Nuclear Energy: Departments, Reactors and Factories in India

Q. Who set up the Indian Atomic Energy Commission in India?

1. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Indira Gandhi
3. Sonia Gandhi
4. Rajiv Gandhi

Q. Apsara and Dhruva are two important nuclear reactors in India.
Which among them was established first?

1. Apsara was established first.
2. Dhruva was established first.
3. Both were established in the same year.
4. These nuclear reactors do not exist.

Q. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission.

1. True
2. False

Q. Select the places where India set up heavy water manufacturing factories and atomic centres.

1. Lahore
2. Kota
3. Vadodara
4. Talcher
5. Tuticorin
6. Sigiriya
7. Kalpakkam
8. Tarapur

Q. When did India set up its Atomic Energy Commission?

1. 10 August, 1948
2. 8 August, 1947
3. 10 August, 1947
4. 8 August, 1948

Q. Match the following personalities with the positions they held during India's first nuclear test.

1. Prime Minister
2. Chairman of IAEC
3. Director of BARC

Q. In 1985, an indigenous nuclear reactor named was set up at Trombay, Mumbai.

1. Apsara
2. Dhruva
3. Cirrus

Q.

The full form of NASA is

1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

2. National Aerospace and Space Administration

3. National Aeronautics and Satellites Administration

4. National Aeronautics and Space academy.

Q. In which year did India set up the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd?

1. 1987
2. 1986
3. 1985
4. 1984

Q. Ram says the objective of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission was to produce electricity from atomic energy.
Rahul says it aimed to increase food grain production and to develop nanotechnology. Who do you think is right?

1. Ram is right
2. Rahul is right
3. Both are right
4. Both are wrong

Q. Which of the following institutions in India carried out research on manufacturing heavy water for the generation of atomic power?

1. Water Institute
2. Water Project
3. Heavy Water Institute
4. Heavy Water Board

Q. When was the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited set up?

1. 1987
2. 1948
3. 1978
4. 1988

Q.

Indias uranium supply comes mainly from the Jaduguda mines in

1. Bihar

2. Madhya pradesh

3. Maharashtra

4. none of these

Q. From which of the following states did India's first research rocket take off?

1. Delhi
2. Karnataka
3. Kerala
4. Gujarat

Q. Which of the following fuel is used in the Dhruva nuclear reactor?

1. Indium
2. Thorium
3. Uranium
4. Plutonium