PSIR Optional · Paper II · Section B: India and the World
India and the Non-Aligned Movement Notes · PYQs · Solved Answers
Free notes, every previous year question and the solved answers for India and the Non-Aligned Movement (Paper II, Section B: India and the World), arranged so you can read a topic and immediately see how UPSC has asked it. Syllabus: Different phases; current role; India's contribution to the non-aligned movement.
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Paper II · Unit 02
India and the Non-Aligned Movement notes
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Previous year questions: India and the Non-Aligned Movement
Every question UPSC has asked from this unit, year-wise, with a link to its solved answer.
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Solved PYQ answers: India and the Non-Aligned Movement
Model answers to the previous year questions of this unit, newest exam year first.
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India has adopted multi-alignment to fulfill its core values and interests in International relations. Discuss.
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Does the Non-Aligned Movement have any future in the wake of India’s growing indifference towards it?
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NonAlignment 2.0 underscores India’s unique aspiration to emerge as a site for an alternative universality. Comment.
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“India has of late, chosen to debunk non-alignment in its pursuit of multi-alignment.” Comment.
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“Non-alignment was little more than a rational strategy on the part of a materially weak India to maximise its interests with a bipolar distribution of global power.” Comment.
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Compare and contrast Non-alignment 1.0 with Non-alignment 2.0.
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Comment on India’s contribution to Non-Alignment Movement and its contemporary relevance.
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‘Non-alignment’ has been the basic principle of India’s foreign policy since independence. Discuss its relevance in the contemporary context.
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“India’s policy of non-alignment has been guided by the genius of the Indian people and their interests.” Explain.
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Explain the following statement and elucidate its implications: “India’s policy of non-alignment was based on both idealist and realist calculations.”
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Was there any domestic sociopolitical basis for India to pursue the policy of non-alignment?
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Comment: Give a critical estimate of India’s role in the Non-Aligned Movement.
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What were the major determinants of India’s Foreign Policy of Non-alignment? Indicate the changes in India’s Foreign Policy since the 1990’s.
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Critically examine the view that in the post-Cold War era, Indian policy of non-alignment has become irrelevant.
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Discuss India’s contribution to the growth and development of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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Comment: India and the Bandung Conference: Hope and Reality.
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Has the Non-Aligned Movement lost its relevance in the present-day situation and how has India evolved its foreign policy goals to the changing international scenario?
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