UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — India – France Joint Statement
Q1. The 'Special Global Strategic Partnership' — described as the only such designation India accords to any foreign partner — was formally adopted during which one of the following?
- A. President Macron's official visit to India in February 2026
- B. PM Modi's visit to France for the Paris AI Action Summit in February 2025
- C. PM Modi's Bastille Day visit to France in July 2023
- D. President Macron's visit to India in March 2018
Q2. With reference to the evolution of India–France ties into a 'Special Global Strategic Partnership' (SGSP), consider the following statements:
1. India–France ties were first designated a 'Strategic Partnership' in 1998, France being among the earliest countries to grant India such status after the Pokhran-II tests.
2. The SGSP is the only such designation India maintains with any country.
3. The 2026 upgrade replaces the Horizon 2047 Roadmap with an entirely new long-term framework.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- India–France ties were first designated a 'Strategic Partnership' in 1998, France being among the earliest countries to grant India such status after the Pokhran-II tests.
- The SGSP is the only such designation India maintains with any country.
- The 2026 upgrade replaces the Horizon 2047 Roadmap with an entirely new long-term framework.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q3. The 'Horizon 2047' Roadmap guiding long-term India–France cooperation was adopted in 2023 on the occasion of which one of the following?
- A. PM Modi's visit to France as Chief Guest at the Bastille Day celebrations
- B. President Macron's Republic Day visit to India as Chief Guest
- C. The signing of the India–France Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
- D. The Paris AI Action Summit co-chaired by India and France
Q4. With reference to the Horizon 2047 Roadmap, consider the following statements:
1. It sets a 25-year horizon culminating in 2047, the centenary of India's independence.
2. Defence, space and civil nuclear energy are among its identified pillars of cooperation.
3. It was adopted during President Macron's 2018 visit to India.
4. The year 2047 also marks the centenary of India–France diplomatic relations.
Which of the statements given above is/are NOT correct?
- It sets a 25-year horizon culminating in 2047, the centenary of India's independence.
- Defence, space and civil nuclear energy are among its identified pillars of cooperation.
- It was adopted during President Macron's 2018 visit to India.
- The year 2047 also marks the centenary of India–France diplomatic relations.
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 3 only
- C. 2 and 4
- D. 3 and 4
Q5. Consider the following summit–host pairings in the series of global AI summits culminating in the India AI Impact Summit 2026:
1. AI Safety Summit, 2023 – Bletchley Park (United Kingdom)
2. AI Seoul Summit, 2024 – Republic of Korea
3. AI Action Summit, 2025 – Paris (France)
4. AI Impact Summit, 2026 – Mumbai
Which of the pairings given above is/are NOT correctly matched?
- AI Safety Summit, 2023 – Bletchley Park (United Kingdom)
- AI Seoul Summit, 2024 – Republic of Korea
- AI Action Summit, 2025 – Paris (France)
- AI Impact Summit, 2026 – Mumbai
- A. 1 and 3
- B. 2 only
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 4 only
Q6. In the context of the February 2026 India–France Joint Statement, the '2026 India–France Year of Innovation' refers to which one of the following?
- A. A year-long framework for expanded cooperation across AI, research, technology, digital/cyberspace, health, culture, economy and education, jointly inaugurated in Mumbai
- B. A French scholarship programme funding the education of 30,000 Indian students by 2030
- C. The bilateral civil-nuclear cooperation programme on Small and Advanced Modular Reactors
- D. A joint Indian Ocean naval exercise conducted during Macron's visit
Q7. With reference to India–France civil nuclear cooperation, consider the following statements:
1. The India–France Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was signed in 2008.
2. The Jaitapur nuclear project is located at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
3. The reactors proposed for Jaitapur are VVER-type reactors supplied by Russia.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- The India–France Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was signed in 2008.
- The Jaitapur nuclear project is located at Ratnagiri in Maharashtra.
- The reactors proposed for Jaitapur are VVER-type reactors supplied by Russia.
- A. 1 and 2 only
- B. 2 and 3 only
- C. 1 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2 and 3
Q8. If completed as planned with six 1,650 MW EPR units, the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project would be distinguished as which one of the following?
- A. The largest nuclear power generating station in the world by capacity (about 9,900 MW)
- B. India's first indigenously designed pressurised heavy water reactor station
- C. The first Indian nuclear plant placed under IAEA safeguards
- D. India's largest thermal power station
Q9. During President Macron's 2018 visit, India and France signed their first agreement providing for reciprocal logistics support and mutual access to each other's military facilities. This was signed alongside which one of the following documents?
- A. The Joint Strategic Vision of India–France Cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region
- B. The Horizon 2047 Roadmap
- C. The Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement
- D. The Special Global Strategic Partnership declaration
Q10. The India–France Indian Ocean Joint Strategic Vision draws on France's resident presence in the region through its overseas territories. Consider the following, each claimed to be a French territory in the Indian Ocean Region:
1. Réunion
2. Mayotte
3. New Caledonia
4. French Guiana
Which of the above is/are NOT correctly identified as French territories in the Indian Ocean Region?
- Réunion
- Mayotte
- New Caledonia
- French Guiana
- A. 1 and 2
- B. 3 only
- C. 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2 and 4
Q11. Within the Government of India, which one of the following is the nodal ministry for coordinating the India–France bilateral relationship, including the February 2026 Joint Statement?
- A. Ministry of External Affairs
- B. Ministry of Defence
- C. Ministry of Commerce and Industry
- D. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Q12. In the context of PM Modi's February 2025 visit to France, the Consulate General of India inaugurated at Marseille is best described as which one of the following?
- A. India's newly opened consulate at Marseille, meant to serve the Indian diaspora in southern France
- B. India's first diplomatic mission of any kind in France
- C. The venue at which the Paris AI Action Summit was held
- D. India's first consulate anywhere in Europe