UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s State Visit to Uzbekistan

Question 1

With reference to milestones in India-Uzbekistan bilateral relations, consider the following:
1. A protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries was signed at Tashkent on 18 March 1992.
2. The two countries declared their Strategic Partnership in 2015.
3. An Agreement on Security Cooperation was signed between India and Uzbekistan in 2019.
4. A long-term contract for the supply of 1,100 MTU of natural uranium ore concentrates covering the period 2022 to 2026 was signed in January 2019.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 3 and 4

Answer

1 and 2 only

Answer

2, 3 and 4

Answer

1, 2 and 4

Question 2

Consider the following statements comparing the 1992 establishment of India-Uzbekistan diplomatic relations with the Strategic Partnership subsequently declared between the two countries:
1. Diplomatic relations were formalised by a protocol signed in 1992, whereas the Strategic Partnership was declared nearly two decades later.
2. The declaration of the Strategic Partnership superseded all earlier bilateral arrangements, so that every institutionalised mechanism between the two countries dates exclusively from that declaration.
3. Whereas the 1992 protocol was confined to establishing diplomatic ties, the bilateral relationship subsequently widened to cover political and strategic issues, defence and security, trade and investment, energy, agriculture, science and technology and education.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Accepted Answer

1 and 3 only

Answer

1 only

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2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Question 3

The India-Central Asia Dialogue, whose third meeting was held in New Delhi in December 2021 and which gave impetus to the later leaders'-level engagement, is convened at the level of which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Foreign Ministers of India and the five Central Asian republics

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National Security Advisers of India and the five Central Asian republics

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Culture Ministers of India and the five Central Asian republics

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Commerce and Trade Ministers of India and the five Central Asian republics

Question 4

With reference to the institutional architecture of India-Central Asia engagement, consider the following:
1. The first India-Central Asia Summit was hosted by India in virtual format on 27 January 2022.
2. The Presidents of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in that Summit.
3. The Delhi Declaration was adopted at the third India-Central Asia Dialogue held in New Delhi in December 2021.
4. The India-Central Asia Culture Ministers' meeting is a mechanism distinct from the Foreign Ministers'-level Dialogue.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

3 only

Answer

1 and 2 only

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3 and 4 only

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1 and 4 only

Question 5

With reference to instruments concluded by India with Uzbekistan, consider the following:
1. A Bilateral Investment Treaty was signed at Tashkent, with the Union Finance Minister signing on the Indian side.
2. An Agreement on Security Cooperation has been concluded between the two countries.
3. A long-term contract for the supply of natural uranium ore concentrates has been concluded between the two countries.
4. The Long Term Main Contract for equipping and operating the General Cargo and Container Terminal of Shahid Beheshti Port was signed by India with Uzbekistan.
Which of the above is/are NOT correct?

Accepted Answer

4 only

Answer

1 and 4 only

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2 and 3 only

Answer

1 only

Question 6

A Bilateral Investment Treaty of the kind India concluded with Uzbekistan is best described as an agreement that does which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Lays down the standards of protection and treatment for investors of each country in the other, with a mechanism for settling investor-State disputes

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Removes or reduces customs duties on goods traded between the two countries and prescribes rules of origin for claiming such concessions

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Allocates taxing rights over cross-border income between the two countries so that the same income is not taxed twice in both of them

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Permits the two central banks to exchange each other's currencies up to an agreed ceiling to meet short-term balance of payments needs

Question 7

In the context of the long-term supply contract concluded by India with Uzbekistan, 'natural uranium ore concentrate' is best described as which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A milled and chemically concentrated product of mined ore, which still requires conversion and enrichment before it becomes reactor fuel

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A gaseous compound obtained after conversion of milled ore, fed directly into centrifuge cascades for raising the fissile content

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A pelletised material already raised in fissile content and fabricated into assemblies ready for loading into a power reactor core

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A material recovered from irradiated fuel by chemical reprocessing and blended with plutonium oxide for use in mixed-oxide assemblies

Question 8

Under India's National Critical Mineral Mission, the acquisition of mineral assets abroad, including in Central Asian countries, is pursued principally through which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL), a joint venture company of central public sector enterprises

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The Geological Survey of India, an attached office working under the Ministry of Mines

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Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Mines

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IREL (India) Limited, a public sector undertaking engaged in beach-sand mineral processing

Question 9

Samarkand and the historic centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan are inscribed as properties under the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the protection of cultural and natural heritage. The decision to inscribe a property under this Convention is taken by which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

The World Heritage Committee, the intergovernmental body established under the Convention

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The UNESCO General Conference, the plenary body composed of all UNESCO member states

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ICOMOS, the advisory body that evaluates cultural nominations made under the Convention

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The UNESCO Executive Board, which oversees the organisation's programme between sessions

Question 10

With reference to countries where India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is live as part of India's digital public infrastructure outreach, consider the following:
1. France
2. Uzbekistan
3. Mauritius
4. Kazakhstan
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1 and 3 only

Answer

2 and 4 only

Answer

1, 2 and 3

Answer

3 and 4 only

Question 11

In the framework under which India and Uzbekistan cooperate on conservation of their shared Buddhist-era and Silk Road heritage, the expression 'State Party' to the World Heritage Convention denotes which one of the following?

Accepted Answer

A country that has ratified or acceded to the Convention and thereby undertakes to identify and protect the heritage situated in its own territory

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A country elected for a fixed term to the intergovernmental committee that administers the Convention and decides on nominations received

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A country that has secured the inscription of at least one property in its territory and is therefore bound by the Convention's obligations

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A country that pays an annual compulsory contribution to the Heritage Fund in proportion to its assessed dues to the parent organisation

Question 12

With reference to India's connectivity architecture towards landlocked Central Asia, consider the following:
1. Under a contract of May 2024, India is to equip and operate the General Cargo and Container Terminal of Shahid Beheshti Port at Chabahar for a period of ten years.
2. The Indian party to that contract is India Ports Global Limited and the Iranian party is the Ports and Maritime Organization.
3. A trilateral Working Group on the joint use of Chabahar Port has been constituted by India, Iran and Uzbekistan.
4. The International North-South Transport Corridor is a multi-modal route linking the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf to the Caspian Sea through Iran and onward to northern Europe.
Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

Accepted Answer

1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer

1 and 4 only

Answer

2 and 3 only

Answer

1, 2 and 4 only

UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s State Visit to Uzbekistan

Q3. The India-Central Asia Dialogue, whose third meeting was held in New Delhi in December 2021 and which gave impetus to the later leaders'-level engagement, is convened at the level of which one of the following?

Q6. A Bilateral Investment Treaty of the kind India concluded with Uzbekistan is best described as an agreement that does which one of the following?

Q7. In the context of the long-term supply contract concluded by India with Uzbekistan, 'natural uranium ore concentrate' is best described as which one of the following?

Q8. Under India's National Critical Mineral Mission, the acquisition of mineral assets abroad, including in Central Asian countries, is pursued principally through which one of the following?

Q9. Samarkand and the historic centre of Bukhara in Uzbekistan are inscribed as properties under the 1972 UNESCO Convention concerning the protection of cultural and natural heritage. The decision to inscribe a property under this Convention is taken by which one of the following?

Q10. With reference to countries where India's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is live as part of India's digital public infrastructure outreach, consider the following: 1. France 2. Uzbekistan 3. Mauritius 4. Kazakhstan Which of the above is/are correctly identified?

Q11. In the framework under which India and Uzbekistan cooperate on conservation of their shared Buddhist-era and Silk Road heritage, the expression 'State Party' to the World Heritage Convention denotes which one of the following?