Multiple choice

The Shimla Pact between India and Pakistan stood for

  1. Resolution of dispute of dispute relating to Rann of Kachch

  2. final resolution of Jammu and Kashmir problem

  3. abstaining from first use of nuclear weapons

  4. bilateral settlement of disputes
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The Simla Agreement signed on July 2, 1972 between Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after the 1971 war committed both countries to settle their disputes bilaterally without invoking third parties or international organizations. This was specifically about Kashmir and other outstanding issues, rejecting UN intervention. Option D correctly states this principle of bilateral settlement.

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