Previous year MCQs

UPPSC 2011 GS-1 Current Affairs
Question

Where did Prime Minsiter Manmohan Singh, having taken charge of the new government after 2009 elections, meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari for the first time ?

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option D: Yekaterinburg

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Yekaterinburg”.
In June 2009, Zardari met Singh for the first time since the Mumbai attacks at a Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

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