[Mission 2024] STATIC QUIZ, 21 July 2023 – History

Solution: a)

Bangladesh Liberation War began after the Pakistani military junta based in West Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight against the people of East Pakistan on the night of 25 March 1971.

Solution: d)

Green Revolution was not confined to only HYV seeds and fertilizers, but also encompassed every technique to boost agricultural productivity in the nation.

Briefly, some of the important components of the green revolution in India are as follows:

1. High Yielding Varieties (HYV) of seeds; 2. Irrigation (a) surface and (b) ground; 3. Use of fertilizers (chemical); 4. Use of Insecticides and Pesticides.
2. Command Area Development (CAD); 6. Consolidation of holdings; 7. Land reforms.
3. Supply of agricultural credit; 9. Rural electrification; 10. Rural Roads and Marketing; 11. Farm Mechanisation; 12. Agricultural Universities.

Solution: a)

Statement 3 is correct.

There have been precedents when India and Pakistan have allowed a third-party to help resolve their issues.

Both nations were able to reach agreements through third party mediators in case of the Indus Waters Treaty and the negotiations on the Rann of Kutch dispute.

Rann of Kutch Accord (mediated by British Prime Minister Harold Wilson) persuaded the combatants to end hostilities and establish a tribunal to resolve the dispute.

During the 1965 Indo-Pakistan war, the then USSR led mediation efforts paved the way for India and Pakistan to withdraw forces from each other’s territories while agreeing to discuss all future matters. This was followed by signing of the Tashkent Declaration in Uzbekistan.

The Shimla Agreement, was signed between India and Pakistan on 2 July 1972 in Shimla. It followed from the Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 that led to the independence of Bangladesh, which was earlier known as East Pakistan and was part of the territory of Pakistan.

The Tashkent Declaration was a peace agreement between India and Pakistan signed on 10 January 1966 that resolved the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.

Solution: b)

The Indo–Soviet Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation was a treaty signed between India and the Soviet Union in August 1971 that specified mutual strategic cooperation. That was a significant deviation from India’s previous position of non-alignment during the Cold War and was a factor in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.

The treaty was caused by increasing Pakistani ties with China and the United States and played an important role in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.

Solution: d)

The Operation Jackpot was a codename for three operations undertaken by Bengali Mukti Bahini in former East Pakistan against the Federation of Pakistan during the Bangladesh Liberation War.