UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Visit of Prime Minister of Canada to India

Q1. India–Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) negotiations were first launched in which year, before stalling and being formally re-launched in 2022?

  • A. 2004
  • B. 2010
  • C. 2015
  • D. 2017

Q2. The MoU on Critical Minerals Cooperation signed during the Canadian PM's visit dovetails with which Indian national mission set up to secure critical-mineral supply chains?

  • A. National Critical Mineral Mission
  • B. Deep Ocean Mission
  • C. National Mineral Exploration Trust
  • D. National Mission on Transformative Mobility

Q3. Within the Government of India, which ministry is the lead/nodal agency operationalising critical-minerals cooperation with Canada?

  • A. Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • B. Ministry of Mines
  • C. Ministry of Coal
  • D. Ministry of Steel

Q4. Under the Australia–Canada–India (ACITI) Technology and Innovation Partnership advanced during the visit, the leaders agreed a joint workplan focused primarily on which domain?

  • A. Critical minerals processing and supply chains
  • B. Artificial intelligence and digital technologies
  • C. Civil nuclear energy and uranium supply
  • D. Maritime domain awareness in the Indo-Pacific

Q5. During which year did the India–Canada leaders welcome progress under the Australia–Canada–India (ACITI) Partnership and agree to a joint trilateral workplan?

  • A. 2023
  • B. 2024
  • C. 2025
  • D. 2026

Q6. In October 2024, amid the Nijjar fallout, how many Canadian diplomats did India ask to leave the country?

  • A. 1
  • B. 4
  • C. 6
  • D. 40

Q7. During the 2023–24 fallout several diplomats were declared 'persona non grata.' In diplomatic practice this term denotes a person who is —

  • A. a diplomat granted additional privileges and immunities by the host state
  • B. a diplomat whom the host (receiving) state declares unacceptable and requires to leave
  • C. a citizen stripped of nationality by their home government
  • D. an envoy voluntarily recalled by the sending state for consultations

Q8. In the India–Canada CEPA process, the 'Terms of Reference (ToR)' finalised during the visit are best described as —

  • A. the finalised text of the trade agreement, ready for signature
  • B. the agreed framework defining the scope and structure that will guide the CEPA negotiations
  • C. a binding tariff-concession schedule for trade in goods
  • D. the dispute-settlement mechanism of the concluded agreement

Q9. Hyderabad House in New Delhi, where the Modi–Carney talks and the CEPA Terms of Reference exchange were held, primarily functions as which of the following?

  • A. the official Delhi residence of the Prime Minister of India
  • B. a Government of India venue used for meetings and banquets with visiting foreign dignitaries
  • C. the headquarters building of the Ministry of External Affairs
  • D. the designated guest house where visiting heads of government reside

Q10. Which Union ministry is the nodal authority for diaspora engagement and maintains the official 'Population of Overseas Indians' data, including the Indian community in Canada?

  • A. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • B. Ministry of External Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Minority Affairs
  • D. Ministry of Labour and Employment

Q11. Within India's trade-agreement taxonomy, an Early Progress Trade Agreement (EPTA), as envisaged with Canada, is best understood as —

  • A. a comprehensive pact covering goods, services, investment and intellectual property
  • B. an interim agreement delivering early commercial gains as a transitional step toward a full CEPA
  • C. a tariff-only preferential arrangement limited to a few select product lines
  • D. a services-and-investment-only agreement that excludes trade in goods