Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The Simla Agreement called for restoration of communications including:
A. Postal, telegraphic, sea, land and air links
B. Only sea routes
C. Only military hotlines
D. Only satellite links
Correct Answer: A
The agreement envisioned progressive normalization of multiple communications links.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
Which term was formally adopted in the Simla Agreement for the military line in Jammu and Kashmir?
A. Line of Control
B. Line of Actual Control
C. Ceasefire Boundary
D. International Peace Line
Correct Answer: A
The 1971 ceasefire line was designated as the Line of Control.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The Simla Agreement required the agreed withdrawals to be completed within:
A. 7 days
B. 15 days
C. 30 days
D. 90 days
Correct Answer: C
The text provides a 30-day period after entry into force.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
Under the Simla Agreement, forces were to withdraw to their side of the:
A. International border
B. Durand Line
C. McMahon Line
D. Sir Creek only
Correct Answer: A
Indian and Pakistani forces were to withdraw to their respective side of the international border.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The Simla Agreement states that relations are governed by the principles and purposes of the:
A. UN Charter
B. NATO Treaty
C. Warsaw Pact
D. Treaty of Versailles
Correct Answer: A
The first substantive principle expressly invokes the Charter of the United Nations.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The Simla Agreement commits the two countries to settle differences by:
A. Peaceful means through bilateral negotiations or another mutually agreed peaceful means
B. Mandatory military arbitration
C. A permanent Commonwealth court
D. A shared parliament
Correct Answer: A
The agreement emphasizes peaceful bilateral negotiations or another peaceful method accepted by both.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
Who signed the Simla Agreement for India?
A. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
B. Prime Minister Morarji Desai
C. Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri
D. President V. V. Giri
Correct Answer: A
Indira Gandhi signed as Prime Minister of India.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
Who signed the Simla Agreement for Pakistan?
A. President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
B. President Yahya Khan
C. Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan
D. President Ayub Khan
Correct Answer: A
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto signed as President of Pakistan.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The Simla Agreement was signed on:
A. 2 July 1972
B. 10 January 1966
C. 21 February 1999
D. 28 August 1973
Correct Answer: A
India and Pakistan signed the bilateral agreement at Simla on 2 July 1972.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The ceasefire line used for defining the post-1971 Line of Control resulted from the ceasefire of:
A. 17 December 1971
B. 1 January 1949
C. 23 September 1965
D. 10 May 2025
Correct Answer: A
The Simla Agreement refers to the line resulting from the ceasefire of 17 December 1971.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
The principal political outcome of the 1971 war was the emergence of:
A. Nepal
B. Bangladesh
C. Bhutan
D. Sri Lanka
Correct Answer: B
East Pakistan became the independent state of Bangladesh.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.
Pakistan Affairs (P.A)
1947 - Present - Relations - Pak - India Relations
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.