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Railways PYQCBT 1 2016

RRB NTPC · Question 7

‘Smiling Buddha’ was the code name for ________.

  1. The rescue and relief operations after the cloudburst in Uttarakhand in 2013

  2. The rescue and relief operations after an earthquake hit Nepal in 2015

  3. Pokhran - II nuclear test conducted by Indian in 1998

  4. Pokhran - I nuclear test conducted by India in 1974

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Answer: (D) Pokhran - I nuclear test conducted by India in 1974

Explanation

'Smiling Buddha' was the code name of India's first nuclear test, Pokhran-I, conducted on 18 May 1974 in Rajasthan. The 1998 tests (Pokhran-II) were called Operation Shakti.