UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Terror ecosystem must be dismantled, Rajnath tells SCO

Q1. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The June 2025 meeting of SCO Defence Ministers in Qingdao ended without a joint document endorsed by all participants after India declined to sign the draft.
  2. SCO decisions require the agreement of all member states, so the objection of a single member can prevent a joint text from being adopted.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q2. With reference to decision-making in multilateral bodies that deal with terrorism, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. In the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the objection of a single member state is sufficient to prevent the adoption of a decision.
  2. In the UN Security Council's 1267 Sanctions Committee, a listing proposal can be blocked by any one of its members, not only by a permanent member of the Security Council.
  3. A listing proposal blocked in the 1267 Sanctions Committee is referred to the UN General Assembly for decision by majority vote.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. With reference to the UN Security Council sanctions regime established under Resolution 1267 (1999), consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. Its measures now include an assets freeze, a travel ban and an arms embargo.
  2. Its measures are directed at states that sponsor terrorism rather than at designated individuals and entities.
  3. It began with measures against the Taliban before its scope was extended to Al-Qaida and associated groups.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q4. Suppose the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) places a country on its list of 'jurisdictions under increased monitoring'. Which of the following consequences is/are likely to follow?

  1. UN member states become legally obliged to freeze the assets of that country's government.
  2. The country works to implement an agreed action plan, with the FATF monitoring its progress.
  3. Foreign capital inflows into that country tend to decline.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only

Q5. Consider the following statements: Which of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

  1. The Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism, whose first draft India circulated at the United Nations in 1996, has not yet been adopted.
  2. The convention remains stalled mainly because member states disagree over whether the financing of terrorism should be criminalised.
  • A. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct and Statement-II explains Statement-I
  • B. Both Statement-I and Statement-II are correct, but Statement-II does not explain Statement-I
  • C. Statement-I is correct, but Statement-II is incorrect
  • D. Statement-I is incorrect, but Statement-II is correct

Q6. Consider the following assertion: The lack of an agreed international legal definition of terrorism leaves room for 'double standards' in how states treat terrorist acts. Which of the following statements support/supports the above assertion?

  1. Some states seek to keep acts committed in struggles against foreign occupation or for self-determination outside the definition of terrorism.
  2. The UN Security Council's 1267 regime requires states to freeze the assets of individuals and entities on its sanctions list.
  3. Some states want the activities of state military forces kept outside the scope of the draft comprehensive convention.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 2 only
  • D. 1 and 3 only

Q7. With reference to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, consider the following statements: Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. It evolved from the 'Shanghai Five', a grouping originally concerned with border security.
  2. Apart from full members, it associates some states as observers and some as dialogue partners.
  3. An observer state can block an SCO decision in the same way as a full member.
  • A. 2 and 3 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1 and 2 only