Question

The first nuclear explosion in India was conducted at which of the following?
1. Pokhran
2. Bombay
3. Nellie
4. Sriharikota

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Pokhran

The correct answer is Pokhran.

• The bomb was detonated on the army base Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.
• The first nuclear explosion in India was conducted on 18 May 1974.
• The assigned code name of the first nuclear bomb test was Smiling Buddha.
• Pokhran-I was also the first confirmed nuclear weapons test by a nation outside the five permanent members of the UN Security Council.

• After that, a series of nuclear tests were carried out under the name Pokhran-II in 1998.
• In May 1988, The Pokhran-II tests were a series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted by India at the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range.