Which of the following is/are not correct in terms of outcomes of this visit?

Question

The Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany visited India in January, 2026.

Which of the following is/are not correct in terms of outcomes of this visit?

1. Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the All India Institute of Ayurveda and the University of Hamburg

2. Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Youth Hockey Development between Hockey India and the German Hockey Federation

3. Establishment of a bilateral dialogue mechanism on the Indo-Pacific

4. Opening of an Honorary Consul of Germany in Lucknow

1. A. 2 and 3
2. B. 1 and 4 (Correct answer)
3. C. 3 and 4
4. D. 1 only

Correct Answer

Option B — B

Detailed Solution & Explanation

The correct answer is Option B.

Key Points

• statements 1 and 4 are NOT correct.
• The question asks which listed outcomes did not occur during the German Chancellor's January 2026 visit to India, so the correct option lists the FALSE items.
• Statement 1 (NOT correct): an MoU between the All India Institute of Ayurveda and the University of Hamburg was not among the visit's outcomes — a plausible-sounding but fabricated pairing.
• Statement 4 (NOT correct): the opening of an Honorary Consul of Germany in Lucknow was not an outcome of this visit.
• Statements 2 and 3 were genuine outcomes (a youth-hockey development MoU and an Indo-Pacific bilateral dialogue mechanism), so they are correct and therefore not part of the answer.
• India-Germany ties operate under a Strategic Partnership (since 2000) with biennial Inter-Governmental Consultations.
• Germany is one of India's largest trading partners in the EU.

Exam Tip

• on 'which are NOT correct' questions, first mark each statement true/false, then select the option listing only the FALSE ones — careless inversion is the commonest error here.