Read the following passage and answer the items that follow. Your answer to these items should be based on the passages only. The drawing down of tensions between Assam and Mizoram, at least at the leadership level, with the respective governments announcing the withdrawal of FIRs against the Chief Minister of Assam and a Rajya Sabha MP from Mizoram, among other steps, comes as a great relief. These actions followed the deaths of six policemen and a civilian from Assam in a violent gunfight in the border town of Vairengte in Mizoram on July 26, which exacerbated an already fraught situation between the States. The retaliatory actions such as filing FIRs against prominent representatives, at a time when locals in the Barak Valley in Assam had already imposed a blockade, disallowing trucks with essential goods from entering Mizoram, seemed to indicate that the States’ leaderships were throwing away their scabbards, militating against their own moves to restore calm. Which of the following assumptions is valid?

The correct answer is There exists a border dispute between Assam and Mizoram. The Hindu Key Points Option 2 is a valid assumption, from the passage it is evident that there was a clash between the police personnel along the borderline which implies that there exists a borderline dispute. Even as given in the passage, '...These actions followed the deaths of six policemen and a civilian from Assam in a violent gunfight in the border town of Vairengte in Mizoram on July 26, which exacerbated an already fraught situation between the States...' gives hint on the border dispute. Option 1 is one of the general statements given in the passage. Option 3 is not true as given in the first line of the passage, there have been signs of reduced tension between Assam and Mizoram states. Option 4 cannot be an assumption, from the given passage we can say that tension between the states have reduced but not completely. Hence the correct answer is There exists a border dispute between Assam and Mizoram. Additional Information Militate: (of a fact or circumstance) be a powerful or conclusive factor in preventing. Scabbards: A sheath for the blade of a sword or dagger, typically made of leather or metal.