History & Civics
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.
Non Aligned Movement
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All of the above.
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Which country amongst the following only attended the NAM summits as an observer but did not join it?
- Latin American nations
- Sweden
- Italy
- Germany
Which of the following became the guidelines for NAM?
- Communist Manifesto
- The UN Charter
- Panchsheel
- Warsaw pact
(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.
(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.