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Panchasheel, non-alignment, UN, SAARC, BIMSTEC, neighbours and diplomacy.
This Lok Sewa practice set has 50 multiple-choice questions (Subject: Contemporary Issues · For: Section Officer, Nayab Subba · Level: Medium). Take the quiz above first; after that, use the study list below to revise every question with its correct answer and a short explanation.
Study list: all 50 questions with answers and explanations
Nepal's foreign policy is described as:
- A) Aligned with one military bloc
- B) Independent and non-aligned ✔
- C) Isolationist
- D) Colonial
Why: Nepal's foreign policy is independent and non-aligned: it does not join any military bloc.
Nepal's foreign policy principles are mainly based on the UN Charter and the:
- A) Monroe Doctrine
- B) Warsaw Pact
- C) Panchsheel ✔
- D) NATO Charter
Why: Nepal's foreign policy rests on the UN Charter, Panchsheel, non-alignment, international law and world peace.
How many principles are in Panchsheel?
- A) Three
- B) Seven
- C) Ten
- D) Five ✔
Why: Panchsheel has five principles of peaceful coexistence.
Which is one of the Panchsheel principles?
- A) Non-interference in internal affairs ✔
- B) Military alliance
- C) Colonial expansion
- D) Economic blockade
Why: Non-interference in each other's internal affairs is one of the Panchsheel principles.
Which article of the Constitution of Nepal includes policies on international relations?
- A) Article 16
- B) Article 51 ✔
- C) Article 274
- D) Article 100
Why: Article 51 (state policies) includes policies on international relations.
The current foreign policy document of Nepal is:
- A) Foreign Policy 2050
- B) Panchayat Policy 2030
- C) Foreign Policy 2077 ✔
- D) Interim Policy 2063
Why: Nepal's current foreign policy document is the Foreign Policy, 2077.
Nepal has been a member of the Non-Aligned Movement since:
- A) 1955
- B) 1971
- C) 1990
- D) 1961 ✔
Why: Nepal has been a member of the Non-Aligned Movement since its founding in 1961.
Nepal joined the United Nations on:
- A) 14 December 1955 ✔
- B) 24 October 1945
- C) 1 August 1955
- D) 15 August 1947
Why: Nepal joined the United Nations on 14 December 1955.
Nepal has served on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in:
- A) 1955–56 only
- B) 1969–70 and 1988–89 ✔
- C) 2000–01
- D) Never
Why: Nepal served on the UN Security Council in 1969–70 and 1988–89.
Nepal began sending UN peacekeepers in:
- A) 1945
- B) 1975
- C) 1958 ✔
- D) 1990
Why: Nepal began sending UN peacekeepers in 1958.
Nepal's first UN peacekeeping mission was:
- A) UNMIN in Nepal
- B) MONUSCO in Congo
- C) UNIFIL in Lebanon (1978)
- D) UNOGIL in Lebanon ✔
Why: Nepal's first peacekeeping mission was UNOGIL, the UN Observation Group in Lebanon, in 1958.
Nepal's contribution to UN peacekeeping is best described as:
- A) Among the largest troop contributors ✔
- B) Very small
- C) None
- D) Only financial
Why: Nepal is among the largest troop contributors to UN peacekeeping.
The first country with which Nepal established diplomatic relations is:
- A) India
- B) United Kingdom ✔
- C) China
- D) USA
Why: The United Kingdom was the first country with which Nepal established diplomatic relations.
Nepal established diplomatic relations with China on:
- A) 14 December 1955
- B) 1947
- C) 1 August 1955 ✔
- D) 1961
Why: Nepal and China established diplomatic relations on 1 August 1955.
The Nepal–India Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed in:
- A) 1947
- B) 1965
- C) 1996
- D) 1950 ✔
Why: The Nepal–India Treaty of Peace and Friendship was signed in 1950.
The Nepal–China Boundary Treaty was signed in:
- A) 1961 ✔
- B) 1955
- C) 1950
- D) 1990
Why: The Nepal–China Boundary Treaty was signed in 1961.
Nepal signed the Belt and Road Initiative MoU with China in:
- A) 2013
- B) 2017 ✔
- C) 2019
- D) 2022
Why: Nepal signed the Belt and Road Initiative MoU with China in 2017.
Nepal and China signed the Transit and Transport Agreement in:
- A) 2010
- B) 2019
- C) 2016 ✔
- D) 2005
Why: Nepal and China signed the Transit and Transport Agreement in 2016.
The MCC Nepal Compact was ratified by Nepal's Parliament in:
- A) 2074 BS
- B) 2080 BS
- C) 2070 BS
- D) 2078 BS ✔
Why: Nepal's Parliament ratified the MCC Nepal Compact in Falgun 2078 BS (February 2022).
Nepal became a member of the WTO on:
- A) 23 April 2004 ✔
- B) 1 January 1995
- C) 14 December 1955
- D) 8 December 1985
Why: Nepal became the WTO's 147th member on 23 April 2004.
SAARC was established on:
- A) 1 August 1955
- B) 8 December 1985 ✔
- C) 6 June 1997
- D) 14 December 1955
Why: SAARC was established on 8 December 1985.
SAARC was founded in:
- A) Kathmandu
- B) New Delhi
- C) Dhaka ✔
- D) Colombo
Why: SAARC was founded at a summit in Dhaka.
The SAARC Secretariat is located in:
- A) Dhaka
- B) Colombo
- C) Islamabad
- D) Kathmandu ✔
Why: The SAARC Secretariat is in Kathmandu.
How many members does SAARC have?
- A) 8 ✔
- B) 7
- C) 10
- D) 5
Why: SAARC has 8 members: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The 8th member of SAARC is:
- A) Myanmar
- B) Afghanistan ✔
- C) Thailand
- D) China
Why: Afghanistan became SAARC's 8th member in 2007.
The 18th SAARC Summit was held in:
- A) Dhaka (2014)
- B) New Delhi (2014)
- C) Kathmandu (2014) ✔
- D) Islamabad (2016)
Why: The 18th SAARC Summit was held in Kathmandu in 2014.
BIMSTEC was founded in:
- A) 1985
- B) 2004
- C) 2010
- D) 1997 ✔
Why: BIMSTEC was founded in 1997.
BIMSTEC has how many member countries?
- A) 7 ✔
- B) 8
- C) 5
- D) 10
Why: BIMSTEC has 7 member countries.
The BIMSTEC Secretariat is in:
- A) Kathmandu
- B) Dhaka ✔
- C) Bangkok
- D) Colombo
Why: The BIMSTEC Secretariat is in Dhaka.
Nepal joined BIMSTEC in:
- A) 1997
- B) 2014
- C) 2004 ✔
- D) 2018
Why: Nepal joined BIMSTEC in 2004.
The 4th BIMSTEC Summit was held in Kathmandu in:
- A) 2014
- B) 2004
- C) 2022
- D) 2018 ✔
Why: The 4th BIMSTEC Summit was held in Kathmandu in 2018.
BIMSTEC connects countries around the:
- A) Bay of Bengal ✔
- B) Arabian Sea
- C) South China Sea
- D) Persian Gulf
Why: BIMSTEC links countries around the Bay of Bengal.
Using diplomacy to attract investment, trade and tourism is called:
- A) Military diplomacy
- B) Economic diplomacy ✔
- C) Cultural isolation
- D) Protectionism
Why: Economic diplomacy uses diplomacy to attract investment, trade and tourism.
The ministry responsible for Nepal's foreign relations is the:
- A) Ministry of Home Affairs
- B) Ministry of Defence
- C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs ✔
- D) Ministry of Finance
Why: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs handles Nepal's foreign relations.
A country with no coastline is called:
- A) Island
- B) Peninsula
- C) Archipelago
- D) Landlocked ✔
Why: A country with no coastline is landlocked, like Nepal.
Nepal's main sea port for third-country trade through India is:
- A) Kolkata/Haldia ✔
- B) Mumbai
- C) Chennai
- D) Karachi
Why: Kolkata/Haldia is Nepal's main sea port for third-country trade through India.
Nepal can also use which Indian port for trade?
- A) Gwadar
- B) Visakhapatnam ✔
- C) Chittagong only
- D) Colombo
Why: Nepal can also use Visakhapatnam port in India.
Protecting the rights of Nepali migrant workers abroad is a main task of:
- A) Ward offices
- B) District courts
- C) Nepali embassies and missions ✔
- D) Nepal Rastra Bank only
Why: Nepali embassies and missions protect the rights of Nepali migrant workers abroad.
Non-alignment means:
- A) Joining NATO
- B) Supporting only one neighbour
- C) Closing borders
- D) Not joining any military bloc ✔
Why: Non-alignment means not joining any military bloc.
The five principles of peaceful coexistence were first agreed between:
- A) India and China (1954) ✔
- B) Nepal and UK (1816)
- C) USA and USSR (1945)
- D) Nepal and India (1950)
Why: The five principles of peaceful coexistence were first agreed between India and China in 1954.
The UN Charter was signed in:
- A) 1955
- B) 1945 ✔
- C) 1919
- D) 1961
Why: The UN Charter was signed in 1945 in San Francisco.
Nepal's relationship with India is marked by an:
- A) Closed military border
- B) Sea border
- C) Open border ✔
- D) No border
Why: Nepal and India share an open border.
Nepal is a 'buffer state' between:
- A) India and Pakistan
- B) China and Russia
- C) Bangladesh and Bhutan
- D) India and China ✔
Why: Nepal lies between two big neighbours, India and China, so it is often called a buffer state.
The UN agency for children is:
- A) UNICEF ✔
- B) UNESCO
- C) WHO
- D) ILO
Why: UNICEF is the UN agency for children.
The UN agency for food assistance is:
- A) UNDP
- B) World Food Programme ✔
- C) UNHCR
- D) UNFPA
Why: The World Food Programme is the UN agency for food assistance.
A diplomatic office of one country in another country's capital is an:
- A) Consulate only
- B) Ministry
- C) Embassy ✔
- D) Ward office
Why: An embassy is a country's diplomatic office in another country's capital.
The head of a diplomatic mission in an embassy is the:
- A) Consul only
- B) Minister
- C) Governor
- D) Ambassador ✔
Why: An ambassador heads an embassy.
Nepal hosted SAARC summits in:
- A) 1987, 2002 and 2014 ✔
- B) 1985 only
- C) 1990 and 2000
- D) Never
Why: Nepal hosted SAARC summits in 1987, 2002 and 2014.
Economic diplomacy mainly aims to promote:
- A) War
- B) Trade, investment and tourism ✔
- C) Isolation
- D) Smuggling
Why: Economic diplomacy aims to promote trade, investment and tourism.
Which organisation has its permanent secretariat in Kathmandu?
- A) BIMSTEC
- B) ASEAN
- C) SAARC ✔
- D) WTO
Why: SAARC has its permanent secretariat in Kathmandu.