Match List-I with List-II
| List-I (Events) | List-II (Year) | ||
| (A) | Establishment of the Department of Defence Supplies | (I) | 1962 |
| (B) | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty | (II) | 1965 |
| (C) | Establishment of the Department of Defence Production | (III) | 1966 |
| (D) | Tashkent Agreement | (IV) | 1968 |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → (A) – (II), (B) – (IV), (C) – (I), (D) – (III)
(A) Establishment of the Department of Defence Supplies — this matches (II) 1965. It was set up in November 1965.
(B) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — this matches (IV) 1968.
(C) Establishment of the Department of Defence Production — this matches (I) 1962. It was set up in November 1962.
(D) Tashkent Agreement — this matches (III) 1966. It was signed in January 1966.
NCERT (2025-26): “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.… Wars and Peace with Pakistan … India, with its limited resources, had initiated development planning. However, conflicts with neighbours derailed the five-year plans. The scarce resources were diverted to the defence sector especially after 1962, as India had to embark on a military modernisation drive. The Department of Defence Production was established in November 1962 and the Department of Defence Supplies in November 1965. The Third Plan (1961-66) was affected and it was followed by three Annual Plans and the Fourth Plan could be initiated only in 1969. India’s defence expenditure increased enormously after the wars. India’s nuclear policy … When Communist China conducted nuclear tests in October 1964, the five nuclear weapon powers, the US, USSR, UK, France, and China (Taiwan then represented China) – also the five Permanent Members of the UN Security Council – tried to impose the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) of 1968 on the rest of the world. India always considered the NPT as discriminatory and had refused to sign it.…” |