Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (International developments) | List-II (Year) | ||
| (A) | India convened an international conference to support the freedom of Indonesia from the Dutch colonial regime | (I) | 1949 |
| (B) | Atal Behari Vajpayee (the then External Affairs Minister) visited China | (II) | 1979 |
| (C) | Henry Kissinger made a secret visit to China via Pakistan | (III) | 1971 |
| (D) | Indian side of LoC in Mashkoh, Dras, Kaksar and Batalik areas were occupied by Mujahideens | (IV) | 1999 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A) – (I), (B) – (II), (C) – (III), (D) – (IV)
(A) India convened an international conference to support the freedom of Indonesia from the Dutch colonial regime — this matches (I) 1949.
(B) Atal Behari Vajpayee (the then External Affairs Minister) visited China — this matches (II) 1979.
(C) Henry Kissinger made a secret visit to China via Pakistan — this matches (III) 1971. The visit was in July 1971.
(D) Indian side of LoC in Mashkoh, Dras, Kaksar and Batalik areas were occupied by Mujahideens — this matches (IV) 1999. This was the Kargil conflict of May-June 1999.
NCERT (2025-26): “Afro-Asian unity … Under his leadership, India convened the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947, five months ahead of attaining its independence. India made earnest efforts for the early realisation of freedom of Indonesia from the Dutch colonial regime by convening an international conference in 1949 to support its freedom struggle.… Bangladesh war, 1971 … Support for Pakistan came from the US and China. The US-China rapprochement that began in the late 1960s resulted in a realignment of forces in Asia. Henry Kissinger, the adviser to the US President Richard Nixon, made a secret visit to China via Pakistan in July 1971. In order to counter the US-Pakistan-China axis, India signed a 20-year Treaty of Peace and Friendship with the Soviet Union in August 1971. This treaty assured India of Soviet support if the country faced any attack.…”
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