International Relations Mixed Practice — MCQs with Answers (Set 4)

Resolution 1624 was adopted in September 2005.

It calls on states to prohibit incitement to commit terrorist acts by law.

It also asks them to deny safe haven to those guilty of such conduct.

Resolution 2253 was adopted on 17 December 2015.

It made the existing sanctions focus on ISIL (Da’esh) as well as Al-Qaida.

It also asked states to cut off terrorist financing more strictly.

Resolution 1540 was adopted on 28 April 2004 under Chapter VII.

It obliges every state to keep weapons of mass destruction away from non-State actors.

Resolution 1566 created a separate working group on terrorism.

Resolution 1535 (2004) created CTED to assist the CTC.

CTED was declared operational in December 2005.

Resolution 2178 dealt with foreign terrorist fighters, and 2462 with terrorism financing.

Resolution 1373 was adopted unanimously on 28 September 2001, after the 11 September attacks.

It also created the Committee to monitor how states carry it out.

Resolution 1267 (1999) is the older Al-Qaida and Taliban sanctions regime.

The answer is Morocco. A US House resolution says Morocco signed the Abraham Accords on 22 December 2020. Sudan signed later, on 6 January 2021. Why the others fail: Sudan signed on a different date. Saudi Arabia is not named as a signer. Egypt made its peace treaty in 1979. Memory hook: Morocco in December, Sudan in January.

The answer is the Arava crossing, 1994. The UN copy says the treaty was signed there on 26 October 1994. The United States and Russia witnessed it. Why the others fail: Camp David, 1978 is the Egypt framework. Beirut, 2002 is the Arab summit that adopted the Peace Initiative. Washington, 2020 is the Abraham Accords. Memory hook: Jordan signed at the border, in 1994.

The answer is 1979. The treaty is dated 26 March 1979. It rests on the Camp David framework of September 1978. Why the others fail: 1967 and 1973 were years of war, not of this treaty. 1994 is the year of the Israel-Jordan treaty. Memory hook: Egypt 1979, Jordan 1994.

Statements 1 and 2 are correct. Tarang Shakti is the IAF’s own multinational air exercise, first held in 2024. Its 2026 edition is based at Air Force Station Jodhpur, not Sulur. Sulur hosted only the first phase of the 2024 edition.

Pitch Black is hosted every two years by the Royal Australian Air Force in northern Australia. Its name reflects its focus on night flying.

Garuda is with France, Indradhanush with the UK, Eastern Bridge with Oman, and Veer Guardian with Japan.

The IAF first flew in Pitch Black with fighters in 2018, sending four Su-30MKI jets. Earlier, it had attended only as an observer.

A is false: Garuda Shakti is an India-Indonesia special forces exercise. R is true: Garuda, without ‘Shakti’, is the India-France air exercise.

Statements 1 and 3 are correct. Rajnath Singh released Raksha on 3 September 2026. It covers the next 10 years, not five. Defence exports under Make in India are a major focus.

The V4 members are Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Romania is not a member.

The Visegrad Group began in February 1991. Malabar began in 1992. SAGAR came in March 2015, and MAHASAGAR in March 2025.

The meeting was held on 21 September 2026 in New York, beside the 81st UN General Assembly. The ministers agreed to meet every year.

A is true: maritime security is a Raksha pillar. R is false: PM Modi first spoke of SAGAR in Mauritius, in March 2015.

CMIO stands for Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Other — Singapore’s official recognition of its founding ethnic communities. Indians make up roughly 9% of Singapore’s resident population.

SIMBEX has run since 1994, and is the longest continuous bilateral naval exercise India conducts with any single country. Its 32nd edition ran in July-August 2025.

Singapore’s $19.8 billion made it India’s single largest FDI source in FY 2025-26, at 33.6% of India’s total FDI inflows of $58.85 billion that year.

The CECA was India’s first-ever comprehensive trade agreement with any country, and also Singapore’s first such pact with a South Asian nation. It covered goods, services, and investment together.

From 1826 to 1867, Singapore was one of the Straits Settlements, administered as part of British India under the Bengal Presidency, i.e. run from Calcutta, not London directly.

Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia together hold most of the world’s known lithium reserves, an area often called the ‘Lithium Triangle.’ India, which has no domestic lithium production, is now pursuing partnerships across this region.

A Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) only cuts tariffs on a specific, negotiated list of goods. A Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) is much broader, covering goods, services, and investment together — closer to a genuine free trade agreement.