Does India’s foreign policy reflect her desire to be an important regional
power? Argue your case with the Bangladesh war of 1971 as an
example.
India’s foreign policy was built around the principles of peace and
cooperation. But India fought three wars in a space of ten years
between 1962 and 1971. Would you say that this was a failure of the
foreign policy? Or would you say that this was a result of international
situation? Give reasons to support your answer.
Write short notes on the following.
(a) India’s Nuclear policy
(b) Consensus in foreign policy matters
Identify any two aspects of India’s foreign policy that you would like to
retain and two that you would like to change, if you were to become a
decision maker. Give reasons to support your position.
“The conduct of foreign affairs is an outcome of a two-way interaction
between domestic compulsions and prevailing international climate”.
Take one example from India’s external relations in the 1960s to
substantiate your answer.
Why did Nehru regard conduct of foreign relations as an essential
indicator of independence? State any two reasons with examples to
support your reading.
Match the following
(a) The goal of India’s foreign i. Tibetan spiritual leader who
policy in the period 1950-1964 crossed over to India
(b) Panchsheel ii. Preservation of territorial
integrity, sovereignty and
economic development
(c) Bandung Conference iii. Five principles of peaceful
coexistence
(d) Dalai Lama iv. Led to the establishment of
NAM
Write ‘true’ or ‘false’ against each of these statements.
(a) Non-alignment allowed India to gain assistance both from USA and
USSR.
(b) India’s relationship with her neighbours has been strained from the
beginning.
(c) The cold war has affected the relationship between India and
Pakistan.
(d) The treaty of Peace and Friendship in 1971 was the result of India’s
closeness to USA.
Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
“In the early years of Independence, two contradictory tendencies
were already well advanced inside the Congress party. On the onehand, the national party executive endorsed socialist principles
of state ownership, regulation and control over key sectors of the
economy in order to improve productivity and at the same time curb
economic concentration. On the other hand, the national Congress
government pursued liberal economic policies and incentives to
private investment that was justified in terms of the sole criterion of
achieving maximum increase in production. “ — Francine Frankel
(a) What is the contradiction that the author is talking about?
What would be the political implications of a contradiction like
this?
(b) If the author is correct, why is it that the Congress was
pursuing this policy? Was it related to the nature of the
opposition parties?
(c) Was there also a contradiction between the central leadership
of the Congress party and its Sate level leaders?
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