The Shimla Agreement of 1972 was signed between which two leaders?
- A.Lal Bahadur Shastri and Ayub Khan
- B.Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- C.Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan
- D.Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The Shimla Agreement was signed on 2 July 1972, after the war of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh. It committed both countries to settle differences bilaterally and by peaceful means, and it turned the ceasefire line in Jammu and Kashmir into the Line of Control. Option A is wrong because Shastri and Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Declaration of 1966, after the 1965 war. Option C is wrong because Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan signed the pact of 1950 on the treatment of minorities in the two countries. Option D is wrong because Vajpayee and Nawaz Sharif signed the Lahore Declaration of February 1999, after the Delhi-Lahore bus journey. Learn the war-to-agreement chain: 1965 to Tashkent 1966, 1971 to Shimla 1972.
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Practice Questions
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- A.1950
- B.1952
- C.1954
- D.1956
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The five principles of Panchsheel appear in the preamble to the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India, signed on 29 April 1954 by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
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- A.Bandung
- B.Belgrade
- C.Cairo
- D.Havana
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Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the State to promote international peace and security?
- A.Article 48
- B.Article 50
- C.Article 51
- D.Article 53
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Article 51, among the Directive Principles of State Policy in Part IV, asks the State to promote international peace and security, to maintain just and honourable relations between nations, to foster respect for international law and treaty obligations, and to encourage the settlement of international disputes by arbitration.
Read the full explanation →The Tashkent Declaration of 1966 was signed between Lal Bahadur Shastri and which Pakistani leader?
- A.Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- B.Muhammad Ayub Khan
- C.Yahya Khan
- D.Liaquat Ali Khan
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The Tashkent Declaration was signed on 10 January 1966 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and President Ayub Khan of Pakistan to settle the war of 1965, with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin as host and mediator at Tashkent, then in the Soviet Union.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Look East Policy launched?
- A.1985
- B.1991
- C.1998
- D.2014
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The Look East Policy was launched in 1991 under Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao, when the collapse of the Soviet Union removed India's closest partner and economic liberalisation created a reason to seek markets in South East Asia.
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