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Define the various treaties to control arms.

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty:
It allows only nuclear weapon states to have nuclear weapons and stops others from acquiring them. A nuclear weapon state is one which had manufactured and exploded nuclear explosive devices prior to 1 January, 1967. So there are five nuclear weapon states: US, USSR, Britain, France and China.

India’s policy of non-alignment was criticised on a number of counts

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A non-aligned posture also served India’s interests very directly as well as India intervened in world affairs to soften cold war rivalries by reducing differences between the alliances and from escalating into a full scale war. Though India’s policy of non-alignment was criticised on a number of counts:

What is meant by the New International Economic Order? Mention any four reforms of the global trading system proposed by UNCTAD in 1972.

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The non-aligned countries were more than merely mediators during the’ Cold War. The challenge for most of the non-aligned countries — a majority of them were categorised as the Least….

Name any two founders of Non-aligned Movement. The first NAM summit was the culmination of which three factors?

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Two founders of Non-aligned Movement were:
1. Indonesia’s Sukarno and
2. Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah
The first NAM was held in Belgrade in 1961. This was the culmination of following three factors:

The drop of bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US was a political game.” Justify the statement.

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The Second World War ended when the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 causing Japan to surrender. Moreover, this action was criticised on the ground…………

Why Did India Distance Itself From The Two Camps Led By The U.S. And The Soviet Union?

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The end of the Second World War was the beginning of the Cold War between the two superpowers of the world, namely the US and the USSR. These two superpowers were keen on expanding their spheres of influence in different

Mention Any Four Important Events Which Took Place During The Cuban Missile Crisis.

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1. In 1962, USSR installed Missiles in Cuba with intention to convert it into a Russian base. America became aware of it and as a warning ordered American warships to intercept Soviet ships moving to Cuba. 3. The US was feared of developing nuclear weapons on part of the U