What did India’s security strategy endorse?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Support for Asian solidarity, decolonisation and disarmament
Option (1) Support for Asian solidarity, decolonisation and disarmament — Correct. The second component of the strategy was to strengthen international norms and institutions: Nehru supported the cause of Asian solidarity, decolonisation, disarmament, and the UN as a forum in which international conflicts could be settled.
Option (2) A particular and discriminatory non-proliferation regime — Incorrect. India sought a universal and non-discriminatory non-proliferation regime, in which all countries would have the same rights and obligations about weapons of mass destruction.
Option (3) The inequitable New International Political Order — Incorrect. India argued for an equitable New International Economic Order (NIEO).
Option (4) Non-alignment was considered to be redundant — Incorrect. India used non-alignment to help carve out an area of peace outside the bloc politics of the two superpowers.
NCERT (2025-26): “India’s Security Strategy … The second component of India’s security strategy has been to strengthen international norms and international institutions to protect its security interests. India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, supported the cause of Asian solidarity, decolonisation, disarmament, and the UN as a forum in which international conflicts could be settled. India also took initiatives to bring about a universal and non-discriminatory non-proliferation regime in which all countries would have the same rights and obligations with respect to weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological, chemical). It argued for an equitable New International Economic Order (NIEO). Most importantly, it used non-alignment to help carve out an area of peace outside the bloc politics of the two superpowers.…” |