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?

1. Non-membership to military blocs
2. Non-alignment to power blocs
3. Active participation in international issues
4. All of the above.

(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.

1. (R) contradicts (A)
2. (R) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (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.

1. (R) contradicts (A)
2. (R) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) and (R) are independent of each other.

(A) One of the objectives of NAM is to oppose the use of force and the use of nuclear weapons.

(R) NAM did not make any substantial efforts to prevent war between Russia and Ukraine or Israel and Palestine.

1. (R) contradicts (A)
2. (R) is the reason for (A)
3. (A) is true but (R) is false.
4. (A) and (R) are independent of each other.