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NPT - JCPOA (jo bhi nuclear vgerah h sab yahi h) Flashcards

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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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26 September

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____ is an international treaty whose objective is to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and weapons technology, to foster the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, and to further the goal of disarmament

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

India is not a member

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed and came into force in:

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  • signed in 1968
  • entered into force in 1970
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Nuclear-weapon states parties under the NPT are defined as those that manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive devices before

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January 1, 1967

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The parties to the NPT, which came into force in 1970, undertake a review of the treaty’s implementation after every :

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Five Years

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Russian forces seized the ____, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.

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Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Powerplant

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____ bill envisages to prohibit financing of any activity in relation to WMD and to empower to act against financiers of such activities.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022.

seeks to modify the same of 2005

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Which act made it impossible for private players — internal and external — to contribute to the programme?

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Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act of 2010

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Nuclear programme of India was initiated in the late 1940s under the guidance of

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Homi J. Bhabha

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____ is a voluntary export control regime for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies is a multilateral export control regime.

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Wassenaar Arrangement, formally established in July 1996

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____ is a treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on measures for the further reduction and limitation of strategic offensive arms.

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New START Treaty

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____was a nuclear arms-control accord reached by the United States and the Soviet Union in 1987 in which the two nations agreed to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range (or “medium-range”) land-based missiles (which could carry nuclear warheads).

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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

United States withdrew from the Treaty on 2nd August 2019

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____ works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies.

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International Atomic Energy Agency
* Widely known as the world’s “Atoms for Peace and Development”
* was created in 1957
* IAEA’s headquarters is in Vienna, Austria

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____ envisages integration of hospitals and relevant cancer care institutes in partner countries with the ____

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NCG-Vishwam Cancer Care Connect” (NCG-Vishwam 3C) , with , National Cancer Grid (NCG) of India

NCG managed by Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), was established in 2012

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India launched a global cancer care network, “NCG-Vishwam Cancer Care Connect” (NCG-Vishwam 3C) in

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63rd general conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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When was IAEA awarded NOBEL PEACE PRIZE?

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2005

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India has uniquely been developing a nuclear fuel cycle to exploit its reserves of

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Thorium

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___ is a group of nuclear supplier countries that seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons through the implementation of guidelines for nuclear exports and nuclear-related exports

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Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)

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The NSG was set up as a response to India’s nuclear tests conducted in

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1974

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____ aims at preventing nuclear proliferation and preventing strategic minerals of Africa from being exported freely.

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Pelindaba Treaty (African Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Treaty)
* was signed in 1996
* came into effect in July 2009

establishes a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Africa

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____ is the treaty banning all nuclear explosions - everywhere, by everyone.

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Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
* was negotiated at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
* adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
* opened for signature on 24 September 1996

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five nuclear-weapon states (NWS) —

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US, Russia, the UK, France and China

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(?) are nuclear explosions conducted for non-military purposes.

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Peaceful nuclear explosions (PNEs)

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____ is a geographical area declared free of nuclear weapons as described under Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and in the United Nations Guidelines on NuclearWeapon-Free Zones

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Nuclear-weapon-free zone (NWFZ)

25
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___ was the assigned code name of India’s first successful nuclear bomb test

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Operation Smiling Buddha
* 18 May 1974
* Pokhran Test Range, in Rajasthan
* by BARC under Indira Gandhi

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FIVE nuclear tests were conducted as a part of the series of Pokhran-II. These tests were collectively called

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Operation Shakti–98

27
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India will use nuclear weapons only in retaliation against a nuclear attack on its Territory , acc. to which policy?

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In 2003, Nuclear Doctrine of ‘No First Use’

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____ prohibits countries to test nuclear weapons in orbit or on celestial bodies like moon

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Treaty on Outer Space: Signed in 1967

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____ allows nuclear tests only underground thus, prohibits the nuclear experiments on ground, underwater and in outer space.

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Limited Ban Treaty: US, UK and USSR in 1963

30
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India considered which clause of the NPT as a violation of its right to voluntarily withhold participation in an international treaty?

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Article XIV, the entry-into-force (EIF)

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(?) is a proposed international agreement that would prohibit the production of two main components of nuclear weapons: highly-enriched Uranium and Plutonium.

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Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT)

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___ is an informal political understanding among states that seek to limit the proliferation of missiles and missile technology.

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Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
* was formed in 1987
* ndia has become the 35th full member MTCR In July 2016

33
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The NSG first met in

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November 1975 in London

popularly referred to as the “London Club”

34
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It’s an informal group that keeps a control over exports of substances used in making of chemical weapons :

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Australia Group

India as the 43rd member on 19 January 2018

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It’s an informal group that keeps a control over exports of substances used in making of chemical weapons :

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Australia Group

India as the 43rd member on 19 January 2018

35
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India joined Wassenaar Agreement on

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December 8, 2017

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Nuclear Power plants in Operation in India:

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Rawatbhata (Rajasthan)
Tarapur (Maharashtra)
Kudankulam (Tamil Nadu)
Kakrapar (Gujarat)
Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu)
Narora (Uttar Pradesh)
Kaiga (Karnataka)

37
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India has ambitious plans to increase nuclear power generation capacity to

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275 GWe by 2052

38
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U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement

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2008

also known as 123 Agreement

39
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What is the name of a three-sided military-force structure consisting of land-launched nuclear missiles, nuclear-missile-armed submarines, and strategic aircraft with nuclear bombs and missiles?

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Nuclear Triad

40
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the first indigenous aircraft –

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‘Hansa – 3’

41
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Along with Operation Smiling Buddha , On the same day, India performed a successful test firing of the missile named:

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Trishul Missile (surface to air short range missile)

42
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Iran agreed to significantly cut its stores of centrifuges, enriched uranium and heavy-water, all key components for nuclear weapons . Name the agreement.

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Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
* signed under President Barack Obama
* result of prolonged negotiations from 2013 and 2015 between Iran and P5+1(Permanent five of UNSC + Germany)
* dismantled in 2018 by President Donald Trump

43
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in an attempt to keep the deal alive, launched a barter system known as ____ to facilitate transactions with Iran outside the US banking system

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INSTEX(‘Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges’)

was established by France, Germany and United Kingdom in January 2019

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After the US assassinated the top Iranian general ____ , Iran announced that it would no longer limit its uranium enrichment

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Qasem Soleimani

in January 2020

45
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Iran is the ____ largest supplier of oil for India

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third

after Iraq and Saudi Arabia

46
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____ are multilateral environmental agreements, which share the common objective of protecting human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes.

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Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions (Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes)

47
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Who is the chief liaison between the government of India and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)?

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National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention or NACWC

48
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National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention or NACWC was established under

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Chemical Weapons Convention Act, 2000

was passed to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

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____ is a multilateral treaty banning chemical weapons and requiring their destruction within the stipulated time.

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Chemical Weapons Convention
* drafted in September 1992
* signature in January 1993
* effective from April 1997

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____ is an international organization established by the CWC to implement and enforce the terms of the CWC

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
* established in 1997
* was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2013
* Headquarters: Hague, Netherlands.

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Basel Convention

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  • came into force in 1992
  • intended to reduce transboundary movements of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs)
  • India is a member
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Rotterdam Convention

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  • was adopted in September 1998
  • entered into force in February 2004
  • India is a member
  • covers pesticides and industrial chemicals that have been banned or severely restricted for health or environmental reasons by Parties
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The Stockholm Convention

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  • is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)
  • India is a member
  • entered into force in May, 2004

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