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Questions Related to foreign relations

Which are the four states that have never signed the NPT?

  1. Iran, North Korea, Libya, and Syria

  2. Israel, India, Pakistan, and South Sudan

  3. Israel, Pakistan, India, and North Korea

  4. Iran, India, Pakistan, and Botswana


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Four states—India, Israel, Pakistan, and South Sudan—have never signed the NPT. 

While India and Pakistan have publicly disclose their nuclear weapon programs,  Israel has kept it vague. However none of them is a NWS as they are non signatories of the NPT. 

When did  NPT came into force?

  1. September 4, 1972

  2. November 12, 1994

  3. April 19, 1948

  4. March 5, 1970


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Opened for signature in 1968, the NPT entered into force on March 5, 1970.

Which state renounced its nuclear weapons and joined the NPT as a NNWS in 1991? 

  1. Ukraine

  2. South Africa

  3. Cuba

  4. Israel


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

South Africa is the only nation that developed nuclear weapons by itself and later deconstructed them. It renounced its nuclear weapons and joined the NPT as a Non Nuclear Weapon State in 1991. 

Who are the five nuclear weapon states (NWS) according to the NPT?

  1. Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, France and China

  2. Russia, the United States, Israel, France and China

  3. Russia, the United States, Germany, Japan and China

  4. Russia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Pakistan and India


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The NPT defines nuclear weapon states (NWS) as "those that have built and tested a nuclear explosive device before 1 January 1967:; these are the United States, The United Kingdom, Russia, China, and France.

Four other states that aren't a party to the treaty but posses nuclear weapons are : India, Pakistan, North Korea and Israel.

Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru's five principles of peace are named as _________.

  1. Swadeshi

  2. New Deal

  3. Panchasheel

  4. Apartheid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The five principles of peace known as the Panchsheel Treaty Non-interference in others internal affairs and respect for each other's territorial unity, integrity, and sovereignty. Panchsheel is a set of principles to govern relations between states. The principles were emphasized by the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at Ministers conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

India is a country with unbounded faith in _________.

  1. War

  2. Peace

  3. Love

  4. Enmity


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

India is a country with unbounded faith in peace. India played a great role in setting many world disputes and thereby maintained peace and security. India has time and again declared her determination to pursue the path of peace and take effective action for the promotion of international peace, security, and cooperation.

The principle of 'Co-existence' was enunciated in the _______.

  1. U. N. Charter

  2. Declaration of the Panchsheel

  3. Declaration of Human Rights

  4. Preamble of the Constitution of India.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Panchsheel, or the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-existence, were first formally enunciated in the Agreement on Trade and Intercourse between the Tibet region of China and India signed on April 29, 1954.