UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s visit to the Netherlands
Q1. The 'Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership' adopted at The Hague during the Prime Minister's visit in May 2026 sets out a framework for cooperation over a period of exactly how many years?
- A. Three years
- B. Five years
- C. Seven years
- D. Ten years
Q2. Under the Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership, which of the following best describes the institutional mechanism instituted to review progress of the partnership?
- A. A biennial summit at the level of Heads of Government, instituted in 2025
- B. Annual meetings at the level of Foreign Ministers, instituted in 2026
- C. A quarterly review at the level of Foreign Secretaries, instituted in 2024
- D. A triennial Joint Commission at Cabinet rank, instituted in 2023
Q3. With reference to the ASML–Tata Electronics agreement witnessed by the Prime Minister during his visit to the Netherlands (May 2026), the India Semiconductor Mission, which solely anchors fiscal support for the Dholera fab on the Indian side, has been set up as an independent business division within which one of the following?
- A. Digital India Corporation, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- B. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- C. Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
- D. Semiconductor Laboratory, under the Department of Space
Q4. With reference to the Dholera semiconductor fab and the ASML–Tata Electronics MoU signed during the Prime Minister's Netherlands visit (May 2026), consider the following statements:
1. The Tata Electronics fab at Dholera is being constructed in technology partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp of Taiwan, while the ASML MoU separately brings Dutch lithography equipment to the same facility.
2. The Fiscal Support Agreement for the Dholera fab between the India Semiconductor Mission and Tata Electronics was signed before the ASML–Tata Electronics MoU was concluded.
3. Unlike the Powerchip partnership which covers process technology, the ASML MoU also formally inducts the Netherlands as a member of the Global Biofuel Alliance.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The Tata Electronics fab at Dholera is being constructed in technology partnership with Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp of Taiwan, while the ASML MoU separately brings Dutch lithography equipment to the same facility.
- The Fiscal Support Agreement for the Dholera fab between the India Semiconductor Mission and Tata Electronics was signed before the ASML–Tata Electronics MoU was concluded.
- Unlike the Powerchip partnership which covers process technology, the ASML MoU also formally inducts the Netherlands as a member of the Global Biofuel Alliance.
- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 2 only
- C. 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q5. With reference to the MoU on Critical Minerals signed during the Prime Minister's visit to the Netherlands in May 2026, consider the following statements. Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- The MoU was signed between the Ministry of Mines of India and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Its scope includes cooperation on supply chain resilience and circularity in critical mineral value chains, alongside ESG standards.
- It complements India's National Critical Mineral Mission, approved by the Union Cabinet in January 2025 under the Ministry of Mines.
- The MoU establishes a new bilateral joint-venture company, modelled on KABIL, between Indian CPSEs and Dutch state-owned enterprises for overseas mineral acquisition.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 and 4
- C. 4 only
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q6. Under which Chola monarch was the principal royal charter (the so-called 'Larger Leiden Plates'), restituted by the Leiden University Library to the Government of India in May 2026, physically executed?
- A. Rajaraja I
- B. Rajendra Chola I
- C. Kulottunga Chola I
- D. Vijayalaya Chola
Q7. The 'Roadmap of the India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership', the overarching framework adopted during PM Modi's May 2026 visit and under which the Mobility & Migration MoU is operationalised, is designed to span a period of how many years?
- A. Three years
- B. Five years
- C. Seven years
- D. Ten years
Q8. With reference to India's bilateral Migration and Mobility-type Partnership Agreements concluded prior to the India-Netherlands MoU on Mobility and Migration (May 2026), consider the following countries:
1. Germany
2. Portugal
3. China
4. Austria
Which of the above is/are correctly identified as countries with which India had signed a dedicated Migration and Mobility Partnership/Agreement prior to May 2026?
- Germany
- Portugal
- China
- Austria
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1, 2 and 4
- D. 1, 3 and 4
Q9. The 'Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership', unveiled during the Prime Minister's visit to the Netherlands in May 2026 and which provides the umbrella framework for the Jal Shakti–Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Water Management Letter of Intent, covers a period of how many years?
- A. Three years
- B. Four years
- C. Five years
- D. Ten years
Q10. With reference to the Letter of Intent signed between the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) during the Prime Minister's visit to the Netherlands in May 2026, consider the following as proposed areas of cooperation:
1. Infectious diseases
2. Vector-borne diseases
3. Universal maternal and child immunisation programme
4. Disease surveillance and One Health
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correctly identified as an area of cooperation under the Letter of Intent?
- Infectious diseases
- Vector-borne diseases
- Universal maternal and child immunisation programme
- Disease surveillance and One Health
- A. 3 only
- B. 1 and 3
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q11. The Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), which signed a Letter of Intent with the Indian Council of Medical Research during the Prime Minister's visit to the Netherlands in May 2026, functions as a specialised agency under which one of the following ministries of the Government of the Netherlands?
- A. Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management
- B. Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport
- C. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- D. Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
Q12. In the context of India-Netherlands economic engagement, the 'Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM)' refers to which one of the following?
- A. A bilateral institutional framework, with a single-window arrangement under DPIIT and Invest India, to facilitate and expedite Dutch investments into India and resolve issues faced by Dutch companies
- B. A customs green-channel at the Port of Rotterdam giving Indian exports preferential clearance into the European Union
- C. A rupee-euro currency swap line between the Reserve Bank of India and De Nederlandsche Bank to settle bilateral trade in local currencies
- D. A visa-on-arrival regime for Dutch nationals travelling to India for short-duration business and trade engagements
Q13. The India-Netherlands Fast-Track Mechanism (FTM), set up to address issues faced by Dutch companies investing in India, is operationalised from the Indian side primarily by which one of the following?
- A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- B. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
- C. Investment Division, Ministry of External Affairs
- D. Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry