What is not correct about The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Its team regularly inspects nuclear facilities all over the world to ensure civilian reactors are being used for military purposes.
Option (1) It was established in 1957. True. The International Atomic Energy Agency was set up in 1957.
Option (2) It seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to prevent its use for military purposes. True. This is the IAEA’s stated aim.
Option (3) Its team regularly inspects nuclear facilities all over the world to ensure civilian reactors are being used for military purposes. False. IAEA teams inspect nuclear facilities to ensure that civilian reactors are not being used for military purposes. Without the word ‘not’, the statement says the opposite of the IAEA’s purpose.
Option (4) It came into being to implement US President Dwight Eisenhower’s proposal. True. This was the ‘Atoms for Peace’ proposal.
NCERT: Contemporary World Politics — Chapter 4: International Organisations (2025-26)
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