Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Contemporary South Asia

Question:

India's conflict with Pakistan is over strategic issues like :

(1) Import natural gas from Afghanistan

(2) Role of non-regional powers in South Asia

(3) India's demand for a permanent seat in Security Council

(4) Control of the Siachen glacier

Options:

1

2

3

4

Correct Answer:

4

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4 - 4 (Control of the Siachen glacier)

India’s conflict with Pakistan is also over strategic issues like the control of the Siachen glacier and over acquisition of arms. The arms race between the two countries assumed a new character with both states acquiring nuclear weapons and missiles to deliver such arms against each other in the 1990s.