306: Consider the following statements:
1. The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 24 countries as its members.
2. India is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
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
Explanation:
The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a multinational body concerned with reducing nuclear proliferation by controlling the export and re-transfer of materials that may be applicable to nuclear weapon development and by improving safeguards and protection on existing materials. It was founded in 1975 in response to the Indian nuclear test of the previous year.
The test demonstrated that certain non-weapons specific nuclear technology could be readily turned to weapons development.
As of 2005 the NSG has 45 members: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,.
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States.
308: 'Hand-in-Hand 2007', a joint anti-terrorism military training was held by the officers of the Indian Army and Officers of Army of which one of the following countries?
(a) Japan
(b) China
(c) Russia
(d) USA
Explanation:
Chinese and Indian armies concluded their first-ever joint antiterrorism military training with a three-hour military drill in southwest China on 25 December 2007. The joint military training raised the combat ability of the Chinese and Indian armies to fight against terrorism and enhanced mutual understanding and trust between the two armies, said Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, head of the Chinese military observer delegation, at a ceremony to mark the conclusion . of the five-day event. The training also promoted the development of bilateral strategic cooperative partnership, said Ma, who is also deputy chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA).
309: NAMA-11 (Nama-11) group of countries frequently appears in the news in the context of the affairs of which one of the following?
(A) World Economic forum
(B) World Bank
(C) World Trade Organization
(D) Nuclear Supplies Group
Explanation:
The fight on pruning industrial tariffs at the World Trade Organisation has become more fierce with a group of developing countries (Name -11) , including India demanding that developed countries should respect the principles of less than full reciprocity and special & differential treatment and make greater cuts than developing countries. In a recent submission made to the WTO negotiating group on non-agricultural market access (nama) the Nama-11 has asked for elimination of tariff peeks, high tariffs and tariff escalation in developed countries and enough policy space to advance the industrial development of developing countries. The group includes Argentina, Brazil Egypt, India, Indonesia, Namibia Philippines, south Africa, Tunisia and Venezuela.