current affairs MCQ #12497

A CSS examinee is analyzing why the Composite Dialogue Process launched in 2004 eventually stalled. The process covered eight baskets including trade, terrorism, and Kashmir. Which event most directly caused its suspension?

current affairs MCQ #12497

  1. Question 1

    Q1. A CSS examinee is analyzing why the Composite Dialogue Process launched in 2004 eventually stalled. The process covered eight baskets including trade, terrorism, and Kashmir. Which event most directly caused its suspension?

    • A) The Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 led India to suspend the Composite Dialogue, citing Pakistani state links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives responsible
    • B) Pakistan unilaterally withdrew from the Composite Dialogue after the Balochistan issue was raised by India as a counter-narrative
    • C) The Composite Dialogue was formally terminated by a SAARC resolution following both countries' nuclear tests in 1998
    • D) India suspended the dialogue after Pakistan failed to ratify a bilateral trade agreement within the agreed timeline

    Answer: The Mumbai terrorist attacks of November 2008 led India to suspend the Composite Dialogue, citing Pakistani state links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives responsible

    Explanation: The Composite Dialogue Process, launched in February 2004 during the Vajpayee-Musharraf era, was directly suspended by India following the November 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks in which Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives killed over 160 people.