Match the LIST-I with LIST-II
| LIST-I (Events) | LIST-II (Country) | ||
| A. | Opposed policy of “coalition of the willing” | I. | Sweden |
| B. | The 28th member of the EU | II. | France |
| C. | Opposition to Maastricht Treaty | III. | Germany |
| D. | An EU member who is world’s second most important source of space and communication technology | IV. | Croatia |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A – III, B – IV, C – I, D – II
(A) Opposed policy of “coalition of the willing” — this matches (III) Germany.
(B) The 28th member of the EU — this matches (IV) Croatia. It joined the EU in 2013.
(C) Opposition to Maastricht Treaty — this matches (I) Sweden. Denmark and Sweden resisted the Maastricht Treaty and the euro.
(D) An EU member who is world’s second most important source of space and communication technology — this matches (II) France.
Tip: Match the items that have only one possible entry first (B, C and D here); the item left over then falls into place.
Note: One item of List-I fits more than one entry of List-II:
(A) Opposed policy of “coalition of the willing” → both (II) France and (III) Germany. The US-led ‘coalition of the willing’ in the Iraq invasion was opposed by Germany and France together.
NCERT (2025-26): “European Union … Militarily, the EU’s combined armed forces are the second largest in the world. Its total spending on defence is second after the US. One EU member state, France, also has nuclear arsenals of approximately 335 nuclear warheads. It is also the world’s second most important source of space and communications technology. As a supranational organisation, the EU is able to intervene in economic, political and social areas. But in many areas its member states have their own foreign relations and defence policies that are often at odds with each other. Thus, Britain’s Prime Minister Tony Blair was America’s partner in the Iraq invasion, and many of the EU’s newer members made up the US-led ‘coalition of the willing’ whereas Germany and France opposed American policy.… European Union … Thus, for example, Britain’s former prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, kept the UK out of the European Market. Denmark and Sweden have resisted the Maastricht Treaty and the adoption of the euro, the common European currency.…”
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