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The 1971 war ended in the eastern theatre on:
A. 3 December 1971
B. 16 December 1971
C. 17 December 1971
D. 2 July 1972
Correct Answer: B
The instrument of surrender in Dhaka was signed on 16 December 1971.
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The full-scale India–Pakistan war of 1971 began in December after:
A. Air attacks on Indian airfields
B. The Lahore bus journey
C. The signing of the Indus Waters Treaty
D. The Rann of Kutch award
Correct Answer: A
The western-front war began on 3 December 1971 following Pakistani air attacks on Indian airfields.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri died:
A. Before reaching Tashkent
B. Soon after signing the Tashkent Declaration
C. During the 1971 war
D. After the Simla Agreement
Correct Answer: B
The Indian prime minister died in Tashkent shortly after the declaration was signed.
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The Tashkent Declaration provided for withdrawal of forces to positions held before:
A. 5 August 1965
B. 1 January 1949
C. 3 December 1971
D. 21 February 1999
Correct Answer: A
The sides agreed to withdraw to positions held before 5 August 1965.
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Which Soviet leader played the central mediating role at Tashkent?
A. Nikita Khrushchev
B. Alexei Kosygin
C. Leonid Brezhnev
D. Mikhail Gorbachev
Correct Answer: B
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin facilitated the negotiations.
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Who signed the Tashkent Declaration for India?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Lal Bahadur Shastri
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Morarji Desai
Correct Answer: B
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri signed for India.
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Who signed the Tashkent Declaration for Pakistan?
A. Ayub Khan
B. Yahya Khan
C. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
D. Liaquat Ali Khan
Correct Answer: A
President Ayub Khan signed for Pakistan.
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The Tashkent Declaration was signed in the then:
A. Soviet Union
B. United States
C. United Kingdom
D. China
Correct Answer: A
Tashkent was then part of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR.
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The Tashkent Declaration was signed on:
A. 10 January 1966
B. 23 September 1965
C. 2 July 1972
D. 21 February 1999
Correct Answer: A
The post-war declaration was signed on 10 January 1966.
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UNIPOM stands for:
A. United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission
B. United Nations Indus Peace Operations Mechanism
C. United Nations International Political Observer Mission
D. United Nations India-Pakistan Organization for Mediation
Correct Answer: A
UNIPOM was established as a temporary mission after the 1965 war.
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Which temporary UN mission supervised the 1965 ceasefire outside Jammu and Kashmir?
A. UNIPOM
B. UNMOGIP
C. UNEF
D. UNAMA
Correct Answer: A
The United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission monitored the border outside Kashmir.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 211 concerning the 1965 war was adopted on:
A. 20 September 1965
B. 10 January 1966
C. 30 June 1965
D. 6 September 1965
Correct Answer: A
Resolution 211 demanded a ceasefire and withdrawal of forces.
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India crossed the international border near Lahore on:
A. 1 September 1965
B. 6 September 1965
C. 20 September 1965
D. 23 September 1965
Correct Answer: B
The expansion of fighting across the international border occurred on 6 September 1965.
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Operation Grand Slam was launched in:
A. September 1965
B. December 1971
C. May 1999
D. February 2019
Correct Answer: A
It was a Pakistan military operation during the 1965 war.
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Operation Gibraltar is associated with the conflict of:
A. 1947–48
B. 1965
C. 1971
D. 1999
Correct Answer: B
Operation Gibraltar preceded the full-scale India–Pakistan war of 1965.
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The Rann of Kutch boundary dispute was subsequently submitted to an:
A. International tribunal
B. OIC council
C. SAARC secretariat
D. IMF committee
Correct Answer: A
An international tribunal rendered its award in 1968.
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An agreement relating to ceasefire and restoration of the status quo in the Rann of Kutch area was concluded on:
A. 30 June 1965
B. 6 September 1965
C. 10 January 1966
D. 2 July 1972
Correct Answer: A
The Gujarat–West Pakistan border agreement was concluded on 30 June 1965.
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The major Rann of Kutch clashes occurred in:
A. 1962
B. 1965
C. 1971
D. 1984
Correct Answer: B
The border fighting preceded the wider 1965 India–Pakistan war.
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The Rann of Kutch dispute is located mainly between Pakistan's Sindh and India's:
A. Punjab
B. Gujarat
C. Rajasthan
D. Haryana
Correct Answer: B
The marshland boundary dispute involved Sindh and Gujarat.
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As of July 2026, Pakistan's stated position was that the Indus Waters Treaty:
A. Had legally ceased to exist
B. Remained binding and could not be unilaterally suspended
C. Had been replaced by the Simla Agreement
D. Applied only to eastern rivers
Correct Answer: B
Pakistan continued to reject India's position and maintained that the treaty remained legally binding.