Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: India's External Relations

Question:

Match the following options in List 1 correctly with those in List 2:

List 1 List 2
(i) Bandung Conference (a) Tibetan spiritual leader who crossed over to India
(ii) Dalai Lama (b) Preservation of territorial integrity, sovereignty and economic development
(iii) Panchsheel (c) Led to the establishment of NAM
(iv) The goal of India’s foreign policy in the period 1950-1964 (d) Five principles of peaceful coexistence
Options:

(i)–(c), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(b), (iv)–(d)

(i)–(b), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(c)

(i)–(a), (ii)–(c), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(b)

(i)–(c), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(b)

Correct Answer:

(i)–(c), (ii)–(a), (iii)–(d), (iv)–(b)

Explanation:

 A paramount milestone in India's involvement with the nascent Asian and African nations was the Afro-Asian Conference held in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955, commonly known as the Bandung Conference. This pivotal event marked the zenith of India's engagement with these newly sovereign regions. Notably, the Bandung Conference subsequently paved the way for the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). 

In 1959, the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, sought and received political asylum in India,

The joint enunciation of Panchsheel, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, by the Indian Prime Minister Nehru and the Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai on 29 April 1954

The goal of India’s foreign policy in the period 1950-1964 was the preservation of territorial integrity, sovereignty and economic development