Multiple choice

Which country conducted the first confirmed nuclear test outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council?

  1. Israel

  2. Pakistan

  3. North Korea

  4. India
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Explanation

Pokharan I was the first confirmed nuclear test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. Since the NPT entered into force in 1970, three states that were not parties to the Treaty have conducted nuclear tests, namely India, Pakistan and North Korea. Israel is also widely believed to have nuclear weapons though it has refused to confirm or deny this.

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