India-Pakistan Relations — Set 3
International Relations · भारत-पाकिस्तान संबंध · Questions 21–30 of 160
The Lahore Declaration was signed in which year?
Correct Answer: C. 1999
The Lahore Declaration was signed on 21 February 1999 during Indian PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's historic bus journey to Lahore. Both India and Pakistan committed to nuclear restraint and peaceful resolution of disputes. However, the Kargil War broke out just months later in May 1999.
PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee traveled to Lahore by which mode of transport for the 1999 peace initiative?
Correct Answer: B. Bus
PM Vajpayee took a historic bus journey from Amritsar to Lahore in February 1999 for peace talks with Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif. This Sadda-e-Sarhad (Delhi-Lahore) bus service was inaugurated as part of the peace initiative. The goodwill was undermined when Kargil War broke out months later.
The Agra Summit between India and Pakistan took place in which year?
Correct Answer: C. 2001
The Agra Summit took place in July 2001 when Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf visited India for talks with PM Vajpayee. The summit failed to produce a joint declaration due to differences over the definition of terrorism and Kashmir. No agreement was reached and relations deteriorated.
Pakistan conducted its nuclear tests (Chagai tests) in response to India's tests in which year?
Correct Answer: C. 1998
Pakistan conducted nuclear tests at Chagai, Balochistan on 28 May 1998 in response to India's Pokhran-II tests (Operation Shakti) of 11 May 1998. Pakistan called the test 'Chagai-I' and claimed to have tested 5 devices. Both countries are now recognized as de facto nuclear weapon states.
India's nuclear tests in 1998 were codenamed what?
Correct Answer: B. Operation Shakti
India's 1998 nuclear tests were codenamed Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II) conducted at Pokhran range in Rajasthan on 11–13 May 1998. The tests included a thermonuclear device and a fission device. PM Vajpayee declared India a nuclear weapon state.
Pakistan-administered Kashmir is officially called what by Pakistan?
Correct Answer: B. Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK)
Pakistan calls its administered part of Kashmir 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir' (AJK). India refers to it as Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). The region has a separate legislative assembly and is not a formal province of Pakistan.
CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) passes through which disputed territory according to India?
Correct Answer: C. PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir)
India objects to CPEC passing through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), which India claims as its own territory. CPEC connects Kashgar in Xinjiang to Gwadar port in Pakistan. India has officially protested CPEC as a violation of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Which year did India conduct surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC)?
Correct Answer: C. 2016
India conducted surgical strikes across the LoC on the night of 28–29 September 2016 in response to the Uri attack that killed 19 Indian soldiers. Indian Special Forces (Para SF) destroyed terrorist launch pads in PoK. Pakistan denied any surgical strikes took place.
The Uri attack of September 2016, which triggered India's surgical strikes, targeted which unit?
Correct Answer: C. Army Brigade HQ, Uri
On 18 September 2016, Pakistani militants attacked the Army Brigade Headquarters at Uri, J&K, killing 19 soldiers. It was one of the deadliest attacks on Indian security forces in decades. India retaliated with surgical strikes across the LoC 10 days later.
The Balakot airstrikes were conducted by India in which year?
Correct Answer: D. 2019
India conducted airstrikes on a Jaish-e-Mohammed training camp in Balakot, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan on 26 February 2019. This was India's first airstrike inside Pakistan since the 1971 war. The strike was in retaliation for the Pulwama attack (14 February 2019) that killed 40 CRPF personnel.