UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Why has RSS called for dialogue with Pakistan?

Q1. Under Operation Sindoor (May 2025), the initial precision strikes that destroyed terror infrastructure across the border were delivered principally by which one of the following?

  • A. Indian Air Force
  • B. Border Security Force
  • C. Indian Coast Guard
  • D. Central Reserve Police Force

Q2. Consider the following measures said to have been taken by India in the wake of the Pahalgam attack under/around Operation Sindoor: 1. Holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance 2. Suspension of bilateral trade with Pakistan 3. Revocation of visas of Pakistani nationals 4. Formal withdrawal of India from the United Nations Security Council Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. Holding the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance
  2. Suspension of bilateral trade with Pakistan
  3. Revocation of visas of Pakistani nationals
  4. Formal withdrawal of India from the United Nations Security Council
  • A. 4 only
  • B. 1 and 4
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 only

Q3. Among the affiliates of the Sangh Parivar, which one functions as the political organisation traced to the RSS's ideological fold?

  • A. Bharatiya Janata Party
  • B. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
  • C. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh
  • D. Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Q4. In the RSS hierarchy, the term 'Sarkaryavah' most precisely denotes which one of the following?

  • A. General Secretary of the organisation
  • B. Supreme/chief leader who heads the organisation
  • C. Head of a regional zone (prant)
  • D. In-charge of a local shakha

Q5. In the context of the post-Sindoor India–Pakistan channel, the abbreviation 'DGMO' stands for which one of the following?

  • A. Director General of Military Operations
  • B. Directorate General of Maritime Operations
  • C. Defence Group for Military Oversight
  • D. Director General of Munitions and Ordnance

Q6. The DGMO who operates the India–Pakistan military-operations hotline is an appointment belonging to which one of the following?

  • A. Indian Army
  • B. Indian Air Force
  • C. Ministry of External Affairs
  • D. Border Security Force

Q7. Consider the following statements about the May 2025 ceasefire understanding between India and Pakistan: 1. It took effect from 1700 hours IST on 10 May 2025. 2. It was arrived at through the DGMO hotline. 3. As part of the understanding, India lifted the abeyance on the Indus Waters Treaty. 4. Pakistan's DGMO initiated the call seeking cessation of firing. Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

  1. It took effect from 1700 hours IST on 10 May 2025.
  2. It was arrived at through the DGMO hotline.
  3. As part of the understanding, India lifted the abeyance on the Indus Waters Treaty.
  4. Pakistan's DGMO initiated the call seeking cessation of firing.
  • A. 3 only
  • B. 1 and 3
  • C. 3 and 4
  • D. 2 only

Q8. India described the status of the Indus Waters Treaty after the Pahalgam attack as being 'held in abeyance'. This most precisely means which one of the following?

  • A. Kept in temporary suspension until Pakistan credibly and irrevocably abjures support for cross-border terrorism
  • B. Permanently abrogated and rendered legally void
  • C. Referred to international arbitration for termination
  • D. Reopened for renegotiation of water-sharing ratios

Q9. Consider the following statements comparing the RSS's political lineage: 1. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was founded in 1951 as the political wing of the RSS. 2. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980. 3. The RSS and the BJP are one and the same legal organisation. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh was founded in 1951 as the political wing of the RSS.
  2. The Bharatiya Jana Sangh evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980.
  3. The RSS and the BJP are one and the same legal organisation.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q10. Consider the following organisation–field pairs within the Sangh Parivar: 1. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad — students 2. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh — labour 3. Vishwa Hindu Parishad — religion 4. Shiv Sena — the student wing of the RSS Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

  1. Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad — students
  2. Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh — labour
  3. Vishwa Hindu Parishad — religion
  4. Shiv Sena — the student wing of the RSS
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 4
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 3 only

Q11. How many Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed in the Pulwama convoy attack of February 2019?

  • A. 40
  • B. 26
  • C. 16
  • D. 44

Q12. The ideological term 'Hindutva', central to the RSS's worldview, is most precisely described as which one of the following?

  • A. A Hindu cultural-nationalist ideology first defined in the 1920s by V.D. Savarkar
  • B. A body of Hindu religious scripture compiled by Hedgewar
  • C. A monastic order founded within the RSS shakha system
  • D. A caste-reform movement launched in colonial Nagpur