India’s External Relations Class 12 MCQs Questions with Answers
Question 1.
When China annexed Tibet?
(a) 1930
(b) 1940
(c) 1950
(d) 1960
Answer
Answer: (c) 1950
Question 2.
Expand NEFA.
(a) North-Eastern Far Agency
(b) North Eastern Frontier Agency
(c) North-Eastern Fullest Agency
(d) North Eastern Farther Agency
Answer
Answer: (b) North Eastern Frontier Agency
Question 3.
India convened the Asian Relations Conference in March 1947 under the leadership of
(a) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Dr. Radha Krishnan
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Rajendra Prasad
Answer
Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 4.
Who exercised a profound influence in the formulation and implementation of India’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1964?
(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Indira Gandhi
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer
Answer: (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
Question 5.
Who accompanied the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during the official Chinese visit to India in 1956?
(a) Hua Guofeng
(b) Zhao Ziyang
(c) Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai
(d) Li Peng
Answer
Answer: (c) Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai
Question 6.
Apartheid is the practice of
(a) religious discrimination
(b) racial discrimination
(c) linguistic differences
(d) human behaviour
Answer
Answer: (b) racial discrimination
Question 7.
The basis of India’s foreign policy is
(a) non-alignment
(b) promoting US bloc
(c) promoting USSR bloc
(d) aligning with China
Answer
Answer: (a) non-alignment
Question 8.
For the early freedom of which country India made an earnest effort by convening an international conference?
(a) Malaysia
(b) Indonesia
(c) Vietnam
(d) Singapore
Answer
Answer: (b) Indonesia
Question 9.
Why Britain attacked Egypt in 1956?
(a) over Suez Canal issue
(b) over Suzhou Canal issue
(c) over Panama Canal issue
(d) over Bruges Canal issue
Answer
Answer: (a) over the Suez Canal issue
Question 10.
Which conference marked the zenith of India’s engagement with the newly independent Asian and African nations?
(a) Bandung Conference
(b) Singapore Conference
(c) Egyptian Conference
(d) Malaysian Conference
Answer
Answer: (a) Bandung Conference
Question 11.
In the Nehru cabinet who was apprehensive of the future attack from china?
(a) Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) C. Rajagopalachari
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Jagjivan Ram
Answer
Answer: (a) Vallabhbhai Patel
Question 12.
After Nehru, the first Prime Minister to visit China was
(a) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Rajiv Gandhi
(d) V.P. Singh
Answer
Answer: (c) Rajiv Gandhi
