"राज और नेहा पानी पीते हैं।"
Translation:Raj and Neha drink water.
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Because पीती would be used only if the subject was feminine singular or feminine plural. Since its plural but not just feminine, its पीते.
Wrong. You say drink when it plural/two are more person involved. Ex: They drink water. Not- They drinks warer.
But when it's only one person/singular...then; "He drinks water or Raj drinks warer". (Simple present tense)
Is this sentence from the perspective of a person telling Raj and Neha to drink water or of a person generally talking about Raj and Neha in the third person? Can we use this same sentence for both perspectives?
This is a person talking generally about Raj and Neha in the third person.
For your first perspective you would use the imperative voice in most languages, and I expect it is true for Hindi too, but I don't know for certain. If you want to look it up, imperative voice is the thing to look for.
It has to be 'drink' because it is 'they' (Raj and Neha).
'drinks' is only used for 'he' or 'she'. So if the sentence was 'Raj drinks water' or 'Neha drinks water', those would be fine. But Raj and Neha together are 'they', so 'Raj and Neha drink water'.