current affairs MCQ #12474

During a CSS examination preparation session, a student is asked about the first major UN intervention in the Kashmir dispute. UNSC Resolution 47 was passed in 1948. What was the central mechanism it proposed to resolve the Kashmir question?

current affairs MCQ #12474

  1. Question 1

    Q1. During a CSS examination preparation session, a student is asked about the first major UN intervention in the Kashmir dispute. UNSC Resolution 47 was passed in 1948. What was the central mechanism it proposed to resolve the Kashmir question?

    • A) It called for immediate withdrawal of Indian forces and transfer of Kashmir to Pakistan
    • B) It mandated a free and impartial plebiscite to allow the people of Kashmir to decide their future
    • C) It recognized India's accession as legally valid and asked Pakistan to withdraw tribal fighters
    • D) It established a UN peacekeeping force to administer Kashmir indefinitely

    Answer: It mandated a free and impartial plebiscite to allow the people of Kashmir to decide their future

    Explanation: UNSC Resolution 47 (1948) called for a free and impartial plebiscite under UN auspices to allow the people of Jammu and Kashmir to decide whether to accede to India or Pakistan.