UPSC Prelims 2016 GS Paper I · Q42 of 100 Current Events medium

Consider the following statements : The India-Africa Summit 1. held in 2015 was the third such Summit 2. was actually initiated by Jawaharlal Nehru in 1951 Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. (a) 1 only ✓ UPSC's answer
  2. (b) 2 only
  3. (c) Both 1 and 2
  4. (d) Neither 1 nor 2

Why the answer is (a)

• The India–Africa Forum Summit was first held in New Delhi in 2008, then Addis Ababa in 2011, and the third — attended by all 54 African countries — in New Delhi in October 2015 (statement 1).

• Statement 2 is wrong: the Summit mechanism began in 2008; Nehru's engagement with Africa was through anti-colonial solidarity and the Bandung/NAM process, not a summit.

• Hence 1 only, option (a).

Why the other options are wrong

(b) 2 only
Statement 2 is wrong: the Summit began in 2008, not 1951.
(c) Both 1 and 2
Statement 2 is wrong.
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
Statement 1 is correct: 2015 was the third Summit.

Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2016, held on 7 August 2016. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.

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