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Topic 280 · Geography & Places in News

Thailand-Cambodia clashes and Preah Vihear

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Revise the 12 points first Book 1 RATNA

Core Trigger: Thai and Cambodian forces fought along their border in May, July and December 2025, killing over a hundred people.
Human Cost: The clashes displaced hundreds of thousands of people.
Heritage Damage: UNESCO later counted 562 damaged areas at the Preah Vihear temple.
Key Place: Preah Vihear is a Hindu temple on a cliff of the Dangrek Mountains on the Thai-Cambodian border.
Data Point: The ICJ confirmed in 2013 that the vicinity of the temple belongs to Cambodia.
Stakeholders: Thailand, Cambodia, UNESCO and the International Court of Justice are the key actors.
India Link: Both States are ASEAN members, and India's Act East Policy engages ASEAN, so border peace matters to India.
Venue: The ICJ sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands.
Founded: The ICJ began work in 1946 as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
Landmark: In Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v Thailand), 1962, the ICJ held the temple lies in Cambodian territory.
Statute: The ICJ is governed by its Statute, annexed to the UN Charter; Article 36 covers its jurisdiction.
Doctrine: Acquiescence: a State that long accepts a boundary map without protest may be barred from later disputing it.

Question 1 of 10

Thai and Cambodian forces fought along their border in May, July and which other month of 2025?

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Answer: (B) December

Core Trigger: Thai and Cambodian forces fought along their border in May, July and December 2025, killing over a hundred people.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 1

Question 2 of 10

How many people did the 2025 border clashes displace?

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Answer: (D) Hundreds of thousands

Human Cost: The clashes displaced hundreds of thousands of people.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 2

Question 3 of 10

UNESCO counted how many damaged areas at the Preah Vihear temple?

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Answer: (D) 562

Heritage Damage: UNESCO later counted 562 damaged areas at the Preah Vihear temple.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 3

Question 4 of 10

Preah Vihear stands on a cliff of which mountain range?

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Answer: (B) Dangrek Mountains

Key Place: Preah Vihear is a Hindu temple on a cliff of the Dangrek Mountains on the Thai-Cambodian border.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 4

Question 5 of 10

In which year did the ICJ confirm the temple's vicinity belongs to Cambodia?

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Data Point: The ICJ confirmed in 2013 that the vicinity of the temple belongs to Cambodia.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 5

Question 6 of 10

Which is/are correct? 1. Thailand and Cambodia are both ASEAN members. 2. India's Act East Policy engages ASEAN.

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Answer: (C) Both 1 and 2

Stakeholders: Thailand, Cambodia, UNESCO and the International Court of Justice are the key actors.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 6

Question 7 of 10

In which Netherlands city does the ICJ sit?

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Answer: (A) The Hague

Venue: The ICJ sits at the Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 8

Question 8 of 10

The ICJ began work in which year?

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Answer: (A) 1946

Founded: The ICJ began work in 1946 as the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 9

Question 9 of 10

In which year did the ICJ's landmark judgment place the Preah Vihear temple in Cambodian territory?

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Answer: (B) 1962

Landmark: In Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v Thailand), 1962, the ICJ held the temple lies in Cambodian territory.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 10

Question 10 of 10

Which is/are correct? 1. Acquiescence lets a State that accepted a boundary map freely dispute it later. 2. The ICJ Statute covers jurisdiction in Article 36.

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Answer: (B) Only 2

Statute: The ICJ is governed by its Statute, annexed to the UN Charter; Article 36 covers its jurisdiction.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 280, point 11

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