Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Agreements/Conferences) | LIST-II (Outcome/agreement about) | ||
| A. | Simla Agreement | I. | The Conference led to the establishment of the NAM. |
| B. | Tashkent Agreement | II. | The Agreement was signed for Peaceful Coexistence and stronger relations between India and China. |
| C. | Bandung Conference | III. | The Agreement formalised the return of peace after the Bangladesh War of Independence. |
| D. | Panchsheel Agreement | IV. | The UN intervened and the Soviet Union brokered between these two countries to re-establish peace. |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A – III, B – IV, C – I, D – II
(A) Simla Agreement — this matches (III) The Agreement formalised the return of peace after the Bangladesh War of Independence.
(B) Tashkent Agreement — this matches (IV) The UN intervened and the Soviet Union brokered between these two countries to re-establish peace.
(C) Bandung Conference — this matches (I) The Conference led to the establishment of the NAM.
(D) Panchsheel Agreement — this matches (II) The Agreement was signed for Peaceful Coexistence and stronger relations between India and China.
NCERT (2025-26): “Afro-Asian unity … The Afro-Asian conference held in the Indonesian city of Bandung in 1955, commonly known as the Bandung Conference, marked the zenith of India’s engagement with the newly independent Asian and African nations. The Bandung Conference later led to the establishment of the NAM. The First Summit of the NAM was held in Belgrade in September 1961. Nehru was a co-founder of the NAM. Peace and conflict with China … The joint enunciation of Panchsheel, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, by the Indian Prime Minister Nehru and the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on 29 April 1954 was a step in the direction of stronger relationship between the two countries.… Wars and Peace with Pakistan … The hostilities came to an end with the UN intervention. Later, Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistan’s General Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Agreement, brokered by the Soviet Union, in January 1966.… Bangladesh war, 1971 … With Bangladesh as a free country, India declared a unilateral ceasefire. Later, the signing of the Shimla Agreement between Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on 3 July 1972 formalised the return of peace.…” |