Question

Which of the following force guards Indian borders from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh?
1. Indo Tibetan Border Police Force
2. Central Reserve Police Force
3. Border Security Force
4. Special Security Guard

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Indo Tibetan Border Police Force

The correct answer is Indo Tibetan Border Police Force.

• ITBP, the specialized mountain force -- most of whose officers and men are trained mountaineers and skiers -- guard the 3,488 km border against Ladakh's Karakoram Pass to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. 
• The Indo-Tibetan Border Police is India's primary border patrol organization with its border with China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
• It is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.

• The Director-General of ITBP is Shri Surjeet Singh Deswal.
• The Director-General of BSF is Rakesh Asthana.
• The Director-General of SSB is Kumar Rajesh Chandra.