UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: State Visit of President of the Republic of Cyprus, H.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides to India
Q1. During the State Visit of President Nikos Christodoulides in May 2026, the India–Cyprus relationship was formally elevated to which of the following categories of bilateral partnership?
- A. Comprehensive Partnership
- B. Strategic Partnership
- C. Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership
- D. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Q2. The elevation of India–Cyprus ties to a Strategic Partnership was announced during a State Visit undertaken at the invitation of which Indian authority?
- A. The President of India
- B. The Prime Minister of India
- C. The Minister of External Affairs
- D. The Vice-President of India
Q3. President Christodoulides' engagement in India in May 2026 was designated a 'State Visit'. In diplomatic protocol, this designation is best characterised by which one of the following?
- A. A visit by a Head of State hosted by the Head of the host State with full ceremonial honours
- B. A visit by a Head of Government for routine working-level consultations
- C. A visit undertaken in a personal capacity without an official programme
- D. A stopover en route to a multilateral summit with no bilateral agenda
Q4. President Christodoulides' State Visit to India (20–23 May 2026) spanned how many days?
- A. Two days
- B. Three days
- C. Four days
- D. Five days
Q5. Among the security-cooperation outcomes of the visit, which one constituted the principal institutional counter-terrorism mechanism agreed between India and Cyprus?
- A. Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism
- B. Cybersecurity Dialogue
- C. Maritime Security Dialogue
- D. Search and Rescue (SAR) coordination arrangement
Q6. The MoU on cooperation in Innovation and Technology signed during the visit was concluded, on the Indian side, by which of the following?
- A. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
- B. Department of Science and Technology
- C. Ministry of External Affairs
- D. NITI Aayog
Q7. In terms of area, Cyprus ranks as which largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
- A. Largest
- B. Second largest
- C. Third largest
- D. Fourth largest
Q8. Which one of the following correctly pairs the capital city and the official currency of the Republic of Cyprus?
- A. Nicosia — euro
- B. Limassol — euro
- C. Nicosia — Cypriot pound
- D. Larnaca — euro
Q9. Under the 2025 Joint Declaration issued during PM Modi's visit to Cyprus, the two sides agreed to prepare an Action Plan to guide bilateral relations for a period of how many years?
- A. Three years
- B. Five years
- C. Seven years
- D. Ten years
Q10. PM Modi's June 2025 visit to Cyprus was widely described as historic primarily because it was:
- A. The first-ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Cyprus
- B. The first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Cyprus in over two decades
- C. The first Indian Prime Ministerial visit to Cyprus since 2010
- D. The first Indian Prime Ministerial visit to Cyprus in five years
Q11. The Memorandum of Understanding on the India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC), signed on the sidelines of the 2023 G20 New Delhi Summit, had how many signatories?
- A. Six
- B. Seven
- C. Eight
- D. Nine
Q12. The United Nations-patrolled buffer zone (the 'Green Line') dividing Cyprus extends across the island for approximately how many kilometres?
- A. 100 km
- B. 150 km
- C. 180 km
- D. 250 km