Question

Choose the name of the Chinese leader that came to India in 1956 as the Chinese Premier.

• A. Mao
• B. Dalai Lama
• C. Zhou Enlai
• D. Hu-Zintao
• A. 1952
• B. 1953
• C. 1954
• D. 1955
• A. Nepal
• B. Bhutan
• C. India
• D. China
• A. Central Asia
• B. East Asia
• C. In the East of China
• D. In the West of India

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Understand the question:
The passage says that a Tibetan leader went with the Chinese Premier on his official visit to India in 1956.
We are asked for the name of that Chinese Premier.

Step 2: Recall the fact:
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People Republic of China and held the post from 1949 to 1976.
He visited India in 1956 and met Prime Minister Nehru. The Dalai Lama was also in India at that time for the Buddha Jayanti celebrations.

Step 3: Check option (A) Mao:
Mao Zedong was the Chairman of the Communist Party of China. He was not the Premier and he did not make this visit to India. So (A) is wrong.

Step 4: Check option (B) Dalai Lama:
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political head of Tibet. He is not a Chinese leader and never held the post of Premier. So (B) is wrong.

Step 5: Check option (C) Zhou Enlai:
Zhou Enlai was the Chinese Premier who came to India in 1956. So (C) is correct.

Step 6: Check option (D) Hu-Zintao:
Hu Jintao became President of China in 2003, many years later. He was not Premier in 1956. So (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
The Chinese Premier who visited India in 1956 was Zhou Enlai, which is option (C).

Answer 2

Step 1: Understand the question:
The question asks for the year in which India and China signed the Panchsheel agreement.

Step 2: Recall the fact:
The Panchsheel agreement was signed on 29 April 1954 between Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.
It set out five principles of peaceful coexistence: respect for each other territorial integrity and sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference in internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.

Step 3: Check the options:
1952 is too early. The agreement was not yet signed then, so (A) is wrong.
1953 came before the talks ended, so (B) is wrong.
1954 is the year of signing, so (C) is correct.
1955 is the year of the Bandung Conference of Asian and African countries, not the Panchsheel signing, so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
The Panchsheel agreement was signed in 1954, which is option (C).

Answer 3

Step 1: Understand the question:
The question asks which country gave refuge to the Dalai Lama when he asked for asylum.
The passage tells us China took control of Tibet in 1950 and many Tibetans opposed this.

Step 2: Recall the fact:
In 1958 there was an armed uprising in Tibet against Chinese occupation.
In 1959 the Dalai Lama crossed the border into India. The Indian government gave him asylum, and many Tibetans came with him.

Step 3: Check the options:
Nepal did not give him asylum, so (A) is wrong.
Bhutan did not give him asylum, so (B) is wrong.
India gave him and his followers asylum, so (C) is correct.
China is the country he fled from, so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
The Dalai Lama asked India for asylum, which is option (C).

Answer 4

Step 1: Read the passage:
The passage says: Tibet is one of the major issues that historically caused tension between India and China.
China took over Tibet in 1950.

Step 2: Recall the geography:
The Tibetan Plateau is a high plateau of Central Asia lying north of the Himalayas.

Step 3: Check the options:
(A) Central Asia is correct.
(B) East Asia is wrong here because the plateau is usually described as part of Central Asia.
(C) It lies in the West of China, not the East, so (C) is wrong.
(D) It lies north of India, not west, so (D) is wrong.

Final Answer:
The plateau of Tibet is situated in Central Asia, option (A).