issb pakistan affairs MCQ #147

Pakistan launched Operation Gibraltar in 1965 primarily to:

issb pakistan affairs MCQ #147

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Pakistan launched Operation Gibraltar in 1965 primarily to:

    • A) Capture Lahore from Indian forces
    • B) Support a popular uprising in Indian-held Kashmir
    • C) Block the Indus River water supply to India
    • D) Seize the Siachen Glacier before India could

    Answer: Support a popular uprising in Indian-held Kashmir

    Explanation: Operation Gibraltar sent infiltrators into Indian-held Kashmir to trigger local resistance and draw international attention to the Kashmir dispute. It escalated into full-scale war along the international border in September 1965.