UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rajnath seeks unified SCO approach to end menace of terrorism

Q1. The 'Shanghai Five', the grouping from which the SCO evolved, originally referred to which of the following?

  • A. The 1996 grouping of China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan whose border-demilitarisation talks preceded the SCO
  • B. The five founding member states of the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS)
  • C. The five permanent institutional organs of the SCO
  • D. The China–Russia–India–Pakistan–Iran core security bloc within the SCO

Q2. Which one of the following cities serves as the headquarters of the SCO's permanent anti-terror organ, the Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS)?

  • A. Tashkent
  • B. Astana
  • C. Bishkek
  • D. Beijing

Q3. The 2026 SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting addressed by Rajnath Singh was hosted in Bishkek, the capital of which member state?

  • A. Kyrgyzstan
  • B. China
  • C. Kazakhstan
  • D. Tajikistan

Q4. During Operation Sindoor, which India invoked at the SCO, how many terror camps did India state that its armed forces neutralised?

  • A. Four
  • B. Six
  • C. Nine
  • D. Twelve

Q5. Operation Sindoor was launched as India's response to the deadliest recent terror attack on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, which took place at which location?

  • A. Pahalgam
  • B. Pulwama
  • C. Uri
  • D. Baramulla

Q6. India's participation in the SCO Defence Ministers' Meeting, including the sideline interactions at Bishkek, is led under the authority of which Union Ministry?

  • A. Ministry of Defence
  • B. Ministry of External Affairs
  • C. Ministry of Home Affairs
  • D. Cabinet Secretariat

Q7. Which country was the first to propose the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) at the United Nations?

  • A. India
  • B. Russia
  • C. United States
  • D. France