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India’s External Relations — Political Science STD 12 Humanities — Question

CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPolitical ScienceIndia’s External Relations5 Marks
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Read the given passage carefully and answer the following questions:
Non-alignment as a strategy evolved in the Cold War context..... with the disintegration of USSR and the end of Cold War in 1991, non-alignment, both, as an international movement and as the core of India's foreign policy, lost some of its earlier relevance and effectiveness.
  1. Why did India adopt non-alignment?
  2. Explain any two reasons for the loss of its relevance by the Non-Aligned Movement.
  3. How far do you agree that the Non-Aligned Movement has become an international movement?
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Answer

  1. India adopted Non-alignment to make international policies and decisions in a free manner and to actively intervene in world affairs to soften 'Cold War Rivalries.'
  2.  
  • Due to the end of cold war.
  • A disintegration of USSR.
  1. NAM has become an international movement because it is based on a resolve to democratise the international system. It provides an alternative world in order to redress the existing inequalities in various countries, especially the newly independent countries.

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