CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The Permanent Indus Commission consists of:
A. One commissioner from each country
B. Only World Bank officials
C. Five UN judges
D. Provincial governors
Correct Answer: A
Each country appoints an Indus Waters Commissioner.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The eastern rivers allocated primarily to India are:
A. Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
B. Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
C. Kabul, Kurram and Gomal
D. Nile, Congo and Niger
Correct Answer: A
The treaty allocates the Ravi, Beas and Sutlej to India, subject to provisions.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Under the Indus Waters Treaty, the western rivers allocated primarily to Pakistan are:
A. Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
B. Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
C. Ganges, Yamuna and Brahmaputra
D. Kabul, Swat and Kurram
Correct Answer: A
The Indus, Jhelum and Chenab are the western rivers.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The Indus Waters Treaty was facilitated by the:
A. World Bank
B. OIC
C. SAARC
D. SCO
Correct Answer: A
The World Bank mediated the negotiations and is a signatory.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed in:
A. 1954
B. 1960
C. 1966
D. 1972
Correct Answer: B
India and Pakistan signed the treaty on 19 September 1960.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The 1960 U-2 incident strained Pakistan's relations with the:
A. Soviet Union
B. China
C. Iran
D. Turkey
Correct Answer: A
A US reconnaissance aircraft linked to facilities in Pakistan intensified Soviet hostility.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
A weakness of Pakistan's alliance strategy was that Western pacts did not guarantee assistance against:
A. India
B. The Soviet Union
C. Communist insurgency
D. Maritime piracy
Correct Answer: A
The allies viewed the pacts through global containment rather than Pakistan's India-focused concerns.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan was geographically unusual in SEATO because it was:
A. Not located in Southeast Asia
B. An island state
C. A European state
D. A communist state
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan joined for strategic reasons despite being outside Southeast Asia.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan was a member of both SEATO and CENTO during the:
A. Cold War
B. First World War
C. Interwar period
D. Post-2020 period
Correct Answer: A
Both were Western-sponsored Cold War security arrangements.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
CENTO stands for:
A. Central Treaty Organization
B. Central Economic and Nuclear Trade Organization
C. Commonwealth External Treaty Office
D. Central European Trade Organization
Correct Answer: A
CENTO was the successor name of the Baghdad Pact.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The Baghdad Pact was later renamed:
A. CENTO
B. NATO
C. SAARC
D. ECO
Correct Answer: A
After Iraq's withdrawal, the pact became the Central Treaty Organization.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan signed the Baghdad Pact on:
A. 23 September 1955
B. 1 May 1958
C. 10 January 1966
D. 2 July 1972
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan joined the Baghdad Pact on 23 September 1955.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan's main expectation from Western alliances was support against:
A. Security threats, especially from India
B. Japan
C. Latin America
D. Africa
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan hoped alliances would strengthen its defence position.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
SEATO's principal Cold War purpose was to contain:
A. Communism
B. International trade
C. Decolonization
D. Agricultural reform
Correct Answer: A
The organization was designed to resist communist expansion.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
SEATO stands for:
A. Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
B. South European Alliance and Trade Organization
C. Security and Economic Association of Treaty Organizations
D. South East Agricultural Trade Office
Correct Answer: A
SEATO was a Cold War collective-security organization.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan joined SEATO in:
A. 1951
B. 1954
C. 1959
D. 1964
Correct Answer: B
SEATO was formed in September 1954 with Pakistan as a member.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Pakistan's early orientation is best described as:
A. Formally independent but increasingly West-aligned
B. A Soviet satellite
C. Completely non-aligned from the outset
D. A NATO member
Correct Answer: A
Pakistan retained sovereignty but moved toward Western security arrangements.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
The dominant strategic objective of the early years was:
A. Survival and consolidation of the new state
B. Global territorial expansion
C. Leaving the UN
D. Abolishing diplomacy
Correct Answer: A
Security, recognition, economic support and state consolidation were immediate priorities.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
A major limitation of Pakistan's early foreign policy was:
A. Scarce economic and institutional resources
B. Excessive industrial power
C. No security threats
D. Geographic isolation from Asia
Correct Answer: A
The new state faced weak finances, institutions and defence capacity.
CSS - PMS - CCE - PCS - Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Foreign Policy - Principles and Evolution
Decolonization was important to Pakistan's early diplomacy because it supported:
A. Oppressed and colonized peoples
B. European empires
C. Forced annexation
D. Racial domination
Correct Answer: A
Jinnah's vision included moral and material support for oppressed peoples.