History & Civics
(A) Non-alignment is a policy that allows a country the freedom to decide its own course of actions in terms of world politics.
(R) After the Second World War it was compulsory for the newly independent countries to join any one of the two power blocs.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
Non Aligned Movement
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Answer
(A) is true but (R) is false
Explanation — It was not compulsory for the newly independent countries to join any one of the two power blocs after the Second World War. In fact, many newly independent countries, especially in Asia and Africa, felt the need for a strong movement towards securing peace and prosperity and establishing security for all countries. This led to the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which provided an alternative for these countries to not formally align with or against any of the power blocs.
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Which of the following became the guidelines for NAM?
- Communist Manifesto
- The UN Charter
- Panchsheel
- Warsaw pact
The Non-aligned Movement, founded in 1961 at the height of the Cold War, has membership of 120 countries — 53 from Africa; 39 from Asia; 26 from Latin America and the Caribbean; and 2 from Europe. What does Non-alignment mean?
- Non-membership to military blocs
- Non-alignment to power blocs
- Active participation in international issues
- All of the above.
(A) Post World War II, the newly independent countries in Asia and Africa decided to maintain a distance from the two power blocs.
(R) One of the objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement is to protect human rights and to protect the environment
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.
(A) The First Summit of the Non-aligned Movement was held in Belgrade in the erstwhile Yugoslavia in 1961.
(R) President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia was one of the founding members of NAM.
- (R) contradicts (A)
- (R) is the reason for (A)
- (A) is true but (R) is false.
- (A) and (R) are independent of each other.