UPSC Prelims Practice Questions — Rahul says India’s foreign policy is ‘compromised’

Q1. With reference to the leaders conventionally credited with founding the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at the 1961 Belgrade Conference, consider the following: 1. Gamal Abdel Nasser 2. Kwame Nkrumah 3. Sukarno 4. Zhou Enlai Which one of the above is NOT correctly identified as a founding leader of the NAM?

  1. Gamal Abdel Nasser
  2. Kwame Nkrumah
  3. Sukarno
  4. Zhou Enlai
  • A. 1 and 2
  • B. 3 only
  • C. 4 only
  • D. 2 and 4

Q2. With reference to the institutional character of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), consider the following statements: 1. It has no permanent secretariat and no formal constitution. 2. Its Summit Conference of Heads of State/Government usually convenes once every three years. 3. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations is among its core principles. 4. Its positions are arrived at by majority voting rather than by consensus. Which of the statements given above is/are correctly identified?

  1. It has no permanent secretariat and no formal constitution.
  2. Its Summit Conference of Heads of State/Government usually convenes once every three years.
  3. Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of nations is among its core principles.
  4. Its positions are arrived at by majority voting rather than by consensus.
  • A. 1, 2 and 3
  • B. 1 and 3 only
  • C. 2 and 4 only
  • D. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Q3. In India, the office of the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament derives statutory recognition under which one of the following enactments?

  • A. The Salary and Allowances of Leaders of Opposition in Parliament Act, 1977
  • B. The Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954
  • C. The Salaries and Allowances of Officers of Parliament Act, 1953
  • D. The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Act, 1959

Q4. In the context of India's foreign-policy doctrine, the term 'strategic autonomy' is best described as which one of the following?

  • A. India's capacity to take independent foreign-policy decisions while favouring partnerships and shunning alliances, particularly military alliances
  • B. A treaty-registered commitment to remain permanently neutral in every international armed conflict
  • C. The simultaneous pursuit of binding collective-defence (military) alliances with several great powers
  • D. A constitutional bar on India joining any inter-governmental organisation or grouping

Q5. How many leaders are conventionally credited as the founding figures of the Non-Aligned Movement at its 1961 Belgrade Conference?

  • A. Three
  • B. Four
  • C. Five
  • D. Seven