Drawing strength from the diplomatic relations between India and Nigeria that have “existed for a very long time”, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on January 22 said the two nations have agreed to strengthen people-to-people exchanges, energy, mobility and a slew of other sectors.

Mr. Jaishankar co-chaired the 6th Joint Commission Meeting between India and Nigeria at Abuja along with his counterpart Yusuf Tuggar also discussed opportunities in the sectors of power, renewables, transport, healthcare, fintech, agriculture and security between the two countries.

“Co-chaired the 6th Joint Commission Meeting along with FM @YusufTuggar. Noted the expansion of our economic cooperation, especially trade and investment. Discussed new opportunities in energy, power, renewables, transport, healthcare, fintech, agriculture and security,” Mr. Jaishankar said in a post on X.

Source – https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/

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Passage 2

On January 1, Pakistan’s caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, lost his cool at a news conference in Islamabad. When asked about the Baloch people who had been protesting in the Pakistani capital, demanding government action on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings, Kakar became visibly angry.

He called those demonstrating “relatives of those fighting against the state” and their supporters “advocates of terrorists in Balochistan”. His tirade aimed to delegitimise the Baloch protestors and justify the violence the Islamabad police had unleashed against them.

The approach of the caretaker prime minister, himself a Pashtun hailing from Balochistan, underlines the main issue with government policy towards the Baloch people. For decades, the civilian and military rulers of Pakistan have presented the Baloch issue as a security matter instead of looking into the community’s grievances and demands.

Source- https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/

23rd JAN 2024

First Name

Passage 1

1. S Jaishankar arrived in the Nigerian capital from Lagos, where he reached on Sunday after attending the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit held in?

A. Lagos

B. Uganda

C. South Africa

D. Namibia

2. Who is the current President of Nigeria?

A. Mohd Bhurari

B. Umaru Musa Yardua

C. Bola Ahmed Tinubu

D. Yoweri Museveni

3. As per the UN, how many countries does Africa has?

A. 51

B. 52

C. 53

D. 54

4. Which of this is Africa’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future?

A. Agenda 2063

B. Agenda 2050X

C. Goal 59

D. Goal 60

5. Which of this is incorrect?

A. Security ties continue to be important because of the terrorism link. Two major terrorist organisations work in Africa, Boko Haram in West African region and AlShabaab in the East African region. These are connected to the major, multinational terrorist organisation Al-Qaeda which again is connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohemmad of Pakistan.

B. India requires raw materials like uranium, gold, plutonium, copper etc which can be procured from Africa and in turn India can give them finished products.

C. None

D. Both a and b

Passage 2

6. Balochistan is one of the how many provinces of Pakistan?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 7

7. Which of this is incorrect about Balochistan?

A. It is second least populated even though it is the largest province in terms of land size.

B. It is populated in ethnic Baloch people which can be found in modern day Iran and Afghanistan though the majority of Baloch can be found in Balochistan.

C. Balochistan is rich in natural gas and oil and is one of the most important regions of Pakistan.

D. None

8. CPEC is a part of the Belt and Road Initiative which was launched in?

A. 2012

B. 2013

C. 2014

D. 2015

9. Which of this port is a prominent feature of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor?

A. Qasim

B. Gwadar

C. Gadani

D. Hambantota

10. Which of this correct with respect to the Belt and Road Initiative?

A. Since 2017, India, the U.S. and other countries have been critical of the lack of transparency with which many of the BRI projects were negotiated with governments.

B. India’s other concern over the BRI’s inroads in South Asia will also grow: at the summit, China listed the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) and the Nepal-China Trans-Himalayan Multi-dimensional Connectivity Network, and the CPEC as focus areas.

C. India has abandoned its sharp rhetoric against the BRI this time compared to 2017, and China issued statements saying it would not allow the decision to affect the bilateral relationship.

D. All of above

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