India's foreign policy

Question 1

The Indian National Army was created by____

Answer 1

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose

Question 2

Nehru was the first ____ minister and his own ____ minister

Answer 2

Prime minister and foreign minister

Question 3

Nehru’s three main objectives for India’s foreign policy from 1946-1964 were:

Answer 3

1) preserve hard earned sovereignty
2) protect territorial integrity
3) rapid economic development

Question 4

Why did some of the parties want India to join the pro-USA bloc ?

Answer 4

1) they were pro-democracy

2) those who were against communism wanted India to join the western bloc

Question 5

Britain attacked Egypt in ____

Answer 5

1956

Question 6

Under Nehru’s leadership, India held a _____ conference on _____.

Answer 6

Asian relations conference, March 1947

Question 7

A conference was held on_____ in support of Indonesia’s decolonization from the Dutch regime.

Answer 7

1949

Question 8

The Asian- Afro conference was held on _____ in ____.

Answer 8

1955 in Bandung, Indonesia

Question 9

The Chinese revolution was in ____

Answer 9

1949

Question 10

______ was one of the first countries to recognize China as a communist government.

Answer 10

India

Question 11

______ warned Nehru of future Chinese aggression towards India.

Answer 11

Sardar Patel

Question 12

India signed the _____ with China on ____. It was signed by Nehru and Premier Zhou Enlai.

Answer 12

Panchsheel, Five principles of peaceful coexistence on 29th April 1954

Question 13

China annexed Tibet in ____.

Answer 13

1950

Question 14

The ______, the Tibetan spiritual leader seeked asylum in India

Answer 14

Dalai Lama

Question 15

China claimed that ______ territory and ______ was a part of China.

Answer 15

Aksai Chin in Ladakh and major part of Arunachal Pradesh ( North Eastern Frontier Agency )

Question 16

China annexed Aksai chin in ____ and ____

Answer 16

1957 and 1949

Question 17

China invaded Arunachal Pradesh for a week in _____

Answer 17

October 1962

Question 18

How did the China war dent India’s image at home ?

Answer 18

1) India reached out to USA and Britain for help
2) Criticism of Nehru being naïve towards China
3) No confidence motion against Nehru’s government
4) army leaders resigned on retired
5) V.K Krishan Menon was removed from cabinet

Question 19

In _____, full diplomatic relations between India and China was resolved

Answer 19

1976

Question 20

________ was the first to visit China in _____. He was the External Affairs Minister. Later _____ visited China as the first PM after Nehru to visit China.

Answer 20

Atal Behari Vajpayee, 1979

Rajiv Gandhi

Question 21

How did the Sino-India conflict affect the opposition ?

Answer 21

1) Faction within CPI that was pro-USSR stayed close to the Congress
2) Other faction remained close to China
3) CPI split in 1964
4) Faction that was close to China formed the CPI-M and were arrested for being pro-China

Question 22

A proxy war broke out between India and Pakistan in Kashmir in____

Answer 22

1947

Question 23

The ______ treaty was signed by Nehru and General Ayub Khan in 1960.

Answer 23

India- Pakistan Indus Waters Treaty.

Question 24

In ______, Pakistan launched armed attacks in Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.

Answer 24

April 1965

Question 25

PM Lal Bahadur Shastri and General Ayub Khan signed the ______ in _____.

Answer 25

Tashkent agreement in January 1966

Question 26

What was the internal crisis Pakistan faced in 1970 ?

Answer 26

1) there was a split election verdict
2) In west Pakistan, Zulfikar Bhutto.
3) In east Pakistan, Awami League Sheikh Mujib
4) in 1971, Pakistani army arrested Sheikh Mujib and unleashed terror on east Pakistan.
5) 80 lakh refugees sought asylum in India. Pakistan blamed India of trying to break Pakistan up.
6) USA and China supported Pakistan
7) India signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship with Soviet union for 20 years on 1971
8) A war broke out in 1971 December
9) Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto signed the Shimla agreement on 3rd July 1971.

Question 27

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