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The 1965 war began with Pakistani attacks in April on which area?Read the answer and worked solution →The Tashkent Agreement of January 1966 was brokered by which country?Read the answer and worked solution →Which party led by Sheikh Mujib-ur Rahman swept East Pakistan in the 1970 election?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many refugees from East Pakistan did India shelter in 1971?Read the answer and worked solution →India signed a 20-year Treaty of Peace and Friendship in August 1971 with which country?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Pakistani troops surrendered at Dhaka in December 1971?Read the answer and worked solution →The Shimla Agreement between Indira Gandhi and Bhutto was signed on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →India conducted its first nuclear explosion, termed peaceful, in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →India refused to sign the NPT of 1968 because it considered the treaty:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the agreementsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the nuclear yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the war yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the leadersRead the answer and worked solution →China or PakistanRead the answer and worked solution →Which Prime MinisterRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Foreign policy bingoRead the answer and worked solution →Nehru died in May 1964. Who consulted party leaders and found consensus for Lal Bahadur Shastri as successor?Read the answer and worked solution →Why were the 1960s labelled the dangerous decade?Read the answer and worked solution →Shastri had earlier resigned from which post, accepting moral responsibility for a rail accident?Read the answer and worked solution →Which slogan of Shastri symbolised India's resolve to face war and food crisis together?Read the answer and worked solution →Shastri died suddenly on 10 January 1966 in which city?Read the answer and worked solution →How was the contest between Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai for Prime Minister settled in 1966?Read the answer and worked solution →One of Indira Gandhi's first decisions, seen as under US pressure, was to do what to the rupee?Read the answer and worked solution →The fourth general elections, called a political earthquake, were held in which month and year?Read the answer and worked solution →In how many States did the Congress lose its majority in the 1967 assembly elections?Read the answer and worked solution →Which regional party won a clear majority in Madras State in 1967 after leading an anti-Hindi agitation?Read the answer and worked solution →Non-Congress coalitions formed after 1967 were called SVD governments. What does SVD stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →Which Haryana MLA changed parties thrice in a fortnight in 1967, giving rise to the phrase Aya Ram Gaya Ram?Read the answer and worked solution →The Syndicate that controlled the Congress organisation was led by whom?Read the answer and worked solution →

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The 1965 war began with Pakistani attacks in April on which area?

  1. Kargil heights
  2. Siachen glacier
  3. Sundarbans delta
  4. Rann of Kutch
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Correct answer: D. Rann of Kutch

1. Pakistan attacked the Rann of Kutch in April 1965. 2. A bigger offensive followed in Kashmir. 3. Shastri hit back on the Punjab border. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 4, India's External Relations._

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The Tashkent Agreement of January 1966 was brokered by which country?

  1. Soviet Union
  2. United States
  3. Great Britain
  4. Red China
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Correct answer: A. Soviet Union

1. Shastri and Ayub Khan signed at Tashkent. 2. The Soviet Union brokered it in January 1966. 3. It ended the 1965 war. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 4, India's External Relations._

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Which party led by Sheikh Mujib-ur Rahman swept East Pakistan in the 1970 election?

  1. Jamaat Party
  2. Awami League
  3. Muslim League
  4. People's Party
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Correct answer: B. Awami League

1. Bhutto's party won West Pakistan. 2. The Awami League swept the East. 3. The rulers refused to accept the verdict. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 4, India's External Relations._

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