Question map
Not attempted Correct Incorrect ★ Bookmarked
Loading…
Q41 (IAS/2008) International Relations & Global Affairs › India's Bilateral & Regional Relations › Arab–Israeli conflict Answer Verified

Yom Kippur War was fought between which sides/countries?

Result
Your answer: —  ·  Correct: C
Explanation

The Yom Kippur War (October 1973), also called the October War or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led primarily by Egypt and Syria. On October 6, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a coordinated surprise two‑front attack against Israeli positions — Egypt across the Suez Canal and Syria on the Golan Heights — aiming to regain territory lost in 1967 [2]. Contemporary summaries and official histories describe the rapid escalation, great‑power resupply efforts, and subsequent ceasefires/negotiations, consistently identifying Israel versus Egypt and Syria (with allied Arab states) as the combatants; therefore option 3 is correct [3].

Sources

  1. [1] https://www.britannica.com/event/Yom-Kippur-War
  2. [2] https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/israeli-palestinian-conflict
  3. [3] https://history.state.gov/milestones/1969-1976/arab-israeli-war-1973
How others answered
Each bar shows the % of students who chose that option. Green bar = correct answer, blue outline = your choice.
Community Performance
Out of everyone who attempted this question.
50%
got it right
✓ Thank you! We'll review this.

SIMILAR QUESTIONS

CDS-II · 2009 · Q109 Relevance score: -3.11

Israel has common borders with

IAS · 2003 · Q77 Relevance score: -3.47

Israel has common borders with

IAS · 2009 · Q128 Relevance score: -3.87

Which one of the following pairs of countries fought wars over a region called Ogaden ?

IAS · 2023 · Q93 Relevance score: -4.20

Consider the following pairs: | Regions often mentioned in news | Reason for being in news | | ------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | | 1. North Kivu and Ituri | War between Armenia and Azerbaijan | | 2. Nagorno-Karabakh | Insurgency in Mozambique | | 3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia | Dispute between Israel and Lebanon | How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?