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Solved PMS 2026 GK practice set on Israel's international recognition: first recognition in 1948, Turkey 1949, Egypt 1979, Jordan 1994 and the 2020 Abraham Accords, with verified answers and explanations. A Sir Adnan practice set, not an official past paper.
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Sir Adnan's 'ISRAEL RECOGNITION COUNTRY' booklet (5 pp, header 'ONE-LINER-100 (FPSC NEW TREND 2026-27)') from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack. COUNT-CLAIM CORRECTION: the header claims 100 items but the booklet actually prints only Q1-50 (page 5 holds only the tail of Q50). DROPPED AS WRONG-YEAR/WRONG-PREMISE AS PRINTED, NEVER INFERRED (14): Q6/Q20 (United Kingdom 1948 - de facto 1949, de jure 1950), Q17 (Nigeria 1961 - 1960), Q19 (Argentina 1948 - 14 February 1949), Q26 (Australia 1970 - 29 January 1949), Q28 (Germany 1949 - de facto 1952, relations 1965), Q32 (South Africa 1995 - 1949), Q35 (Canada 1948 - 11 May 1949), Q36 (Guatemala 1949 - 19 May 1948; the 2018 embassy move is true but the stem year is false), Q37 (Switzerland 1948 - de facto 28 January 1949), Q39 (Kenya 1961 - December 1963; the 1973 suspension is true), Q40 (Jamaica 1948 - impossible before independence in 1962; relations date to 1962), Q45 (Chad restored 2021 - restored 20 January 2019), Q48 (Belgium 1948 - 15 January 1950). DROPPED AS INTERNAL REPEATS, CROSS-LINKED NOT RE-EXTRACTED (12): Q2/Q16/Q38 (United States 1948, restating Q1), Q29 (France 1949, restating Q15), Q30 (Bahrain 2020, restating Q10), Q31 (Morocco 2020, restating Q11), Q34 (Turkey 1949, restating Q5), Q41 (India 1950, restating Q13), Q42 (Italy 1949, restating Q23), Q44 (Jordan Wadi Araba 1994, restating Q8), Q47 (Brazil 1949, restating Q18), Q49 (Japan 1952, restating Q14). Recognition dates verified against the International recognition of Israel country table.
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Correct Answer: United States
The United States granted de facto recognition on 14 May 1948, the day of the declaration of independence, the first country to do so.
Correct Answer: Soviet Union
The Soviet Union granted de jure recognition on 17 May 1948, the first full legal recognition; the United States had granted de facto recognition on 14 May and extended de jure recognition only on 31 January 1949.
Correct Answer: 1949
Israel was admitted to the United Nations on 11 May 1949 by General Assembly Resolution 273.
Correct Answer: Turkey
Turkey granted de facto recognition on 28 March 1949, the first Muslim-majority state to recognize Israel; Iran followed in 1950.
Correct Answer: Egypt
The Egypt-Israel peace treaty was signed on 26 March 1979, following the Camp David Accords of September 1978.
Correct Answer: Jordan
Jordan signed the Wadi Araba Treaty with Israel on 26 October 1994, ending the state of war between the two countries.
Correct Answer: United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords with Israel on 15 September 2020, normalizing relations.
Correct Answer: Bahrain
Bahrain signed its Abraham Accords normalization agreement with Israel on 15 September 2020.
Correct Answer: Morocco
Morocco and Israel agreed to normalize relations in December 2020, restoring ties severed after 2000.
Correct Answer: Sudan
Sudan announced normalization with Israel in October 2020.
Correct Answer: India
India recognized Israel on 17 September 1950.
Correct Answer: Japan
Japan recognized Israel on 15 May 1952, after the end of the Allied occupation.
Correct Answer: France
France recognized Israel on 24 January 1949.
Correct Answer: Brazil
Brazil recognized Israel on 7 February 1949.
Correct Answer: United States
The United States moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May 2018.
Correct Answer: Guatemala
Guatemala recognized Israel on 19 May 1948, among the first wave of recognitions after the United States and the Soviet Union.
Correct Answer: Italy
Italy granted de facto recognition on 8 February 1949.
Correct Answer: Sweden
Sweden granted de facto recognition on 15 February 1949.
Correct Answer: Ghana
Ghana established formal relations with Israel on 6 March 1957, the first Black African country to do so.
Correct Answer: Philippines
The Philippines and Israel established formal diplomatic relations on 13 May 1957.
Correct Answer: Pakistan
Pakistan does not recognize Israel; Pakistani passports are stated not to be valid for travel to Israel.
Correct Answer: Egypt
Egypt signed the Camp David Accords with Israel in September 1978, the framework that led to the 1979 peace treaty (published separately as Q7).
Correct Answer: Norway
Norway recognized Israel on 4 February 1949 and was a founding member of NATO in April 1949.
Correct Answer: About 160+ countries
As of February 2026, 169 of the other 192 UN member states recognize Israel, so the booklet's rounded figure of about 160+ holds.
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No. It is Sir Adnan's 'ISRAEL RECOGNITION COUNTRY' one-liner booklet from the monster-data 'PMS SCREENING 2026 GK UPDATED' pack, published as paperType 'practice', never as a past paper. The year 2026 is the booklet's label, not a claimed exam session.
The United States, with de facto recognition on 14 May 1948, minutes after the declaration of independence. The Soviet Union was the first to grant de jure recognition, on 17 May 1948.
Fourteen items carry a wrong recognition year as printed (for example the United Kingdom in 1948, Germany in 1949, South Africa in 1995) and twelve restate an item already published in the set; both groups are dropped or cross-linked, never rewritten or inferred, per the standing rule for unanswerable-as-printed items.
About 160+ on the booklet's rounded figure; as of February 2026, 169 of the other 192 UN member states recognize Israel.
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