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Just as both internal and external factors guide the behaviour of an individual or a family, both domestic and international environments influence the foreign policy of a nation. The developing countries lack the required resources to effectively advocate their concerns in the international system. So they pursue more modest goals than the advanced states. They focus more on peace and development in their own neighbourhood. Moreover, their economic and security dependence on the more powerful states occasionally influences their foreign policy. In the period immediately after the Second World War, many developing nations chose to support the foreign policy preferences of the powerful countries who were giving them aid or credits. This resulted in the division of countries of the world into two clear camps. One was under the influence of the United States and its Western allies and the other was under the influence of the then Soviet Union.

What was a significant aspect of India's foreign policy in the immediate post-Independence period?

Respecting the sovereignty of all nations and promoting peace

The correct answer is Option 3 - Respecting the sovereignty of all nations and promoting peace

As a nation born in the backdrop of the world war, India decided to conduct its foreign relations with an aim to respect the sovereignty of all other nations and to achieve security through the maintenance of peace. This aim finds an echo in the Directive principles of State policy.