| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| What small Himalayan nations trisected the Sino-Indian border? (One is now an Indian state.) | Bhutan | 94%
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| Who was the Prime Minister of India? | Jawaharlal Nehru | 94%
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| Nepal | 94%
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| Which shared neighbor's offers of alliance and military assistance were rejected by India? | Pakistan | 94%
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| After being denied armed assistance from both the United Kingdom and the United States, India turned to which superpower for support, an alliance that continues on even after that nation's collapse? | Soviet Union | 94%
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| As a result, which Chinese general adopted a policy of "armed coexistence" with India in the events leading up to the war? | Mao Zedong | 88%
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| What country, then part of the United Arab Republic, was the only non-aligned nation to openly support India? | Egypt | 82%
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| Sikkim | 82%
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| The eastern theatre of the war took place in India's Northeast Frontier Agency. In what present-day state is this land now controlled? | Arunachal Pradesh | 76%
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| Having taken place in the Himalayas, at altitudes of up to 13,000 feet (4,000 m) the war was comprised of what form of battle? | {Mountain} Warfare | 76%
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| What large piece of land did China annex on November 18, signifying the end of the war? | Aksai Chin | 71%
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| What present-day union territory does India claim this land to be part of? | Ladakh | 71%
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| What administrative division, the eighth-largest in the world by area, does China administer this land in? | Xinjiang | 59%
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| Who was the Premier of China? | Zhou Enlai | 35%
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| In response to an increase of Chinese patrols along the border, India employed what offensive, seen as the war's casus belli? | The {Forward} Policy | 24%
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