Discussion
Which of the following is an incentive behind the Look East Policy of India ?
Answer: B
The keyed answer is quest for energy security (option B).
India's Look East Policy, begun under Narasimha Rao in 1991, aimed at economic integration with South-East Asia after the Cold War and the 1991 balance-of-payments crisis. Access to trade, investment and resources, including oil and gas, is commonly listed among its motives, and that is the incentive among these options that fits an economic policy.
Weapons purchases (A) and dominating the Indian Ocean (D) were not aims of the policy. Countering China is sometimes mentioned as a strategic by-product (C), but a 'China-Pak axis' is not a standard stated aim of Look East. I could not find a source that settles the question between B and C, so this explanation follows the key and the economic reading of the policy.
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