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Prelims · International relations & current affairs · 27 questions

India & the world: places, pacts & relations

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कभी-कभी समाचारों में उल्लिखित पद “टू-स्टेट सोल्यूशन” किसकी गतिविधियों के संदर्भ में आता है ?

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The term “two-state solution” is sometimes mentioned in the news in the context of the affairs of

(a) China · (b) Israel · (c) Iraq · (d) Yemen

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (b) इज़राइल

The two-state solution is the proposal to settle the Israel-Palestine conflict by having two independent States, Israel and Palestine, live side by side. It has nothing to do with China, Iraq or Yemen.

  • ✓ (b) The idea goes back to UN General Assembly Resolution 181 (1947), which proposed partitioning Palestine into two independent States, one Palestinian Arab and the other Jewish. In 2002 the UN Security Council affirmed a vision of two States, Israel and Palestine.
  • ✗ (a) China, Iraq and Yemen are not parties to the Israel-Palestine question. The term 'two-state solution' refers only to the land of former Mandate Palestine (Israel, the West Bank and Gaza).

Remember · Two-state solution: an independent State of Palestine alongside Israel. The UN's plan of 1947 (Resolution 181) first proposed two States.

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Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). Permalink ·

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