Q1. What is the other name for the Good Friday Agreement?
(A) Dublin Agreement
(B) Easter Rising Accord
(C) Belfast Agreement
(D) Ulster Peace Deal
Answer: (C) Belfast Agreement
Recently, the US President was in Belfastto mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement, thedeal that ended 3 decades of bloodshed.
Q2. What was the main conflict the Good Friday Agreement aimed to resolve?
(A) The War of the Roses
(B) The Anglo-Irish Wars
(C) The Troubles
(D) The Irish Civil War
Answer: (C) The Troubles
It was signed on April 10, 1998 at Belfast, the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, which was a significant milestone in the history of Ireland.
- It is also known as the Belfast Agreement.
- It ended more than three decades of bloody conflict, known as the ‘Troubles’.
Q3. What are the two main components of the Good Friday Agreement?
(A) A trade agreement between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
(B) A peace treaty between the UK and the Irish Republic.
(C) An agreement between Northern Ireland’s political parties and an agreement between the UK and Irish governments.
(D) A power-sharing agreement between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.
Answer: (C) An agreement between Northern Ireland’s political parties and an agreement between the UK and Irish governments.
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