International Relations Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 27)

President Prabowo conferred the Bintang Adipurna, Indonesia’s highest civilian honour, on PM Modi on 7 July 2026, for his contribution to bilateral ties.

India and Indonesia established diplomatic relations on 16 April 1949, three years after India recognised Indonesia’s independence in 1946.

Both sides agreed the EFD remains the main platform for economic, financial, technological, investment, and trade matters, with the next edition tentatively planned for 2027.

Sitharaman co-chaired the EFD with French Minister Roland Lescure (Economy, Finance, Industrial, Energy, and Digital Sovereignty), a follow-through on President Macron’s February 2026 India visit.

The BIA was signed on 8 September 2025 in New Delhi, but only came into force on 4 July 2026 — nearly ten months later, after both sides completed their internal procedures.

The Barak-8 missile system was co-developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and India’s DRDO, building on the earlier Barak-1 system from the 1990s.

During the 25-26 February 2026 visit, India and Israel elevated ties to a Special Strategic Partnership and signed 16 agreements, and Modi became the first Indian PM to address the Knesset, receiving the Speaker’s Medal.

Modi’s July 2017 visit marked 25 years of diplomatic relations since 1992, and led to a Strategic Partnership between the two countries.

India recognised Israel on 17 September 1950, but the two countries only established full diplomatic relations on 29 January 1992, a 42-year gap.

The ¥10 trillion, ten-year investment target was set at the 15th India-Japan Annual Summit, held in Tokyo in August 2025 — an increase from an earlier ¥5 trillion pledge made in 2022. The 16th Summit, in July 2026, reviewed progress toward that ¥10 trillion goal, rather than setting it.

PM Takaichi visited India from 1 to 3 July 2026 for the 16th India-Japan Annual Summit, marking 75 years of diplomatic relations — the ‘India-Japan Year of Shared Horizons.’

The relationship was upgraded in order: a Global Partnership in 2000, a Strategic and Global Partnership in 2006, and finally a Special Strategic and Global Partnership in 2014.

The Tokyo Declaration, signed by Prime Ministers Shinzo Abe and Narendra Modi on 1 September 2014, elevated India-Japan ties to a Special Strategic and Global Partnership.

India and Japan signed a Treaty of Peace on 9 June 1952, formally establishing diplomatic relations — one of the first peace treaties Japan signed after World War II.

In Nice, Modi and Macron jointly launched “Bharat Innovates,” on the opening leg of the June 2026 tour.

Jaitapur is planned as a six-EPR-reactor plant, built under a 2008 India-France civil nuclear agreement.

On 17-19 February 2026, India and France elevated ties to a Special Global Strategic Partnership.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz after the February 2026 strikes; the US responded with a naval blockade from 13 April 2026.

The war began on 28 February 2026, when the US and Israel launched coordinated strikes on Iran codenamed Operation Epic Fury. Operation Midnight Hammer was a real, separate 2025 US strike on Iranian nuclear sites; Operation Iraqi Freedom was the 2003 Iraq war.

The US and Iran signed the 14-point Islamabad Memorandum on 17 June 2026, opening a 60-day window on the Strait of Hormuz, sanctions, and Iran’s nuclear programme.

Iran’s Assembly of Experts named Ali Khamenei’s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, as the new Supreme Leader on 9 March 2026.

The answer is Pakistan. It acted as go-between for the two-week US–Iran ceasefire of 7–8 April 2026. The US extended it on 21 April, at Pakistan’s request, without saying how much longer it would last. Why the others fail: NPR names Pakistan as the facilitator, not Oman, Qatar or Turkey. Memory hook: Islamabad brokered it.

PM Modi’s attendance at the 52nd G7 Summit marked India’s 7th consecutive G7 appearance, and 13th overall.

Kyrgyzstan won its first-ever UN Security Council seat, for the 2027-2028 term, since its 1991 independence.