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India-Africa Summit

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Question

Consider the following statements:

The India-Africa Summit

1held in 2015 was the third such Summit
2was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. 1.

    held in 2015 was the third such Summit

  2. 2.

    was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951

Options

a

1 only

Answer
b

2 only

c

Both 1 and 2

d

Neither 1 nor 2

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct. The India-Africa Summit held in 2015 in New Delhi was indeed the third such summit. The previous summits were held in 2008 (New Delhi) and 2011 (Uganda). Statement 2 is incorrect because while Jawaharlal Nehru championed India's engagement with Africa and was an early advocate for African independence and solidarity, he did not formally initiate an 'India-Africa Summit' in 1951. The formal summit process began much later in 2008. Therefore, only statement 1 is correct.

The India-Africa Summit as a formal institutional mechanism began in 2008, not in 1951, despite Nehru's historical role in promoting India-Africa relations.

Question details

Year

2016

Paper

GS Paper 1

Question

Q42

Subject

International Relations

Sub-topic

India's Bilateral Relations

Type

Statement-based

Difficulty

Medium

Nature

Current-affairs-linked

Source hint

Current Affairs 2015

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