History · Rise of Indian Nationalism
UGC NET December 2020 History
'Our general policy is to avoid entanglement in power politics and not to join any group of powers as against any other group. The two leading groups today are the Russian bloc and the Anglo-American bloc. We must be friendly to both and yet not join either.' The above words constitute the central idea of which policy?
ANon-alignment ✓ Correct
BBaghdad Pact
CAfro-Asian conference of 1955
DPanchsheel
Correct answer: (A) Non-alignment — These words express the central idea of non-alignment, so the answer is non-alignment.
Explanation
★These words express the central idea of non-alignment, so the answer is non-alignment.
★The words describe avoiding entanglement in the rival power blocs while being friendly to both.
★This is the central idea of non-alignment.
★The Non-Aligned Movement was established in 1961 at Belgrade.
★It came through the initiative of Nehru, Tito, Nasser and Nkrumah.
★So the policy described here is non-alignment.
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