Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Question:

Which of the following leaders were the signatories of the Tashkent Agreement in 1966?

Options:

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Mohammad Ayub Khan.

Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan's President Muhammad Ayub Khan.

Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

None of the above

Correct Answer:

Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan's President Muhammad Ayub Khan.

Explanation:

Shastri’s Prime Ministership came to an abrupt end on 10 January 1966, when he suddenly expired in Tashkent, then in the USSR and currently the capital of Uzbekistan. He was there to discuss and sign an agreement with Muhammad Ayub Khan, the then President of Pakistan, to end the war.