Preliminary Examination: Current events of national and international importance.

Mains Examination: General Studies II: India and its neighbourhood- relations.

What’s the ongoing story: The Balen Shah-led government in Kathmandu, just over a month old, has objected to India and China planning to conduct the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh pass.

• Why Balen Shah-led government in Kathmandu has objected to India and China planning to conduct the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Lipulekh pass?

• Map Work-Lipulekh pass, Nathula Pass, Lake Manasarovar, Mahakali River, Mount Kailash Limpiadhura, Kalapani, Indian states bordering Nepal, China-Nepal border.

• What is the importance of Kailash-Mansarovar Yatra?

• Know the cultural, economic, and strategic implications of Kailash Mansarovar Yatra

• Treaty of Sugauli, 1816-what you know about the same?

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• How much land did Nepal lose in the Sugauli Treaty?

• Why is the Treaty of Sugauli important?

• Lipulekh…