Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: The Cold War Era

Question:

Read the passage and answer the following questions.

The roots of Nam went back to the friendship between three leaders - Josip Broz Tito, Jawahar Lal Nehru and Gamal Abdel Nasser, who held a meeting in 1956. Sukarno and Kwame Nkrumah strongly supported them. These leaders came to be known as the Five Founders of NAM.

The first Non-Aligned Summit was held in Belgrade in 1961. In the first summit, economic issues had not been very important. By the mid-1970s, they had become the most important issue. As a result, NAM became an economic pressure group. The latest meeting, the 18th Summit was held in Azerbaijan in 2019, which included 120 member states and 17 others.

The challenge for most of the Non-Aligned Countries - a majority of them were categorised as the least developed countries (LDCs) was to be more developed economically and to lift their people out of poverty. A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development entitled Towards A New Trade Policy and Development was brought in 1972 by the UNCTAD.

The First Non-Aligned summit of NAM was held in 1961 in:-

Options:

Yugoslavia

India

Belgrade

Egypt

Correct Answer:

Belgrade

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3 - Belgrade

Per Passage:

The first Non-Aligned Summit was held in Belgrade in 1961. In the first summit, economic issues had not been very important. By the mid-1970s, they had become the most important issue. As a result, NAM became an economic pressure group. The latest meeting, the 18th Summit was held in Azerbaijan in 2019, which included 120 member states and 17 others.