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NDA 2 2024 GAT, question 147

Topic: Current affairs

Q147

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct about NATO ?

  1. (a) It was formed out of the signing of the Washington Treaty
  2. (b) Russia is not a member of this organization
  3. (c) It derives its authority from the UN Charter
  4. (d) Finland is its latest memberCorrect answer

Solution.

Answer: (d) Finland is its latest member

  1. At the September 2024 examination cutoff, Sweden was NATO's newest member, having joined on 7 March 2024 after Finland's 2023 accession.
  2. Thus (d) is incorrect.
  3. NATO was founded through the Washington Treaty; its collective self-defence rests on the right recognised in UN Charter Article 51, rather than NATO being a UN organ.