Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: India's External Relations

Question:

Match the following agreements in List 1 correctly with the year in which they were signed in List 2:

List 1- Agreements/Treaty

List 2- Year

a) Shimla Agreement

i) April 1954

b) Tashkent Declaration

ii) July 1972

c) Panchsheel

iii) September 1960

d) Indus Water Treaty

iv) January 1966

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- iii

(a)- ii, (b)- iii, (c)- i, (d)- iv

(a)- iii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- ii

(a)- i, (b)- iv, (c)- ii, (d)- iii

Correct Answer:

(a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- iii

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 1 - (a)- ii, (b)- iv, (c)- i, (d)- iii

List 1- Agreements/Treaty

List 2- Year

a) Shimla Agreement

ii) July 1972

b) Tashkent Declaration

iv) January 1966

c) Panchsheel

i) April 1954

d) Indus Water Treaty

iii) September 1960

The Shimla Agreement was signed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan in July 1972.

Tashkent Agreement, (Jan. 10, 1966), an accord signed by India's Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (who died the next day) and Pakistan's President Ayub Khan.

The Panchsheel, or Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, was first formally signed on April 29, 1954, by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Premier Zhou Enlai. 

Indus Waters Treaty,  a treaty, signed on September 19, 1960, between India and Pakistan and brokered by the World Bank.