Political Science · India's Foreign Policy
UGC NET Aug 2024 Political Science
India believes in and practices strategic autonomy in its foreign policy. Which of the following statements illustrate this?
- 1. India refused to be a party to any military alliance during the Cold War.
- 2. India procured its weapons from all possible sources.
- 3. India yielded to American pressure to reduce its oil import from Iran.
- 4. India refused to yield to Western pressure to not import oil from Russia because of its Ukraine invasion.
- 5. India refused to sign NPT and CTBT to protect its strategic autonomy.
A1, 2 and 3 only
B2, 3 and 4 only
C1, 2 and 5 only
D1, 2 and 4 only ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) 1, 2 and 4 only — Statements 1, 2 and 4 best illustrate strategic autonomy, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4 only.
Explanation
★Statements 1, 2 and 4 best illustrate strategic autonomy, so the answer is 1, 2 and 4 only.
★Strategic autonomy means keeping independence of decision and not aligning fully with any single power bloc.
★India stayed out of Cold-War military alliances, practising non-alignment, which supports statement 1.
★It diversified arms purchases across Russia, the USA, Israel and France so no one supplier could dominate, supporting statement 2.
★It resisted Western pressure and kept buying discounted Russian oil after 2022, a clear assertion of autonomy, supporting statement 4.
★Statement 3 is the opposite of autonomy, since yielding to outside pressure contradicts independent decision-making.
★Statement 5 reflects nuclear policy choices rather than the autonomy examples the question targets here.
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