PDE Q65

Siachen is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. It is one of the world’s highest and coldest battlefields and lies near the Line of Control between India and Pakistan. The region is strategically important and has been the site of military conflict and deployment since 1984.

• Option A: Limiting the glacier zone between India and Pakistan
  Correct. Siachen Glacier is in the contested region between India and Pakistan.

• Option B: Limiting the desert zone between India and Pakistan
  Incorrect. This refers more to the Thar Desert area, not Siachen.

• Option C: Limiting zone between China and Pakistan
  Incorrect. This refers more to the region of Gilgit-Baltistan and the Karakoram Highway.

• Option D: Limiting zone between India and Myanmar
  Incorrect. Siachen is far from the India-Myanmar border.