International Relations | MCQs

Explanation

The UN Security Council decides when and where UN Peacekeeping Missions will operate.

They get their mandates from the UN Security Council, and their troops and police are contributed by Member States.

The UN Security Council has the primary responsibility for international peace and security.

Explanation

The Secretaries-General of the OIC since its establishment are:

1. H.R.H. Tunku Abdul Rahman (Malaysia): 1971-1973
2. H.E. Hassan Al-Touhami (Egypt): 1974-1975
3. H.E. Dr. Amadou Karim Gaye (Senegal): 1975-1979
4. H.E. Mr. Habib Chatty (Tunisia): 1979-1984
5. H.E. Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada (Pakistan): 1985-1988

Explanation

Afghanistan opposed Pakistan's membership in the United Nations in 1947, primarily due to the Durand Line dispute.

Afghanistan did not recognize the boundary, which was established by the British in 1893, leading to territorial and political tensions.

Explanation

The final and complete withdrawal of the 40th Army (Soviet Union) from Afghanistan began on 15 May 1988 and ended on 15 February 1989

under the leadership of Colonel-General Boris Gromov.

The Soviet military had been one of the main combatants in the Soviet–Afghan War since its beginning in 1979.

Explanation

The foreign minister of Pakistan Mr. Z.A Bhutto at the time of the Tashkent Declaration

The Tashkent Declaration was signed between India and Pakistan 

It was signed on 10 January 1966 to resolve the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
It was a peace agreement 
Through the mediation of the Soviet Union 
It was signed by:

• President of Pakistan Ayub Khan 
• by India’s Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri 

Explanation

Pakistan left the Commonwealth for the first time in January 1972.

It following the recognition of Bangladesh by the Commonwealth.

This led to Pakistan's temporary withdrawal before rejoining in 1989.

The Commonwealth of Nations is a political association.

It is founded by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on December 11, 1931.

It's headquarters in London, United Kingdom.

Explanation

The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan,

were signed on 14 April 1988 at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations,

between Afghanistan and Pakistan,

with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors. 

Explanation

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in Moscow on February 24, 2022

two-day official visit 

PM Imran Khan arrived in Moscow on 23-02-2022

met with Putin on 24-02-2022.

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Reason 

 Vladimir Putin met  Imran Khan in Moscow, as Russian forces continued their invasion of Ukraine, with the latter expressing “regret” that a military conflict was not averted, according to a Pakistani statement

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Explanation

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a surprise stopover in Pakistan  to meet his counterpart, Nawaz Sharif in n December 2015.

Explanation

India is hostile to her neighbours.

Hostile to means دشمن یا مخالف ہونا