UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Visit of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE to India

Q1. In the context of India-UAE relations, the term 'Comprehensive Strategic Partnership' most precisely refers to which one of the following?

  • A. The elevated bilateral framework adopted in 2017 spanning political, defence, economic, energy and cultural cooperation
  • B. The 2022 preferential-tariff arrangement liberalising bilateral trade in goods and services
  • C. A defence-only pact providing for joint military exercises and reciprocal basing rights
  • D. A minilateral connectivity initiative linking India and the UAE with European economies

Q2. As Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the Chief Guest at which numbered Republic Day of India, coinciding with the elevation of ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership?

  • A. 66th Republic Day
  • B. 67th Republic Day
  • C. 68th Republic Day
  • D. 69th Republic Day

Q3. How many parties signed the Memorandum of Understanding on the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) announced at the G20 New Delhi Summit in 2023?

  • A. Six
  • B. Seven
  • C. Eight
  • D. Nine

Q4. The launch of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor at the 2023 G20 Summit was co-chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leader of which country?

  • A. United States
  • B. Saudi Arabia
  • C. France
  • D. United Arab Emirates

Q5. In the phrase 'Dholera Special Investment Region', the term 'Special Investment Region' is best understood as which one of the following?

  • A. A large, delineated area developed as a self-governed greenfield industrial and investment hub under a dedicated Special Investment Region framework
  • B. An enclave in which all imports and exports are automatically exempt from customs duty
  • C. A territory reserved exclusively for foreign direct investment from a single partner country
  • D. A notified area administered directly by a central ministry without any role for the state government

Q6. Within which of the following programmes is Dholera SIR distinguished as the largest greenfield investment node?

  • A. Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor
  • B. Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor
  • C. Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor
  • D. India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor

Q7. IN-SPACe, which signed a Letter of Intent with the UAE Space Agency during the January 2026 visit, functions as India's single-window agency primarily for which of the following?

  • A. Promoting, authorising and supervising the space activities of non-governmental (private) entities
  • B. Manufacturing all of India's launch vehicles and operational satellites
  • C. Drafting and enacting India's national space legislation in Parliament
  • D. Commercially marketing ISRO's technologies and products in foreign markets

Q8. In the January 2026 term sheet for deploying an AI supercomputer cluster in India (with G42 and MBZUAI), which body was the lead Indian counterpart?

  • A. Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)
  • B. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
  • C. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
  • D. National Informatics Centre (NIC)