2003 General Studies, all questions

UPSC Prelims 2003 · General Studies

Question 40: International Relations and Current Affairs

In December 2002, the Prime Minister of India signed ‘Delhi Declaration’ with the

aPresident of Indonesia
bPresident of Russia
cPrime Minister of Cambodia
dPrime Minister of Laos

AnswerThe answer is (b).

In December 2002 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the Delhi Declaration during Putin's visit to India, to deepen the strategic partnership between the two countries that had been launched by the Declaration on Strategic Partnership of October 2000. Remember that the Delhi Declaration of 2002 is the India-Russia one.

Why each option is right or wrong
  • (a) Indonesia's President did not sign the Delhi Declaration of 2002.
  • (b) Correct: Russia's President Putin.
  • (c) Cambodia's Prime Minister did not sign it.
  • (d) Laos's Prime Minister did not sign it.

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