I. Choosethe correct answer:
1. India is a country with an unboundedfaith in Peace
2. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru’s fiveprinciples of peace are named as Pancha Sheel
3. Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signedin 1963
4. India brought a resolution in the UN General Assembly in favour of disarmament in 1956
5. Apartheid was abolished in 1990
6. The first Secretary General ofSAARC was Ashan
II. Answerthe following in brief
1.Mention the important aspects of India’s policy for promoting peace.
The important aspects of India’spolicy for promoting peace
- Promoter of world peace
- Panchasheel
- Dis-Armament and Nuclear Weapons
- A Great Helper
- Policy of Non-alignment
- India-a dead enemy of oppression and injustice
- A Great supporter of the UNO
- Ending of Apartheid
2.Why is world peace an essential one?
Economic development of the nationscan be achieved only through world peace.
World peace is essential not only forthe economic development of India but also for all the developing countries ofthe world.
3.What are the five principles of the Pancha Sheel?
The five principles of the Pancha Sheel
- Each country should respect the territorialintegrity and sovereignty of others.
- No country should attack any other country.
- No one should try to interfere in the internalaffairs of others.
- All country shall strive for equality andmutual benefit.
- Every country should try to follow the policyof peaceful coexistence.
4.Write a note on the policy of APARTHEID.
- Apartheid-Policy of racial discrimination followed in South Africa.
- The whitesdid not give equal rights to the native Africans.
- India hasraised this issue for the first time in the UN General Assembly in 1946.
- Policy ofApartheid has been abolished in 1990.
5.Name the areas identified by the SAARC countries for Mutual Cooperation.
The areas identified by the SAARCcountries for Mutual Cooperation
- Transportation
- Postalservice
- Tourism
- Shipping
- Meteorology
- Health
- Agriculture
- Ruralreconstruction and
- Telecommunication.
6.India has rendered whole hearted support to the UNO – Justify.
- India hasrendered whole-hearted support to the United Nations to bring World peace.
- It triedto solve many problems by giving full support to the UNO.
III.Answer the following in a paragraph:
1. Write a paragraph about PanchaSheel and the policy of Non-Alignment.
PanchaSheel
India is called “A Great Peace Maker”.Jawaharlal Nehru laid these five principles known as Pancha Sheel.
- Each country should respect the territorialintegrity and sovereignty of others.
- No country should attack any other country.
- No one should try to interfere in the internalaffairs of others.
- All country shall strive for equality andmutual benefit.
- Every country should try to follow the policyof peaceful coexistence.
Policy ofNon-alignment
After Second World War the world wasdivided into two blocs the American Bloc and the Russian Bloc.
India has not joined either of thesetwo blocs.
India tries to remove differencecontributing towards the World Peace.
2.Write a short note on SAARC.
- The SouthAsian Association for Regional Co-operation(SAARC)
- India tookthe initiative to form SAARC to maintain regional peace.
- SAARC, Sfirst meeting was held at Dacca in Bangladesh on Dec 7, 1985.
- Ashan ofBangladesh was the first Secretary General of SAARC.
- Membercountries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistanand Srilanka.
- On April3, 2007 Afghanistan became its 8th member.
The areas identified by the SAARCcountries for Mutual Cooperation
- Promoter of world peace, Panchasheel
- Dis-Armament and Nuclear Weapons
- A Great Helper
- Policy of Non-alignment
- India-a dead enemy of oppression and injustice
- A Great supporter of the UNO
Ending of Apartheid