Quiz


Instructions: Choose the BEST response to the following questions.

Q.1

Which of the following NWFZ treaties is in the view of the United States not consistent with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea?

 A) Treaty of Tlatelolco
 B) Treaty of Rarotonga
 C) Treaty of Bangkok
 D) Treaty of Pelindaba

Q.2

Which person took the initiative to propose a NWFZ in Central Europe in 1958?

 A) Polish Foreign Minister Adam Rapacki
 B) Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
 C) Romanian Prime Minister K. Stoyka
 D) President Kekkonen of Finland

Q.3

In which of the following countries did the signing ceremony of the Central Asia NWFZ take place?

 A) Uzbekistan
 B) Kyrgyzstan
 C) Kazakhstan
 D) Tajikistan

Q.4

Which of the following treaties does not mention radioactive dumping?

 A) Treaty of Tlatelolco
 B) Treaty of Rarotonga
 C) Treaty of Bangkok
 D) Treaty of Pelindaba

Q.5

Which of the following is found in the criteria used by the United States, but not by the United Nations, when considering the establishment of a new NWFZ?

 A) The initiative for the creation of the zone should come from the states in the region concerned.
 B) A NWFZ should establish a verification and control system.
 C) A NWFZ must ensure the total absence of nuclear weapons within its zone of application.
 D) A NWFZ should not disturb existing security arrangements.

Q.6

Which of the following regional organizations plays an important role in the Treaty of Tlatelolco?

 A) ASEAN
 B) AU
 C) OAS
 D) Pacific Forum

Q.7

Who proposed a Middle East zone free of all types of weapons of mass destruction in 1990?

 A) Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
 B) Former Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin
 C) Iran Supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini
 D) Libyan President Qadhdhafi

Q.8

What are the main differences between the NPT and a NWFZ treaty?

 A) The NPT does not prohibit the deployment of nuclear weapons belonging to the nuclear weapon states while NWFZ treaties prohibit deployment of any nuclear weapons inside the zones.

 B) The NPT does not contain a specific provision to assure non-nuclear weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons, but all the existing NWFZ treaties automatically obligate the nuclear weapon states not to use or threaten the use of nuclear weapons against state parties to the NWFZ treaties immediately after the entry into force of the treaties.

 C) The NPT obligates all non-nuclear weapon states to accept the IAEA safeguards system while NWFZ treaties require safeguards on a voluntary basis.

 D) The NPT promotes the peaceful use of nuclear energy while all existing NWFZ treaties prohibit both civilian and military use of nuclear energy.

Q.9

To which of the following NWFZs have all five NWS issued assurances not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons?

 A) Treaty of Tlatelolco
 B) Treaty of Rarotonga
 C) Treaty of Bangkok
 D) Treaty of Pelindaba

Q.10

Which of the following incidents was most relevant to the Treaty of Rarotonga?

 A) The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
 B) End of the apartheid regime
 C) US withdrawal from the Philippines
 D) Establishment of the Brazilian-Argentine Accounting and Control Commission (ABACC)

Q.11

What statement about the Central Asia NWFZ is false?

 A) It would be the first NWFZ in the northern hemisphere.
 B) One member state of the zone was a nuclear weapons successor state of the former Soviet Union.
 C) Of the five NPT nuclear weapons states, the United States, Russia and China oppose the text of the Central Asia NWFZ treaty.
 D) The text of the Central Asia NWFZ was agreed upon in September 2002.

Q.12

Which country in 1958 introduced to the Organization of American States a proposal for a Latin America nuclear arms control treaty?

 A) Mexico
 B) Costa Rica
 C) Brazil
 D) Argentina.

Q.13

Which country proposed the establishment of the NWFZ in the South Pacific in 1983?

 A) New Zealand
 B) Australia
 C) Japan
 D) All of the South Pacific Forum member states

Q.14

Which country first proposed the idea of NWFZs at the UN General Assembly?

 A) United States
 B) Soviet Union
 C) Costa Rica
 D) Japan

Q.15

Which event accelerated the establishment of an African NWFZ?

 A) The end of the apartheid in South Africa
 B) South Africa's accession to the NPT regime after dismantling its clandestine nuclear weapons program
 C) De-colonization in Africa
 D) The decision by France to move its nuclear test site from Algeria to the South Pacific

 



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