MCQs On Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Program Of India

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List of Nuclear Power Plants in India

The list of the Nuclear Power Plants in India is given below:

1. Tarapur

This is India’s first nuclear power plant.

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Maharashtra
●Type: Boiling water reactor (BWR) & Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 1,400

2. Rawatbhata

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Rajasthan
●Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 1,180

3. Kudankulam

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Tamil Nadu
●Type: Water-Water Energetic Reactor (VVER)-1000
●Total capacity (MW): 2,000

4. Kaiga

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Karnataka
●Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 880

5. Kakrapar

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Gujarat
●Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 440

6. Kalpakkam

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Tamil Nadu
●Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 440

7. Narora

●Operator: Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)
●Location: Uttar Pradesh
●Type: Pressurized heavy water reactor (PHWR)
●Total capacity (MW): 440.

MCQs on Nuclear Energy and Nuclear Program Of India

Who is the father of India’s Nuclear program?

  1. Homi Jehangir Bhaba
  2. C V Raman
  3. Anil Kakodkar
  4. Homi Sethna

Homi Jehangir Bhaba

Where is Kudankulam Nuclear Reactor located?

  1. Rajasthan
  2. Gujrat
  3. Tamil Nadu
  4. Karnataka

Tamil Nadu

Who formulated India’s three-stage nuclear program?

  1. Homi Jehangir Bhaba
  2. C V Raman
  3. Anil Kakodkar
  4. Homi Sethna

Homi Jehangir Bhaba

Indo-US civil nuclear deal was signed in:

  1. 2007
  2. 2010
  3. 2008
  4. 2009

2008

The main feature of Indo-US civil nuclear deal was that:

  1. It gave India a special waiver that enabled it to sign cooperation agreements with many countries.
  2. It gave India a special waiver that enabled it to become a member of Nuclear Suppliers Group.
  3. It gave India a special waiver that enabled it to be a member of Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty.
  4. It gave India a special waiver that enabled it to be a sell its nuclear weapons.

It gave India a special waiver that enabled it to sign cooperation agreements with a dozen countries.

Which of the following is not true?

  1. India has more Thorium reserves than Uranium reserves.
  2. Thorium is not a fissile material and is hence transmuted into Uranium.
  3. Thorium is found in Monazite sands of Southern India.
  4. Thorium reactors produce far less waste than present-day reactors.
  5. none of the above

none of the above. All the statements are correct

Match the following:

StageFeature
a) First Stage(i) Thorium-based Nuclear reactors.
b) Second stage(ii) Pressurized Heavy Water Reactor
c) Third stage(iii) Fast Breeder Reactor
  1. a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(i)
  2. a-(i), b-(iii), c-(ii)
  3. a-(iii), b-(ii), c-(i)
  4. a-(ii), b-(i), c-(iii)

a-(ii), b-(iii), c-(i)

Which of the following is not true about BHAVINI?

  1. Its full form is Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
  2. It is a private company.
  3. It is adminstered by Department of Atomic Energy.
  4. None of the above

“it is a private company” is a wrong statement. BHAVINI is fully govt owned enterprise.

Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is headquarted in:

  1. Bombay
  2. Delhi
  3. Chennai
  4. Ahmedabad

Bombay

Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay (AEET) was later renamed as:

  1. Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research
  2. Nuclear Power Corporation of India
  3. BHAVINI
  4. Bhaba Atomic Research Centre

Bhaba Atomic Research Centre

What is the present installed nuclear power capacity in the country?

  1. 6780 MW
  2. 9345 MW
  3. 6780 GW
  4. 1000 GW

6780 MW

India conducted its first nuclear test in:

  1. 1984
  2. 1974
  3. 1982
  4. 1972

1974

The code name for India’s first nuclear test was:

  1. Thunder Bolt
  2. Roaring India
  3. Smiling Buddha
  4. Giant Gandi

Smiling Buddha

Operation Shakti was conducted in:

  1. 1985
  2. 1987
  3. 1989
  4. 1983

1989. Between 11 and 13 May, 1998, five nuclear tests were conducted as a part of the series of Pokhran-II. These tests were collectively called Operation Shakti–98.

What is India’s policy on use of Nuclear Weapons?

  1. First use policy
  2. No first use policy
  3. Never use policy
  4. No use no sell policy

No first use policy

Where was India’s first nuclear power plant established?

  1. Tarapur
  2. Kaiga
  3. Kakrapar
  4. Jamshedpur

Tarapur

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