Nuclear Age General Knowledge MCQs - 2

Nuclear Age General Knowledge MCQs - 2

1. In November 1969 United States and Soviet Union began talks called
(a) SALT ✓
(b) NPT
(c) SALT II
(d) START

2. The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into effect aimed at preventing further spread of nuclear weapon was reached in
(a) 5 April 1971
(b) 5 June 1969
(c) 5 March 1970 ✓
(d) December 1971

3. On 18 May 1974, India exploded first nuclear device under the code name of
(a) Operation Blue Star
(b) Operation Smiling Budha ✓
(c) Operation Glorata
(d) Operation Stealth

4. Which treaty was signed by United States and Soviet Union restricting offensive nuclear weapons in June 1979?
(a) SALT
(b) SALT 11 ✓
(c) PTBT
(d) NPT

5. Chernobyl reactor where the world’s worst nuclear accident took place in
(a) Azerbaijan
(b) Ukraine ✓
(c) Turkmenistan
(d) Georgia

6. President Bush and President Gorbachov signed a treaty slashing US and Soviet Nuclear arsenals by about one-third. The treaty is called?
(a) SALT
(b) SALT 11
(c) START ✓
(d) None of them

7. When did South Africa for the first time acknowledge that it had made nuclear bombs
(a) June 1992
(b) March 1991 ✓
(c) August 1993
(d) November 1994

8. Where it was decided by the world nations to make 26 years old Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) permanent
(a) 21st May 1994
(b) 15th June 1995
(c) 11th May 1995 ✓
(d) 6th February 1994

9. Which country conducted an underground nuclear test just days after the successful confirmation of the NPT?
(a) Soviet Union
(b) China ✓
(c) France
(d) None of them

10. When did France conduct its 6th and final nuclear test
(a) 27th January 1996 ✓
(b) 7th February 1995
(c) 28th January 1995
(d) 21st June 1996

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