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6 questions
  1. Who drew up India's three-stage nuclear programme?
    1. Vikram Sarabhai
    2. Homi J Bhabha
    3. APJ Abdul Kalam
    4. C V Raman
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    Answer: (B) Homi J Bhabha

    The three-stage nuclear power programme was drawn up by Dr Homi J Bhabha in the 1950s.

  2. What was the code name of the Pokhran-I test?
    1. Operation Shakti
    2. Smiling Buddha
    3. Operation Vijay
    4. Mission Shakti
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    Answer: (B) Smiling Buddha

    Pokhran-I (18 May 1974) was code-named "Smiling Buddha."

  3. Which policy does India's nuclear doctrine commit to?
    1. First Use
    2. No First Use
    3. no stated policy
    4. defensive weapons only
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    Answer: (B) No First Use

    India's nuclear doctrine is built around a policy of "No First Use."

  4. Who coined the word "radioactivity"?
    1. Henri Becquerel
    2. Madame Curie
    3. Einstein
    4. Niels Bohr
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    Answer: (B) Madame Curie

    Radioactivity was discovered by Henri Becquerel, but the word itself was coined by Madame Curie.

  5. Which reactor is used in Stage II of the three-stage programme?
    1. PHWR
    2. Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR)
    3. thorium reactor
    4. BWR
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    Answer: (B) Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR)

    Stage II uses a Fast Breeder Reactor (FBR), running on a mixed fuel of plutonium-239 and natural uranium.

  6. How did the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) treat India, despite India never signing the NPT?
    1. it never made any exception
    2. it relaxed its guidelines specifically for India
    3. it applied the same rules to every country
    4. it excluded India from the group entirely
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    Answer: (B) it relaxed its guidelines specifically for India

    The NSG relaxed its guidelines specifically for India, even without India ever signing the NPT.

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