Read the following passage and answer the questions given below. India has opposed the international treaties aimed at non-proliferation since they were selectively applicable to the non-nuclear powers and legitimised the monopoly of the five nuclear weapons powers. Thus, India opposed the indefinite extension of the NPT in 1995 and also refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). India conducted a series of nuclear tests in May 1998, demonstrating its capacity to use nuclear energy for military purposes. Pakistan soon followed, thereby increasing the vulnerability of the region to a nuclear exchange. The international community was extremely critical of the nuclear tests in the subcontinent and sanctions were imposed on both India and Pakistan, which were subsequently waived. 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. |
The main reason behind the oppositions of CTBT by India involves.......? |
It is against the five nuclear powers. It is not supported by the UN. It is discriminatory and against the non-nuclear power. It does not promote peaceful use of nuclear power. |
It is discriminatory and against the non-nuclear power. |
The correct answer is Option (3) → It is discriminatory and against the non-nuclear power. The main reason behind the oppositions of CTBT by India involves is that it is discriminatory and against the non-nuclear power. Per passage: India has opposed the international treaties aimed at non-proliferation since they were selectively applicable to the non-nuclear powers and legitimised the monopoly of the five nuclear weapons powers. Thus, India opposed the indefinite extension of the NPT in 1995 and also refused to sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). |