Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Crisis of democratic Order

Question:

Which of these was not an objective of India's Foreign policy between 1946-1964?

Options:

Preserve the hard-earned sovereignty

Protect territorial integrity

Promote rapid economic development

Advocate a pro-US foreign policy

Correct Answer:

Advocate a pro-US foreign policy

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 4- Advocate a pro-US foreign policy

The first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru played a crucial role in setting the national agenda. He was his own foreign minister. Thus both as the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister, he exercised profound influence in the formulation and implementation of India’s foreign policy from 1946 to 1964. The three major objectives of Nehru’s foreign policy were to preserve the hard-earned sovereignty, protect territorial integrity, and promote rapid economic development. Nehru wished to achieve these objectives through the strategy of non-alignment. There were, of course, parties and groups in the country that believed that India should be more friendly with the bloc led by the US because that bloc claimed to be pro-democracy.