Which of the following neighbouring countries of India has banned free internet for social media in July, 2020?

The correct answer is D) Bangladesh. In July 2020, Bangladesh's telecom regulator (BTRC) moved against operator offers that gave customers free or zero-rated access to social media apps such as Facebook, so that using those apps did not consume paid data. The regulator treated this as discriminatory and ended such packages.

• Nepal: Its 2020 actions were about regulating or restricting specific platforms, not a ban on free social media access of this kind.
• Bhutan: It has no comparable 2020 measure on free social media internet. Its internet policy is tightly controlled by the state but this question does not point to it.
• Myanmar: Its major internet shutdowns and platform restrictions came mainly after the February 2021 military coup, and in conflict areas like Rakhine, not in July 2020 over zero-rating.

The core concept is net neutrality: equal treatment of data regardless of content or app. India's TRAI addressed the same issue through the Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations, 2016, which banned differential pricing by platform. This is a useful Mains point on digital rights, competition and the role of regulators.

Trap: Aspirants often pick Myanmar because of its frequent internet shutdowns. Those are state-ordered blackouts, which is a different issue from the zero-rating question asked here.