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Where was the first Non-Aligned summit held in 1961?Read the answer and worked solution →US foreign policy from 1787 to the First World War is summed up as:Read the answer and worked solution →The 1972 report Towards a New Trade Policy for Development gave rise to which demand?Read the answer and worked solution →The Limited Test Ban Treaty was signed in Moscow by the US, UK and USSR on which date?Read the answer and worked solution →Under the NPT, how many states count as nuclear weapon states?Read the answer and worked solution →The NPT entered into force in 1970. In which year was it extended indefinitely?Read the answer and worked solution →Brezhnev and Nixon signed the ABM Treaty in Moscow on 26 May 1972 under which talks?Read the answer and worked solution →START-I was signed in Moscow on 31 July 1991 by George Bush Senior and which Soviet leader?Read the answer and worked solution →Which two leaders signed START-II in Moscow on 3 January 1993?Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the NAM foundersRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the Cold War arenasRead the answer and worked solution →Run the treaty yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the arms treatiesRead the answer and worked solution →Which blocRead the answer and worked solution →Who signed whatRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Cold War bingoRead the answer and worked solution →The Election Commission of India was set up in January 1950. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner?Read the answer and worked solution →The first draft electoral rolls listed nearly 40 lakh people only as wife of or daughter of someone. Who were they?Read the answer and worked solution →How many eligible voters did India have at the first general election?Read the answer and worked solution →How many Lok Sabha seats were contested in the first general election?Read the answer and worked solution →In the first election each voter dropped a blank ballot into a box marked with a candidate's symbol. How many steel boxes were used?Read the answer and worked solution →By which year had the whole country shifted to Electronic Voting Machines?Read the answer and worked solution →An Indian editor called universal adult franchise in 1952 what?Read the answer and worked solution →The first general election was held over which months?Read the answer and worked solution →How many of the 489 seats did the Congress win in the first Lok Sabha?Read the answer and worked solution →Which party came second in seats in the first Lok Sabha, with only 16?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1952 the Congress won 74 per cent of seats with what share of votes?Read the answer and worked solution →In 1957 the Communist Party won 60 of 126 seats in which State, forming the world's first elected Communist government?Read the answer and worked solution →The Kerala Communist government was dismissed in 1959 under which article?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Where was the first Non-Aligned summit held in 1961?

  1. Bandung
  2. Cairo city
  3. New Delhi
  4. Belgrade
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Correct answer: D. Belgrade

1. The first NAM summit was in Belgrade in 1961. 2. Cooperation among the founders led to it. 3. The latest summit in 2019 was in Azerbaijan. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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US foreign policy from 1787 to the First World War is summed up as:

  1. Isolationism
  2. Non-alignment
  3. Imperialism
  4. Containment
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Correct answer: A. Isolationism

1. Non-alignment is not isolationism. 2. Isolationism means staying aloof from world affairs. 3. That describes the USA from 1787 to 1914. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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The 1972 report Towards a New Trade Policy for Development gave rise to which demand?

  1. Truman Doctrine of containment
  2. New International Economic Order
  3. Marshall Plan for Europe
  4. Warsaw Pact of the East
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Correct answer: B. New International Economic Order

1. Most non-aligned states were Least Developed Countries. 2. They sought a New International Economic Order. 3. The 1972 report proposed trade reform. _Source: syllabus Political Science, Contemporary World Politics, Chapter 1, The Cold War Era._

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