International Relations Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 25)

Yugoslavia’s President Josip Broz Tito hosted and chaired the Belgrade summit. He had spent the preceding years travelling to build support for it.

The founding summit ran from 1 to 6 September 1961 in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia. Twenty-five nations attended, plus three observer states.

The 19th SAARC summit, planned for Islamabad in November 2016, was cancelled after India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Afghanistan boycotted it, following the Uri attack. SAARC has not been formally dissolved, but summits have not resumed since.

SAARC’s permanent Secretariat was established in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 16 January 1987 — a separate milestone from the 1983 New Delhi declaration and the 1985 Dhaka charter.

Afghanistan joined SAARC as its eighth member in April 2007, well after the seven founding members of 1985.

SAARC was formally established at its first summit, in Dhaka, on 8 December 1985, when the SAARC Charter was signed.

Bangladesh’s President Ziaur Rahman first proposed the idea of South Asian regional cooperation, in 1980.

Two major agreements are signed but not yet in force: the India-New Zealand FTA (signed April 2026) and the India-EU FTA (concluded and signed January 2026), both still subject to formal ratification.

India’s CECPA with Mauritius, signed in February 2021, was India’s first trade pact with an African nation.

SAFTA was signed on 6 January 2004, and came into force from 1 January 2006, covering all eight SAARC members.

Bilateral trade grew about 13.54%, from USD 679.70 million in 2024-25 to USD 771.76 million in 2025-26.

Goyal met Mohamed Saeed, Maldives’ Minister of Economic Development, Transport and Trade, as both countries marked 60 years of diplomatic relations.

The first round was held virtually from 29 June to 7 July 2026, across eight technical sessions.

Krishna Menon was widely blamed by contemporaries, including within his own party, and resigned under pressure. However, the Henderson Brooks-Bhagat Report, India’s own internal inquiry into the war, remains classified to this day, and Menon himself maintained that Pakistan, not China, was India’s real border threat. No formal, publicly released verdict has settled the question of his personal responsibility.

Krishna Menon resigned as Defence Minister on 31 October 1962, amid intense political pressure following India’s setbacks in the Sino-Indian War. He was succeeded by Y.B. Chavan.

Krishna Menon’s speech ran to roughly 8 hours across two days (about 5 hours on 23 January and nearly 3 hours on 24 January), reportedly the longest speech in UN Security Council history, ending with his collapse on the Council floor.

On 23-24 January 1957, Krishna Menon delivered a marathon speech at the UN Security Council, defending India’s position on Kashmir.

V.K. Krishna Menon founded the India League in London in 1928, and served as its president until 1947, campaigning for full Indian independence.

Correct: Combined Task Force 150, with New Zealand in command. New Zealand commanded the task force in 2025, and an Indian Navy captain served as its deputy commander. It works against drug trafficking in the Middle East and northern Indian Ocean.

Correct: NZ$7 billion. The leaders set a target to double bilateral trade by 2030 to NZ$7 billion.