Question

From the point of nuclear test performed at Pokhran in Rajasthan in 1974, pick the wrongly matched pair(s) from the following.

• A. Chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission - Dr. Raja Ramanna
• B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Prime Minister
• C. Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - Dr. Homi Sethna
• D. Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - Dr. Raja Ramanna

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (B), (C)

Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - Dr. Homi Sethna

Dr. Homi Sethna, the chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission and Dr. Raja Ramanna, director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre played a major role during India's first nuclear test. Prime Minister Indira Gandhi took the decision of carrying out a nuclear explosion.