Solved MCQs on Pakistan's foreign relations: China, the Commonwealth, OIC, RCD and ECO, NAM, the UN Security Council and key treaties and agreements.
This set covers Pakistan's foreign relations: ties with China and the 1963 boundary agreement, the Commonwealth, the OIC summit in Lahore, RCD and ECO, SEATO and CENTO, CPEC, and agreements with India such as the Simla Agreement and the Lahore Declaration.
Foreign relations questions usually ask for a year, a city or the leaders who signed an agreement. Learn each major agreement with its date, place and signatories.
Correct answer: B. 21 May 1951
Diplomatic relations were established on 21 May 1951. Pakistan was among the first countries to recognize the People's Republic of China.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. People's Republic of China
Pakistan recognized the People's Republic of China in 1950, making it the first Muslim country and one of the first non-communist countries to do so.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. 2 March 1963
Foreign Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Chinese Marshal Chen Yi signed the Sino-Pakistan boundary agreement in Beijing on 2 March 1963.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, then Foreign Minister, signed the agreement with China's Foreign Minister Marshal Chen Yi.
Correct answer: B. The recognition of Bangladesh by Commonwealth members
Pakistan withdrew in early 1972 after Britain and other members recognized Bangladesh.
Correct answer: C. 1989
Pakistan rejoined in October 1989, during Benazir Bhutto's first government.
Correct answer: D. Lahore
Pakistan hosted the summit in Lahore in February 1974. The first summit had been held in Rabat in 1969.
Correct answer: C. Bangladesh
Pakistan recognized Bangladesh on 22 February 1974, during the Lahore summit, and Bangladesh's leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman attended.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Turkey
Pakistan, Iran and Turkey founded the RCD in 1964 to promote economic cooperation. It was succeeded by the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in 1985.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. 1985
Pakistan, Iran and Turkey founded ECO in 1985. Its membership expanded in 1992 to include Afghanistan and the Central Asian republics.
Read detailsCorrect answer: C. 1979
After CENTO was dissolved in 1979, Pakistan joined the Non-Aligned Movement the same year.
Correct answer: C. Eighth
The 2025–2026 term is Pakistan's eighth as a non-permanent member. Its first term was in 1952–53.
Correct answer: A. The World Bank
The World Bank brokered the treaty after years of negotiation, and it remains a key framework for sharing the Indus basin rivers.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Soviet Union
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin hosted the talks in Tashkent between Ayub Khan and Lal Bahadur Shastri after the 1965 war.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Simla Agreement
The Simla Agreement between Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Indira Gandhi created the Line of Control and committed both sides to settle disputes bilaterally.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee travelled to Lahore by bus in February 1999, and the two leaders signed the Lahore Declaration on improving relations.
Read detailsCorrect answer: D. SEATO and CENTO (Baghdad Pact)
Pakistan joined SEATO in 1954 and the Baghdad Pact (later CENTO) in 1955. It left SEATO in the early 1970s, and CENTO was dissolved in 1979.
Read detailsCorrect answer: B. Xinjiang
CPEC links Gwadar port in Balochistan with Kashgar in Xinjiang through roads, energy projects and special economic zones.
Read detailsCorrect answer: A. Saudi Arabia
Signed in Riyadh on 17 September 2025, it treats aggression against either country as aggression against both.
Correct answer: C. Afghanistan
Drawn in 1893 between British India and Afghanistan, the Durand Line is Pakistan's western border with Afghanistan.