UPSC International Relations – Chapter 4: India–Pakistan and Afghanistan (21 MCQs)
UPSC International Relations – Chapter 4: India–Pakistan and Afghanistan (21 MCQs) – 21 questions, subject: International Relations. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.
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The Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan was signed in:
Correct Answer: A [1960]
Explanation:
Nehru and Ayub Khan signed the Indus Waters Treaty at Karachi on 19 September 1960.
The Indus Waters Treaty was brokered by:
Correct Answer: D [the World Bank]
Explanation:
The World Bank brokered the treaty after years of talks in the 1950s and is also a signatory to it.
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, India has unrestricted use of the waters of:
Correct Answer: C [Ravi, Beas and Sutlej]
Explanation:
eastern rivers.
The Shimla Agreement of 1972 was signed by Indira Gandhi and:
Correct Answer: C [Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]
Explanation:
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Pakistan's President after the 1971 war, signed the Shimla Agreement with Indira Gandhi in July 1972.
The Tashkent Declaration followed the India–Pakistan war of:
Correct Answer: A [1965]
Explanation:
The Tashkent Declaration of January 1966, mediated by the Soviet Union, followed the 1965 India–Pakistan war.
Operation Meghdoot (1984) is associated with:
Correct Answer: B [the Siachen Glacier]
Explanation:
Operation Meghdoot, launched in April 1984, gave India control of the Siachen Glacier.
The Kartarpur corridor was opened in:
Correct Answer: C [2019]
Explanation:
November 2019.
Operation Sindoor (May 2025) was India's response to the terror attack at:
Correct Answer: A [Pahalgam]
Explanation:
22 April 2025.
Under their 1988 agreement, India and Pakistan exchange lists of nuclear installations every year on:
Correct Answer: A [1 January]
Explanation:
The 1988 agreement on non-attack on nuclear installations requires both countries to exchange the lists every 1 January.
Consider the following statements:
1. The Lahore Declaration of 1999 followed Prime Minister Vajpayee's bus journey to Lahore.
2. India's military response in Kargil in 1999 was named Operation Vijay.
3. The Agra summit of 2001 ended with a joint declaration.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Correct Answer: B [1 and 2 only]
Explanation:
Vajpayee's bus journey led to the Lahore Declaration and Kargil was Operation Vijay, but the Agra summit produced no joint text.
Assertion (A): In April 2025 India decided to hold the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance.
Reason (R): India linked the working of the treaty to an end to Pakistan's support for cross-border terrorism.
Correct Answer: A [Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A]
Explanation:
India held the treaty in abeyance on 23 April 2025 precisely until Pakistan credibly ends support for cross-border terrorism.
The Afghan–India Friendship Dam (Salma Dam) is in the Afghan province of:
Correct Answer: C [Herat]
Explanation:
The Afghan–India Friendship Dam on the Hari Rud river is in Herat province and was inaugurated in June 2016.
Afghanistan's first strategic partnership agreement with any country was signed with India in:
Correct Answer: D [2011]
Explanation:
The India–Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement of October 2011 was Afghanistan's first such agreement with any country.
The Zaranj–Delaram highway built by India links Afghanistan's road network to the border of:
Correct Answer: B [Iran]
Explanation:
towards Chabahar.
UN Security Council Resolution 2593 (2021), adopted under India's presidency, concerns:
Correct Answer: D [Afghanistan]
Explanation:
Resolution 2593 of 30 August 2021 demanded that Afghan territory not be used to threaten or attack any country or shelter terrorists.
Pakistan was removed from the FATF grey list in:
Correct Answer: B [2022]
Explanation:
The FATF removed Pakistan from its grey list in October 2022, having placed it there in June 2018.
Arrange the following in chronological order:
1. Shimla Agreement
2. Indus Waters Treaty
3. Lahore Declaration
4. Opening of the Kartarpur corridor
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Correct Answer: C [2-1-3-4]
Explanation:
1960, 1972, 1999, 2019.
The UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) observes the ceasefire in:
Correct Answer: D [Jammu and Kashmir]
Explanation:
set up after the 1947–48 war.
India's "surgical strikes" of September 2016 followed the terror attack at:
Correct Answer: B [Uri]
Explanation:
The surgical strikes across the LoC on 29 September 2016 followed the 18 September attack on the Army camp at Uri.
India withdrew the Most Favoured Nation status it had given to Pakistan in:
Correct Answer: B [2019]
Explanation:
after Pulwama.
Consider the following pairs:
Region often in news – Country
1. Chechnya – Russian Federation
2. Darfur – Mali
3. Swat Valley – Iraq
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
Correct Answer: A [1 only]
Explanation:
Chechnya is in Russia.
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