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Multiple choice political science indian foreign policy india's foreign policy foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries 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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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. 

Multiple choice political science indian foreign policy india's foreign policy foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries foreign relations

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

  1. Ukraine

  2. South Africa

  3. Cuba

  4. Israel
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
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. 

Multiple choice political science indian foreign policy india's foreign policy foreign policy of india and india's relations with the neighbouring countries foreign relations

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
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
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.