Starting in the 1960s, the two superpowers signed three significant agreements within a decade. Which of the following treaties was not signed during the 1960s and 70s? A-Limited Test Ban Treaty |
A and E B and C C and E B and D |
B and C |
The correct answer is Option 2 - B and C Given options: A-Limited Test Ban Treaty - 1963 In time, therefore, the US and USSR decided to collaborate in limiting or eliminating certain kinds of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons. A stable balance of weapons, they decided, could be maintained through ‘arms control’. Starting in the 1960s, the two sides signed three significant agreements within a decade. These were the Limited Test Ban Treaty (1963) , Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1968) and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (1972). Thereafter, the superpowers held several rounds of arms limitation talks and signed several more treaties to limit their arms. STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY I (START-I) was signed in 1991. STRATEGIC ARMS REDUCTION TREATY II (START-II) was signed in 1993. |