigha Corridor to Bangladesh to allow 24-hour access to the enclave, connecting it to the rest of Bangladesh. The agreement was later formalized and expanded through the 2011 Protocol to the LBA, ratified in 2015.