Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: India's External Relations

Question:

India has consistently opposed international treaties focused on non-proliferation due to their selective application limited to non-nuclear states, which reinforces the dominance of the five nuclear-armed nations. As a result, India resisted the unlimited extension of the NPT in 1995 and declined to endorse the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT).

"No first use" was the Nuclear Doctrine of which of the following country?

Options:

India

Pakistan

Both options, 1  & 2

Neither 1 nor 2.

Correct Answer:

India

Explanation:

India’s nuclear doctrine of credible minimum nuclear deterrence professes “no first use” and reiterates India’s commitment to global, verifiable, and non-discriminatory nuclear disarmament leading to a nuclear weapons-free world.