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UPSC CSE Prelims 2018 · GS Paper I · Question 7 · International organisations & groupings

किसी देश के ‘नाभिकीय पूर्तिकर्ता समूह’ के सदस्य बनने का/के क्या परिणाम है/हैं ?

UPSC Civil Services (Preliminary) Examination 2018, General Studies Paper I, Question 7 — International organisations & groupings.

किसी देश के ‘नाभिकीय पूर्तिकर्ता समूह’ के सदस्य बनने का/के क्या परिणाम है/हैं ?

  1. 1.इसकी पहुँच नवीनतम और सबसे कुशल परमाणु प्रौद्योगिकियों तक हो जाएगी ।
  2. 2.यह स्वमेव “नाभिकीय आयुध अप्रसार संधि” (एन.पी.टी.) का सदस्य बन जाता है ।

उपर्युक्त कथनों में से कौन-सा/से सही है/हैं ?

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What is/are the consequence/consequences of a country becoming the member of the 'Nuclear Suppliers Group'?

1. It will have access to the latest and most efficient nuclear technologies.

2. It automatically becomes a member of "The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)".

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only · (b) 2 only · (c) Both 1 and 2 · (d) Neither 1 nor 2

उत्तर और व्याख्या · explanation in English

Answer: (a) केवल 1

The NSG is an informal club of nuclear supplier countries that coordinates export controls, so joining it eases a country's access to nuclear trade and technology. It is not a treaty body, and joining it does not by itself make a country a party to the NPT.

  • ✓ 1. NSG participants shape and share the rules of nuclear trade among the main supplier states, which gives them easier access to advanced nuclear technology and equipment.
  • ✗ 2. The NSG was not created by a treaty; it is a voluntary, non-legally binding association. NPT membership comes only by signing and ratifying the NPT itself.

Remember · NSG: voluntary supplier-country group formed 1975 after India's 1974 test; controls nuclear and dual-use exports through two sets of Guidelines; not a treaty, so membership does not mean NPT membership.

Sources

Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2018, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·

Cite this question: UPSC CSE Prelims 2018, Q7 — minimalistias.com/pyqs/prelims/2018/q7

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