Political Science · International Relations
UGC NET January 2026 Political Science
Match List I (Treaty) with List II (Year of signing) and choose the correct answer from the codes given below.
List I
- I. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I (SALT I)
- II. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
- III. Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
- IV. Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
List II
- a. 2002
- b. 1993
- c. 1987
- d. 1972
AI-a, II-b, III-c, IV-d
BI-b, II-c, III-d, IV-a
CI-c, II-d, III-a, IV-b
DI-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a — The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a.
Explanation
★The correct match is I-d, II-c, III-b, IV-a.
★SALT I (I) was signed in 1972, that is d.
★It was the first agreement to cap US and Soviet strategic missile launchers.
★The INF Treaty (II) was signed in 1987, that is c.
★It eliminated an entire class of intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
★START II (III) was signed in 1993, that is b.
★It aimed to ban multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles on ICBMs.
★The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty, SORT (IV), was signed in 2002, that is a.
★These treaties trace US-Russian nuclear arms control from the 1970s to the 2000s.
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