Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: India's External Relations

Question:

Who was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1965?

Options:

Pandit Nehru

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Gulzarilal Nanda

Correct Answer:

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 2 - Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the Prime Minister of India during the Indo-Pak war in 1965.

Nehru was succeeded by Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose 1-year 7-month term ended in his death in Tashkent, then in the USSR, where he had signed the Tashkent Declaration between India and Pakistan.