Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Contemporary World Politics: Security in the Contemporary World

Question:

Which of the following statements is correct?

Statement A- More than 155 states acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

Statement B- 193 states acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Options:

Only Statement 'A' is correct.

Only Statement 'B' is correct.

Both Statements are correct.

Both Statements are incorrect.

Correct Answer:

Both Statements are correct.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option 3- Both Statements are correct.

Given statements:

Statement A- More than 155 states acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). (Correct)

Statement B- 193 states acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). (Correct)

 

Traditional views of security do not rule out other forms of cooperation as well. The most important of these are disarmament, arms control, and confidence building. Disarmament requires all states to give up certain kinds of weapons. For example, the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) banned the production and possession of these weapons. More than 155 states acceded to the BWC and 193 states acceded to the CWC. Both conventions included all the great powers. But the superpowers — the US and Soviet Union — did not want to give up the third type of weapons of mass destruction, namely, nuclear weapons, so they pursued arms control.