UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Official Visit of Prime Minister to New Zealand

Q1. The elevation of India–New Zealand relations to a 'Strategic Partnership', underpinned by a 'Roadmap to 2030', was formally announced in July 2026 on the occasion of which one of the following?

  • A. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to New Zealand
  • B. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's official visit to India
  • C. President Droupadi Murmu's State Visit to New Zealand
  • D. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters' visit to India

Q2. With reference to the outcomes of India–New Zealand engagements, consider the following statements: 1. The 'Strategic Partnership' and 'Roadmap to 2030' were announced during the July 2026 visit, whereas the launch of Free Trade Agreement negotiations occurred during the March 2025 engagement. 2. The bilateral trade target set under the Roadmap to 2030 is NZ$7 billion (about ₹35,000 crore). 3. New Zealand joined the Indo-Pacific Oceans' Initiative during the July 2026 visit. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. The 'Strategic Partnership' and 'Roadmap to 2030' were announced during the July 2026 visit, whereas the launch of Free Trade Agreement negotiations occurred during the March 2025 engagement.
  2. The bilateral trade target set under the Roadmap to 2030 is NZ$7 billion (about ₹35,000 crore).
  3. New Zealand joined the Indo-Pacific Oceans' Initiative during the July 2026 visit.
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 2 and 3 only
  • C. 1 and 3 only
  • D. 1, 2 and 3

Q3. The 'Memorandum of Arrangement on Maritime Cooperation' signed during Prime Minister Modi's July 2026 New Zealand visit was concluded, on the Indian side, by which one of the following?

  • A. Ministry of Defence
  • B. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
  • C. Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • D. Ministry of External Affairs

Q4. In the India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement concluded in December 2025, the provision that New Zealand grants 'zero-duty market access on 100% of India's exports' means which one of the following?

  • A. All tariff lines of Indian goods will be able to enter New Zealand free of customs duty
  • B. India will immediately remove all duties on 100% of New Zealand's exports to India
  • C. Both countries eliminate all import duties on every good on the day the agreement enters into force
  • D. Only India's agricultural exports will receive duty-free entry into New Zealand

Q5. The India–New Zealand Free Trade Agreement negotiations, launched in March 2025, were concluded in December 2025 — a span described as one of India's fastest with a developed economy. In approximately how many months were the negotiations concluded?

  • A. About 6 months
  • B. About 9 months
  • C. About 12 months
  • D. About 18 months

Q6. Consider the following recent high-level India–New Zealand exchanges: 1. President Droupadi Murmu — State Visit to New Zealand in 2024 2. Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister of New Zealand) — official visit to India in March 2025 3. Winston Peters (Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of New Zealand) — visit to India in 2025 4. Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister of New Zealand) — official visit to India in 2025 Which of the above are correctly identified?

  1. President Droupadi Murmu — State Visit to New Zealand in 2024
  2. Christopher Luxon (Prime Minister of New Zealand) — official visit to India in March 2025
  3. Winston Peters (Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister of New Zealand) — visit to India in 2025
  4. Jacinda Ardern (Prime Minister of New Zealand) — official visit to India in 2025
  • A. 1 and 2 only
  • B. 1, 2 and 3
  • C. 2, 3 and 4
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q7. In the recent sequence of high-level India–New Zealand engagements spanning 2024 to 2026, which one of the following was the earliest (first) to take place?

  • A. President Droupadi Murmu's State Visit to New Zealand
  • B. New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's official visit to India
  • C. New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters' visit to India
  • D. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's official visit to New Zealand

Q8. New Zealand became a partner of the Indo-Pacific Oceans' Initiative (IPOI). On the Indian side, this foreign-policy initiative is anchored/coordinated by which one of the following ministries?

  • A. Ministry of External Affairs
  • B. Ministry of Defence
  • C. Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • D. Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

Q9. New Zealand became a member of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). CDRI was announced by the Prime Minister of India at which one of the following?

  • A. The UN Climate Action Summit, 2019
  • B. The G20 Summit, 2023
  • C. The COP26 Climate Conference at Glasgow, 2021
  • D. The East Asia Summit, 2019

Q10. Prime Minister Modi's July 2026 official visit to New Zealand — the concluding leg of his three-nation tour of Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand — was undertaken at the invitation of which one of the following?

  • A. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
  • B. Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro
  • C. Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters
  • D. The President of New Zealand

Q11. In New Zealand's system of government, the office of the Governor-General is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. The representative of the monarch (King Charles III), who is the head of state
  • B. The popularly elected head of government
  • C. The presiding officer (Speaker) of the House of Representatives
  • D. The head of the country's judiciary