"India's policy of non-alignment was criticised on a number of counts."Explain.
A non-aligned posture also served India's interests very directly as well as India intervened in world affairs to soften cold war rivalries by reducing differences between the alliances and from escalating into a full scale war. Though India's policy of non-alignment was criticised on a number of counts:
1. India's non-alignment was said to be ‘unprincipled' in the name of persuing in national interest.
2. India often refused to take firm stand on crucial international issues.
! 3. Sometimes India took contradictory postures, having criticised others for joining alliances, Indian signed the Treaty of friendship in August 1971 with the USSR for 29 years
4. During Bangladesh crisis also India developed good relations even with the US in the name of diplomatic and military support.
Why did the superpowers have military alliances with smaller countries? Give three reasons.
What led to the emergence of bipolar world? What were the arenas of Cold War between the two power blocs?
What was India's foreign policy towards the USandUSSR during the Cold War era? Do you think that this policy helped India's interests?
Name any two foreign leaders alongwith the countries they belonged to, who are recognised as the founders of NAM.
1. Why was the Soviet Union worried about America invading Cuba?
2. In response to the action taken by America, what did Nikita Khrushchev do?
3. Why were the two superpowers reluctant to start nuclear war?
Name any two founders of Non-aligned Movement. The first NAM summit was the culmination of which three factors?
Sometimes it is said that the Cold War was a simple struggle for power and that ideology had nothing to do with it. Do you agree with this? Give one example to support your position.
1. Why is a war like situation called Cold War?
2. Identify one military pact each signed by each of the two super powers to balance the power rivalries.
3. Differentiate between the ideologies represented by the rival blocs.
NAM was considered a third option' by third world countries! How did this option benefit their growth during the peak of the Cold War?
On the political map of world locate and level the following by giving symbols to them:
Study the given map of the world in which six different countries have been marked 1,2,3,4,5,6. Identify these countries with their names and classify them as first, second, third world countries.
" Non-alignment does not imply neutrality or equidistance."What does this statement mean?
What do you th nk about the statement that NAM has bdcoPie irrelevant today? Give reasons to support your opinion.
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What is the relevance of non-aligned movement after the end of Cold War?
1. Describe any six factors responsible for the disintegration of USSR.
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What is meant by New International Economic Order? Mention any four reforms of the global trading system proposed by UNCTAD in 1972.
The Cold War produced an arms race as well as arms control. What were the reasons for both these development?
What was the difference in the ideology of Western Alliances and that of Eastern Alliances?
Why did India distance itself from the two camps led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union? Explain.
Why did India distance itself from the two camps led by the U.S. and the Soviet Union? Explain.
Here is a list of countries. Write against each of these blocs they belonged to during the Cold War.
Mark correct or wrong against each of the following statements that describe the features ol Tliitary alliances formed by the superpowers.
(a) Member countries of the alliance are to provide bases in their respective lands for superpowers.
(b) Member countries to support the superpower both in terms of ideology and military strategy.
(c) When a nation attacks any member country, it is considered as an attack on all the member countries.
(d) Superpowers assist all the member countries to develop their own nuclear weapons.